County concludes Caesar Stone site is not a public nuisance after independent testing
After an independent evaluation and county testing showed elevated arsenic in one well likely from naturally occurring soils, Bryan County legal staff told commissioners the site will not be listed as a hazardous site and no public nuisance exists.
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Aaron Caler, county attorney, summarized the history and recent work at the former Caesar Stone property and the related Westwind acquisition discussions, saying the county and Richmond Hill launched a public nuisance investigation earlier this year after public allegations. Caler said a 2020 Phase II report prepared at Caesar Stone’s request concluded soils and water were within regulatory standards and that a 2025 Phase II by Westwind showed higher arsenic in a monitoring well that consultants later attributed to a poor, highly turbid sample.
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