20077_Crown Honda II_SNI_20201123

SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF
INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
Brownfields Property Name: Crown Honda II
Brownfields Project Number: 20077-16-068
Pursuant to the North Carolina Brownfields Property Reuse Act (the "Act") authorized by North Carolina
General Statutes (NCGS) § 130A-310.30 through 130A-310.40, and specifically pursuant to NCGS § 130A-
310.34, LG Chapel Hill Apartments, 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") located
at 1098, 1900 and 2000 Novus Lane, Chapel Hill, Orange County. The Brownfields Property, which is the former
site of residential, agricultural, and most recently the Crown Honda Automotive dealership, consists of 6.56 acres.
Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in groundwater, soil, sub -slab vapor, and soil
vapor. LG Chapel Hill Apartments, LLC has committed itself to redevelop the Brownfields Property for no uses
other than high density residential, associated parking, and subject to DEQ's prior written approval, other
commercial uses. The Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields
Agreement between DEQ and LG Chapel Hill Apartments, 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 20077-16-068 into the search bar at the following web
address:
htTs://edocs.deg.nc.gov/WasteManagementAVelcome.aspx?dbid=O&repo=WasteManagement
The "Act" requires a public comment period of at least 30 days. The first day of public comment is defined
as the day after which all of the following public notice tasks have occurred: 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 public comments may be submitted to DEQ within 30 days after
the public comment period begins. Written requests for a public meeting may be submitted to DEQ within 21 days
after the public comment period begins. These periods will start no sooner than November 25, 2020, and will end
no sooner than the later of. 1) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after that; or 2) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after
completion of the latest of the three (3) above -referenced tasks, if such completion occurs later than the date stated
herein. 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
20077-16-068/Crown Honda II/20201001