ick ▁Wood ▁Pres erving " ▁site , ▁the ▁" Her cules ▁ 0 0 9 ▁Land fill " ▁site , ▁and ▁the ▁" T er ry ▁Creek ▁D red ge ▁Spo il ▁Are as / Her cules ▁Out fall " ▁site . ▁ ▁The ▁Han lin ▁Group , ▁Inc ., ▁which ▁maintained ▁a ▁facility ▁named ▁" L CP ▁Chem ical s " ▁in ▁G lyn n ▁County ▁just ▁outside ▁the ▁corpor ate ▁limits ▁of ▁Brun sw ick , ▁was ▁conv icted ▁of ▁dump ing ▁ 1 5 0 ▁tons ▁of ▁mer cur y ▁into ▁Pur vis ▁Creek , ▁a ▁trib ut ary ▁of ▁the ▁T urt le ▁River ▁and ▁surrounding ▁tid al ▁mar sh es ▁between ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁its ▁closure ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁Three ▁execut ives ▁were ▁sent enced ▁to ▁prison ▁time ▁over ▁the ▁incident . ▁ ▁The ▁L CP ▁facility ▁had ▁been ▁declared ▁a ▁Super fund ▁site ▁when ▁it ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁was ▁already ▁under ▁scr ut iny ▁by ▁the ▁E PA ▁when ▁Service ▁bi olog ists ▁discovered ▁mer cur y ▁poison ing ▁in ▁end anger ed ▁wood ▁st ork s ▁on ▁St . ▁Sim ons ▁Island . ▁Fish , ▁shell fish , ▁c rab s , ▁and ▁sh rim ps ▁taken ▁in ▁coast al ▁waters ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁bird ▁species ▁also ▁contained ▁the ▁to xic ▁metal . ▁The ▁Service ▁trac ed ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁cont am ination ▁to ▁the ▁L CP ▁plant ▁and