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DHEC Decision on Voluntary Cleanup Contracts
After careful consideration of all comments received, DHEC has officially entered into Voluntary Cleanup Contracts (VCCs) with Associated Asphalt for the Seaco, Inc. and former Bagnal Builders properties located on Commerce Drive and South Edisto Avenue.
Plantation Pipe Line has submitted periodic monitoring reports to the Department since response actions began. Monitoring reports are currently provided on a quarterly basis. This page is updated routinely as reports are received.
In response to community concerns that contamination from the Plantation Pipe Line petroleum release had migrated downstream, DHEC coordinated a surface water sampling event with Anderson County and the contractor for Plantation Pipe Line, CH2M. On February 28, 2017, DHEC collected surface water samples to determine if contaminants related to the petroleum release had migrated downstream to Broadway Lake. Representatives from Plantation Pipe Line and Anderson County's Stormwater Management Department also participated in the sampling event. All samples collected by DHEC we
Plantation Pipe Line reported that the pipeline was shut down the morning of December 9, 2014 and the approximate area of the leak had been located. Plantation Pipe Line initiated petroleum product (product) recovery using vacuum trucks from the pipeline excavation. It was estimated that approximately 2,500 gallons of petroleum had been recovered during the initial repair to the pipeline. By December 15, 2014, 8,578 gallons of petroleum had been recovered, ten temporary monitoring wells had been installed, and backfilling of the repaired pipeline was in process.
In partnership with Anderson County, DHEC held a community meeting on January 31, 2017, to discuss the Corrective Action Plan for the Plantation Pipe Line spill that occurred on Lewis Drive.
