Charleston County was selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive two community-wide Brownfields Assessment Grants as part of the EPA's Brownfields Program. The purpose of the EPA's Brownfields Program is to empower states, communities and other stakeholders to work together to assess, safely clean-up and sustainably reuse brownfields sites.
Charleston County plans to utilize the grants to inventory, characterize and assess brownfields sites throughout the County. The County also plans to conduct Clean-Up and Redevelopment Planning and conduct community involvement. Success of the program will be measured in the redevelopment of sites into productive use, keeping with the County's goals of job creation, revitalized business and renewed communities.
Brian Gross
Brownfields Project
Officer
USEPA Region 4, RCRA Division
Brownfields Section
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
Phone: (404)562-8604
Email: gross.brian@epa.gov
Christine
DuRant
Brownfields Project Manager
Charleston County
Government
4045 Bridge View Drive
North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone: (843)202-6960
Jerry Stamps
SCDHEC Project
Manager
Bureau of Land and Waste Management
Division of Site
Assessment and Remediation
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC
29201-1708
Phone: (803)896-4285
Tom Hutto
Project Manager
GEL Engineering, LLC
P.O. Box 30712
2040 Savage Road
Charleston, SC 29417
Phone: (843)769-7378
Any real property located in Charleston County can potentially be included in the Charleston County Brownfields Program. To suggest a site that will be considered for assessment, please fill out the comments form.
A Brownfield is defined as "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." The 2002 Brownfields Law further defines the term to include a site that is "contaminated by a controlled substance; contaminated by petroleum or a petroleum product excluded from the definition of 'hazardous substance'; or mine-scarred land."
The EPA's Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean-up, and sustainably reuse Brownfields sites. The EPA provides technical and financial assistance for Brownfields activities through an approach of four main goals:
Brownfields grants serve as the foundation of the Brownfields Program and support revitalization efforts by funding environmental assessment, clean-up, and job training activities. Thousands of properties have been assessed and cleaned-up through the Brownfields Program, clearing the way for their reuse.
Assessment grants provide funding for a grant recipient to:
For a Community-Wide Grant:
An applicant may apply for a
Community-Wide Assessment Grant if a specific site has not been
identified or if the assessment will address more than one site within a
community. Applicants electing to apply for up to $200,000 for a
community-wide hazardous substance assessment grant are not eligible for
a site-specific hazardous substance assessment grant in the same grant
competition. Applicants applying for up to $200,000 for a community-wide
petroleum or petroleum product assessment grant will not be eligible for
a site-specific petroleum assessment grant.
For a
Site-Specific Grant:
A site-specific assessment grant must be
applied for if the assessment is limited to one, and only one, site. A
site-specific assessment grant application must be made if a waiver of
the funding limitation is requested. Applicants will not be allowed to
substitute another site for a site-specific assessment grant where the
subject site is determined to be ineligible.
Eligible entities include: state, local, and tribal governments, with
the exception of certain Indian tribes in Alaska; general purpose units
of local government, land clearance authorities, or other
quasi-governmental entities; regional council or redevelopment agencies;
or states or legislatures. Some properties are excluded from the
definition of Brownfields unless the EPA makes a site-specific funding
determination that allows grant funds to be used at that site.
Applicants may apply for both community-wide and site-specific
assessment grants; however, an applicant is limited to submitting only
ONE hazardous substance assessment grant proposal and ONE petroleum
assessment proposal. Each eligible entity may submit no more than two
assessment proposals.
The performance period for an assessment grant is three (3) years.
Brownfields grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Evaluation panels consisting of EPA staff and other federal agency representatives assess how well the proposals meet the threshold and ranking criteria outlined in the Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup grants. Final selections are made by EPA senior management after considering the ranking of proposals by the evaluation panels. Responses to threshold criteria are evaluated on a pass/fail basis. If the proposal does not meet the threshold criteria, the proposal will not be evaluated. In some circumstances, the EPA may seek additional information.
Charleston County was selected for two Brownfields Assessment Grants--$200,000 for hazardous substances and $200,000 for petroleum and petroleum products. The funds will be used to identify Brownfields throughout Charleston County, and conduct Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and clean-up planning on selected properties. The funds will also be used to support community outreach activities and involvement.
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