Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Community Environmental Company, LLC, Western South
Carolina
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through four competitive grant programs: assessment
grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and
job training grants. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Community Environmental Company, LLC, (CEC)
was selected to receive three brownfields cleanup
grants. The CEC serves the Graniteville, Vaucluse, and
Warrenville communities (combined population 7,009)
on the Savannah River in western South Carolina. The
area was home to the state's first large-scale cotton
manufacturing plant, known today as the former
Avondale Mills. The mill operated from 1846 until it
closed in 2006. In addition to contamination related to
the dyeing and finishing processes at the site, a 2005
train accident damaged the mill and resulted in a
chlorine spill. The mill closing left more than 2,000
area residents without jobs and resulted in 15 large
brownfield sites encompassing more than 250 acres in
the three communities. Cleanup of the three target sites
will reduce the potential threats of exposure to
contaminants. Once the sites are cleaned up, the CEC
plans to renovate the buildings on the sites before
marketing the properties for sale or lease. Proposed
redevelopment plans also include the creation of
additional greenspace along the banks of Horse Creek,
which runs adjacent to the sites.
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Community Environmental
Company, LLC, for three brownfields cleanup
grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to clean up the Gregg Plant portion of the
former Avondale Mill located at 180 Marshall Street
in Graniteville. The site operated as a textile dyeing
and finishing plant for more than 60 years and is
contaminated with PCBs. Grant funds also will be
used to clean up the 2.8-acre Granite Plant-Red Barn
property of the former Avondale Mill located on
Ascauga Lake Road in Graniteville. The site was
used for chemical and equipment storage and as a
dumpsite for unwanted equipment and machinery.
The site is contaminated with semi-volatile organic
compounds and metals. Grant funds also will be used
to clean up the 7.3-acre Warren Plant property of the
former Avondale Mill located on Augusta Road in
Warrenville. The site operated as a textile dyeing
and finishing facility for more than a century and is
contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
and metals. Grant funds also will be used for
community outreach activities at the three sites.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. epa.gov/region4/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: Community Environmental
Company, LLC,SC
803-663-6848
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
E PA 560-F-128-060
May 11
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agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
E PA 560-F-128-060
May 11
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