09044_Willard Lead_Revised LOI 20061113

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
Phone [phone] \ FAX [phone] \ Internet http://wastenotnc.org
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November 13, 2006
Sent Via E-mail

HMV Hawkins, LLC
c/o Steven G. Harris
1600 Camden Road
Charlotte, NC 28203
[e-mail]

Subject: Letter of Eligibility, Change in Prospective Developer
Willard Lead Facility
101 New Bern Street
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Brownfields Project Number 09044-05-60

Dear Mr. Harris:

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has received and
reviewed your October 19, 2006 revised Letter of Intent (LOI) submitted on behalf of HMV Hawkins,
LLC and GHT Investments, LLC, as Prospective Developers (PDs) seeking a brownfields agreement
regarding the subject site. Upon review of the revised letter with respect to the requirements of the
Brownfields Property Reuse Act of 1997, DENR has determined that this project remains eligible for
entry into the North Carolina brownfields program and for continued evaluation for a brownfields
agreement.

If you have questions about this correspondence or require additional information, please feel free to
contact me by phone at 704/661-0330, 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, Special Deputy Attorney General
Bruce Nicholson, DENR
David Franchina, KC
George Talbot, GHT Investments, LLC ([e-mail])