This action approves funding to butler heritage foundation in the amount of $240,000

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $240,000 cooperative agreement to the Butler Heritage Foundation under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support cleanup activities at the former Butler High School site in Hartsville, South Carolina from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.

Specifically, the Butler Heritage Foundation will implement community engagement efforts, remove and abate contaminants as needed, conduct confirmatory sampling, and ensure compliance with state requirements. They will provide technical reports and disposal records to the EPA. The anticipated outcomes include making acres ready for redevelopment uses and improving the environmental health of the former high school site. This in turn could spur job-creating redevelopment opportunities once cleanup is complete and the property no longer poses risks to human health and the environment.

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide funding for the butler heritage foundation in order to implement cleanup activity at the former butler high school site in hartsville, south carolina. Activities to be performed for this cleanup project will include community engagement, cleanup activity including removal and/or abatement, confirmatory sampling, and ensuring compliance with state requirements. Anticipated deliverables will include technical reports and disposal records. Expected outcomes include acres made ready for reuse, and a cleaner, healthier environment at the former butler high school building(s). Once the site does not pose a threat to human health and the environment, this will encourage redevelopment of the site, which will create jobs. The intended beneficiaries include the property owner (the butler heritage foundation), alumni of the school, and residents of…