09034 Pelton Crane LOE 20050725

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Dexter R. Matthews, Director Division of Waste Management Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary

1646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646
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July 25, 2005

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Leigh Derby
LifeSpan Incorporated
200 Clanton Road
Charlotte, NC 28217
[e-mail]

Subject: Letter of Eligibility
Former Pelton-Crane Facilty
200 Clanton Road, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Brownfields Project Number 09034-05-60

Dear Mr. Derby:
The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has received and
reviewed your Letter of Intent (LOI) dated June 29, 2005 on behalf of LifeSpan Incorporated as a Prospective
Developer (PD) seeking a brownfields agreement regarding the subject site. Upon review of the letters with
respect to the requirements of the Brownfields Property Reuse Act of 1997, DENR has determined that this
project is eligible for entry into the North Carolina brownfields program and for continued evaluation for a
brownfields agreement.

The next step in the process will involve a detailed review of available environmental and other relevant
data to determine what is currently known about contamination at the site, and what, if any, information gaps
may exist that may require additional assessment. Historical site information from the files of DENR’s
Superfund Section will also be utilized during the evaluation process. Please forward any additional
information or data you may have or can acquire for our evaluation. We will contact you regarding any
additional assessment that may be necessary to establish that the property is or can be made safe for the
intended reuse, as required by statute.

According to the LOI, the intended redevelopment for the site is office and commercial use. Because
risk management decisions may vary depending on the nature of the redevelopment, it will be important that
DENR review the locations of the various elements. Please forward any maps or drawings indicating these
details, even if they are only preliminary or conceptual. If no changes are proposed to the existing layout, please
send me a confirmation e-mail.

Mr. Leigh Derby
July 25, 2005
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I am excited about the potential for public benefit offered by the safe reuse of the former Pelton-Crane
Facilty, and I look forward to working with you to advance this brownfields redevelopment project. If you have
questions about this correspondence or require additional information, please feel free to contact me by phone at
[phone], or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Sincerely,
Carolyn Minnich

Carolyn Minnich
Brownfields Project Manager
Division of Waste Management

cc: Project File

ec: Rob Gelblum, DOJ
Bruce Nicholson, DENR
Tom McKittrick, Clanton Partners I, LLC