Bramlett Road Site Cleanup

The long road to restoration

For decades, the community raised its voice asking for swift and meaningful remediation of the toxic site. Finally, in 2023, Duke submitted a feasibility study to SCDHEC (now SCDES — the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services) offering five alternative plans for cleanup.

In 2024, in front of a standing-room-only audience at Mountain View Baptist Church, SCDES presented its preferred alternative plan for cleaning up the site, then heard public comments.

A promising Record of Decision

SCDES reviewed public comments and developed a document — the Record of Decision — that will guide future steps in the cleanup process. We are glad SCDES selected a remedy that will excavate the entire landfill, excavate all impacted sediments across all parcels, monitor groundwater, and implement land use controls on site.

Even more exciting is that the agency chose to incorporate several other components into the remedial approach following the collective community advocacy received during the public comment period. These components include:

• the removal of contaminated soils on the site's upper parcels to meet residential health standards
• restoration of all wetlands impacted or damaged during the cleanup process
• a commitment to address groundwater contamination after soils and sediment are removed from the site.

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