City of Millen Awarded Cleanup Funding for Historic Aycock Corner (Former SOC Station)

April 30, 2010
Due to the City's and the Central Savannah River Area Regional Commission's (CSRA RC) efforts and with assistance from its Brownfields consultant Hart & Hickman, PC, the City of Millen was awarded $200,000 for the environmental cleanup of the Former SOC Station.  Previous site environmental investigations conducted with EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant funds indicate that petroleum and lead-impacted soils need to be remediated.  The EPA Fact Sheet for the EPA Cleanup Grant is located here. 

The Former SOC Station property was entered into the Georgia EPD Brownfield Program by the City of Millen before taking recent ownership of the property.  EPD will now oversee the cleanup at the property to ensure the safety of human health and the environment.  The future reuse of the site has been proposed to be a one-story office/restaurant space. 

The grant officially begins October 1st and the City will be submitting a Request for Qualifications from environmental consulting firms to conduct the cleanup activites. 

For additional information, contact Linda Grijalva with the CSRA RC at 706-210-2000.