17056_No Further Interest Letter_Parcel 127477_2019.05.15

May 15, 2019

Sent Via Certified Mail and E-Mail

Mr. Tom McKittrick
Lowell Investments I, LLC
5320 Old Pineville Road
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28217
[e-mail]

Subject: Brownfields Site Status Letter
Former Yorkshire Americas Site
Gaston County Parcel Number 127477
Lowell, Gaston County
Brownfields Project Number: 17056-13-036

Dear Mr. McKittrick,

Thank you for your interest in the North Carolina Brownfields Program for the above referenced
site. The North Carolina Brownfields Program received an amended version of the Brownfields
Property Application (BPA) dated May 1, 2017 which revised the extent of the proposed
Brownfields Property. By submittal of this amended BPA, DEQ Brownfields understood that
Lowell Investments I, LLC wished to remove the wooded parcel (Parcel 127477) from the
proposed Brownfields Property. Due to this request, the North Carolina Brownfields Program
considers the status of Parcel 127477 to be “No Further Interest” (NFI). The westernmost former
textile dye manufacturing facility (Parcel 127479) remains “Active Eligible” within the North
Carolina Brownfields Program.

Although its previous brownfields active eligible status did not preclude a DEQ cleanup program
from seeking assessment or cleanup from parties responsible for the contamination, this change to
NFI status also removes you as an applicant PD from any statutory environmental liability
protections offered to a brownfields prospective developer. This status change to NFI does
not automatically make you a responsible party. However, depending on your status as a
responsible party under applicable law, various DEQ programs may or may not seek your
cooperation in addressing this site.

Also, if you are an owner of the site and are or become aware of contamination that exists on the
property, you may have statutory obligations to provide notification of a contaminated site to

Mr. Tom McKittrick
May 15, 2019
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DEQ’s Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch. For more information about how to accomplish this, you
may contact Charlotte Jesneck at [phone] or view their web site
at https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/waste-management-permit-
guidance/inactive-hazardous-sites-site-notification-requirements.

If you feel this information is not complete or accurate, please contact us to discuss
further. Parcel 127477 remains a good candidate for the Brownfields Program. If in the future,
you or some other developer desires to pursue a Brownfields Agreement on
this Brownfields Property, please submit a Brownfields Property Application and signed
affidavit. We appreciate your assistance in this matter.

If you have questions about this correspondence or require additional information, please feel free
to contact me by phone at 704-235-2195, or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Joselyn Harriger
Brownfields Project Manager

ec: Mr. Bruce Nicholson, NCDEQ
Mr. Harry Zinn, NCDEQ
Ms. MariJon Owens, Lowell Investments I, LLC