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Residents cite USC health modeling and urge York County to pause SILFAB permits; council asks legal staff to review
Summary
Residents presented a University of South Carolina health risk assessment modeling rapid, life‑threatening exposures from chemicals proposed at the SILFAB facility and urged council use its police‑power authority to act. Council asked county legal staff to review the study and the attorney general opinion and report back.
Residents and community members urged York County Council on Jan. 1 to act on newly presented health modeling tied to the proposed SILFAB facility, saying the analysis shows chemicals at the site could produce dangerous conditions within minutes and place nearby schools and neighborhoods at risk.
At public forum, Ashley Horn said a USC Arnold School of Public Health assessment used ALOHA emergency modeling and examined five chemicals planned for storage, and concluded that in multiple realistic scenarios "toxic concentrations capable of causing life‑threatening or irreversible injury can form and travel miles." She told the council the study shows "the critical…
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