Site Specific Assessments

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Site Specific Assessments

• Angela K. Gorman

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Site Specific Assessments

• DHEC has EPA grant funds to conduct
  environmental assessments
• Available for local governments
• Single sites
• Redevelopment is hindered by environmental
  concerns

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Site Specific Assessments

• Bibb Company Site Abbeville County
• Gossett Street Site Anderson County
• Health-tex and Unisphere Town of Cowpens
• Grace Street Water Treatment Plant Site
• City of Greenwood
• Republic Mill
• Town of Great Falls
• Old Riegel Mill Fly-ash Disposal Area
• Town of Ware Shoals
• BC Components
• Lexington County

• Yemassee Shredder Site Town of Yemassee
• Walter Farms Bird Seed Company
• Town of Johnston
• Elkay Building Site Kershaw County
• Lyman Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Town of Lyman
• Lake Conestee Greenville County
• Sumter Landfill
• City of Sumter

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BC Componentsformer industrial plant
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Lake Conestee
Sediments impacted by over 100 years of urban and
industrial effluent
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Riegel Textile Mill
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Reigel Mill Fly Ash Landfill
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Site Specific AssessmentsPlanned or in progress

• Bluffton Landfill
• Town of Bluffton
• Gossett Street
• Anderson County
• Republic Mill 2
• Town of Great Falls
• Bath Mill
• Town of Bath

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Site Specific Assessment Process

• Notify DHEC of site that needs assessment
• Provide necessary property information on SSA
  application
• DHEC will evaluate information to determine
  assessment needs
• Obtain EPA approval
• DHEC will hire State Contractor to conduct
  assessment

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Property Information

• Current property ownership
• Site Use History (Phase I Assessment preferred)
• Intended future use
• Community based planning and involvement
• Environmental Justice Plan

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Time needed to complete Site Specific Assessment

• DHEC determines assessment needs and costs for
  EPA approval
• State contractor prepares work plan and conducts
  assessment
• State contractor prepares Report
• DHEC recommends appropriate response actions
  prior to reuse of property

60 days
90 days
60 days
30 days
10 Months
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Site Specific Assessment for Confirmation
Sampling

• Conducted at Departments discretion to confirm
  appropriate cleanup - primarily for residential
  reuse
• Union Mill
• City of Union
• Former Central Correctional Institute
• City of Columbia
• Clearwater Finishing
• Town of Clearwater

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Former Central Correctional Institute
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Union Crossing Apartments(Former Union Mill)
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To Receive Funding in 2007

• Provide Background Information to DHEC by
• November 30, 2006
• Contact
• Angela Gorman or Gail Jeter