SEFft
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Solid Waste
And Emergency Response
(5401G)
EPA 510-F-00-010
October 2000
www.epa.gov
Underground Storage

Tanks  And Brownfields  Sites
                                                    SOUTH CAROLINA/Anderson
EPA's USTfields Initiative will fund pilots in Brownfields communities to assess and clean up petroleum contamination from
federally-regulated underground storage tanks (USTs) at idle or abandoned commercial properties.  Petroleum contamination is
generally excluded from coverage under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,  Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) and is not, therefore, covered under EPA's Brownfields Program. In its USTfields Pilot Program, EPA's Office of
Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) has selected 10 state/local pilots in which the state will partner with a local area to assess
and/or clean up two or more petroleum-impacted underground storage tank sites. Each pilot state will receive up to $100,000 of
LUST Trust funds to be used to assess and clean up the local area sites. This will help to ready them for future reuse.
BACKGROUND

EPA selected the State of South Carolina as an
USTfields Pilot.  South Carolina will use pilot funds
to clean up properties in the City of Anderson. The
City is restoring  its Main  Street district, including
renovating several historic buildings and
professional offices. This area also includes at least
six former gasoline stations that qualify as
USTfields. These sites are in various states of
disrepair.  The city has established the area as a Tax
Increment Finance (TIP) District to encourage
improvement in the  entire area. This TIP includes
one designated  Brownfields site and borders
another Brownfields site. City officials have
reported obstacles associated  with the underground
storage tank sites that significantly impair the
completion of the revitalization  project. The city is a
recipient of a Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot and  a Brownfields Revolving
Loan Fund grant.


OBJECTIVES

Pilot funds will allow the State of South Carolina to
work with the City of Anderson and other entities
and organizations to assess and clean up
underground storage tank sites. The state will team
with the City of Anderson to assess and clean up
potential petroleum  and MTBE contamination at the
former gasoline  stations. The city will then be able
to continue the revitalization of the downtown area.
                                                          Region 4
                                                       Anderson,
                                                       South Carolina
                            Applicant Name: South Carolina

                            Local Partner: City of Anderson

                            Date of Selection: October2000

                            Profile: The state will work with the city to assess
                            and clean up former gasoline stations, which will
                            help remove potential environmental barriers to
                            redevelopment.
                            Contacts:

                            EPA Region 4

                            Dana Hayworth
                            (404) 562-9481
                                                                  South Carolina Department
                                                                  of Health and Environmental
                                                                  Control


                                                                  Bob Hutchinson
                                                                  (803)898-4350
                                                  For further information, go to www.epa.gov/oust/
                                 EPA USTfields INITIATIVE

   EPA and the state have not yet negotiated the Cooperative Agreement to fund this pilot; therefore, activities are subject to change.

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