19023 Spencer's Mill SNI_20180814

19023-15-086/Former Spencer’s Mill (20180814)

SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF
INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
Site Name: Former Spencer’s Mill
Brownfields Project Number: 19023-15-086

Pursuant to NCGS § 130A-310.34, City of Mount Airy, as Prospective Developer, has filed with
the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) a Notice of Intent to Redevelop a
Brownfields Property (“Property”) in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. The Property, which
is the former site of Spencer’s Mill, consists of 9.484 acres and is located at 328 Willow Street, Mount
Airy, North Carolina. Environmental contamination exists on the Property in soil and soil vapor. The
City of Mount Airy has committed itself to redevelopment of the Property for office, retail, restaurant,
recreation, hotel, parking, high density residential, and amenity space uses, and, subject to DEQ’s prior
written approval, other commercial uses on the Property. The Notice of Intent to Redevelop a
Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields Agreement between DEQ and City of Mount
Airy, which in turn includes (a) a map showing the location of the Property, (b) a description of the
contaminants involved and their concentrations in the media of the Property, (c) the above-stated
description of the intended future use of the Property, and (d) proposed investigation and remediation;
and (2) a proposed Notice of Brownfields Property prepared in accordance with NCGS § 130A-310.35.

The full Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property may be reviewed at the Mount
Airy Public Library, 4759, 145 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC by contacting [phone] at; or
at the offices of the N.C. Brownfields Program, 217 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC or by contacting
Shirley Liggins at that address, at [e-mail], or at [phone]. The full Notice of
Intent may also be viewed online at the DEQ public record database, Laserfiche, by entering the project
number 19023-15-086 into the search bar at the following web address:
http://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement.

Written public comments may be submitted to DEQ within 30 days after the latest of the
following dates: the date this Notice is (1) published in a newspaper of general circulation serving the
area in which the Property is located, (2) conspicuously posted at the Property, and (3) mailed or
delivered to each owner of property contiguous to the Property. Written requests for a public meeting
may be submitted to DEQ within 21 days after the period for written public comments begins. Those
periods will start no sooner than August 21, 2018 and will end on the later of: a) 30 and 21 days,
respectively, after that; or b) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after completion of the latest of the three (3)
above-referenced dates. All public comments and public meeting requests should be addressed as
follows:

Mr. Bruce Nicholson
Brownfields Program Manager
Division of Waste Management
NC Department of Environmental Quality
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646