23045_Acme Spinning Mill SNI 20210728

23045-19-036/Acme Spinning Mill/20210714

SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY
Brownfields Property Name: Acme Spinning Mill Brownfields Project Number: 23045-19-036 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, Belmont Industrial, 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
192 Woodlawn Street and 646 Cason Street, Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina. The Brownfields Property,
which is the former site of Acme Spinning Mill, consists of approximately 60.6844 acres. Environmental
contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil, groundwater, soil vapor, and surface water/sediment.
Belmont Industrial, LLC has committed itself to redevelop the Brownfields Property for no uses other than office,
industrial, warehousing, parking, and with prior written DEQ approval, other commercial uses. The Notice of
Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields Agreement between DEQ and
Belmont Industrial, 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 23045-19-036 into the search bar at the following web
address:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/laserfiche

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 August 11, 2021, 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