06014_Quality Metal Products_OW-9 Sampling Removal_20150629

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Pat McCrory
Governor
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary

June 29, 2015

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Mr. Hans Wede
Wede Properties, LLC
1111 Oates Road
Bessemer City, NC 28016

Subject: Annual Sampling Required by Land Use Restriction (LUR)
Quality Metal Products
1111 Oates Road
Bessemer City, Gaston County
Brownfields Project Number 06014-02-036

Dear Mr. Wede:

On June 23, 2015, the North Carolina Brownfields Program received an email from Ms. June
Sylvester with Porter’s Group LLC, on behalf of the current owner of the above reference
brownfields site. The request was to reduce or eliminate the sampling requirement in LUR No. 3 in
the Notice of Brownfields Property. The Notice was recorded on October 28, 2004 by Wede
Properties, LLC. It was recorded at the Gaston Register of Deeds in Book 4073, Page 2252 (with
the associated plat recorded in Plat Book 693, Page 44).

In the Notice, LUR No. 3 states the following:

3. Beginning in the first January following the year in which the Notice of Brownfields Property
(“Notice”) is recorded, and during every other January after that, the owner(s) of the portions of the
Brownfields Property containing the monitoring wells denominated as OW-6 and OW-9, on the plat
recorded as part of the Notice, shall effect sampling of those wells in accordance with the most
current version of the Guidelines of the Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch of DENR's Superfund
Section. The groundwater samples collected during such activities shall be analyzed for volatile and
semi-volatile organic compounds by Method 8260 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or
any comparable method approved in advance by DENR. A Groundwater Monitoring Report setting
forth the procedures and results of these groundwater sampling activities shall be submitted with the
Land Use Restrictions Update referenced in restriction 14, in those years during which groundwater
sampling is required. If DENR states in writing that the results of three consecutive sampling events
required by this subparagraph indicate no exceedances of applicable legal standards in one or both
wells, no further sampling of the relevant well(s) shall be required. Within sixty (60) days after any
affected owner’s receipt of any such DENR statement, the relevant owner(s) shall effect
abandonment of wells OW-6 and/or OW-9 in accordance with Subchapter 2C of Title 15A of the
North Carolina Administrative Code and shall, within thirty (30) days after completing any such
abandonment activities, submit to DENR a report setting forth the procedures and results of the
activities.

Upon review of the Groundwater Sampling Results Letter Report prepared by NewFields NC
Geosciences & Engineering, PLLC dated March 4, 2014, DENR hereby approves your request to
cease groundwater sampling for monitoring well OW-9 as contaminant levels have remained below
applicable legal standards during the past three consecutive sampling events. Be advised that Wede
Properties, LLC is still required to submit an annual LUR Update, and sampling analysis for
monitoring well OW-6 as stipulated in LUR 3. Please refer to this correspondence in future LUR
Updates and groundwater sampling reports.

If you have questions about this correspondence or require additional information, please feel free to
contact the project manager Carloyn Minnich at 704/661-0330, [e-mail] or me
at 910/796-7401, [e-mail] .

Sincerely,
David Peacock
David Peacock
Brownfields Compliance Coordinator
Division of Waste Management

cc: Project File

ec: Bruce Nicholson, DENR
Carolyn Minnich, DENR