23053 Cotton Seed Oil Mill SNI 20200701

23053-19-060/Former Cotton Seed Oil Mill (20200617)

SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF
INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
Site Name: Former Cotton Seed Oil Mill
Brownfields Project Number: 23053-19-060

Pursuant to NCGS § 130A-310.34, 300 Rampart Owner LLC, 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 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The
Brownfields Property, which is the former site of Cotton Seed Oil Mill, consists of 2.4 acres and is
located at 300 Rampart Street. Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil.
300 Rampart Owner LLC has committed itself to no uses other than high density residential, office,
retail, restaurant, studio, entertainment, industrial, warehouse, open space, parking, and, with prior
written DEQ approval, other commercial uses on the Brownfields Property. The Notice of Intent to
Redevelop a Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields Agreement between DEQ and
300 Rampart Owner LLC, 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 Brownfields 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 online at the
DEQ public record database, Laserfiche, by entering the project number 23053-19-060 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 Brownfields Property is located, (2) conspicuously posted at the Brownfields Property,
and (3) mailed or delivered to each owner of property contiguous to the Brownfields 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 June 17, 2020, 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