09044_Willard Lead_SIR_20220202

DWM Brownfields Inspection Report
Submitted By: jkslaughter_ncdenr
Submitted Time: 02/04/2022 10:42 AM

I. Inspection Information
Date & Time: 02/02/2022 9:15 AM Inspection Type: Drive-By

Brownfields Staff:
Kevin Slaughter
Other Personnel:
Edwin Marquez - Service Manager
Location:
Lat: 35.1994821, Long: -80.8697581,

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II. Project Information
Number: 09044-05-060 Name: Willard Lead
Address: 101 New Bern St

City: Charlotte

County: Mecklenburg

III. Environmental

Current Use of Property: Residential
Structures on Property: Existing Structures Violation: No

Vapor Mitigation Systems: Observed Vapor Mitigation Violation: Unknown

Use of Surface Water or Groundwater: Not Observed Water Use Violation: No

Exposed Soils: Not Observed Exposed Soils Violation: No

Summary: Able to access western apartment building rooftop where active VIMS fan was
operating as designed (Photo 2). Roof top fan/riser on eastern building (Photo 3) will
require a ladder to access and Mr. Marquez had limited time to look for VIMS
components before an appointment. Unable to verify locations of western VIMS ground
level riser although maintenance and electrical rooms below the rooftop riser were
thoroughly checked. I believe eastern building riser was located although there was no
labeling, low vacuum alarm or sample port shown in design drawings (Photos 4 and 5).
This will be confirmed on follow-up site inspection in addition to accessing eastern roof-
top fan and making an additional attempt to locate western ground floor VIMS riser.

Summary: N/A

Summary: High density apartment buildings present on the property.

Summary: N/A

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Use of Basements: Not Observed Basement Violation: No

Storage of Chemicals: Not Observed Chemical Violation: No

Groundwater Monitoring Wells: Not Observed Monitoring Well Violation: No

Current Exposure to Public/Public Risk:

Summary: N/A

Summary: N/A

Condition:
Summary: N/A

No risk of exposure observed during the Site Inspection. Only able to check operation of
one fan during visit due to limited availability of Mr. Marquez

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IV. Inspector Comments

V. PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo 1: Western apartment building, intersection of Foster Ave. and New Bern St.

Following the site visit, Summit Engineering was contacted by email on 2/8/2022 to
request a site meeting and to provide as-built drawings of VIMS. Summit Engineering has
not been involved with the project since 2013, there are no As-Built drawings available,
and the reports they sent in their email response on 2/8/2022 were already in DEQ’s files.

Patrick Lowery with Summit contacted me by phone, and I let him know I was going to
perform a follow-up inspection at the property when Mr. Marquez had an opening, and I
would put together a list of any deficiencies with the system that Mr. Lowery agreed
would be addressed. The follow-up site visit, list of items to be addressed, proposed
timeline, etc. will be contained in a Follow-up Site Inspection Report.

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Photo 2: Rooftop view of VIMS riser and fan on western building.

Photo 3: Photograph of rooftop riser on eastern building. Will have to access with ladder on
future visit.

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Photo 4: Lower portion of suspected VIMS riser within eastern building. As noted previously,
no labeling, sampling port, or low vacuum alarm installed. Design drawings also show active
fan near floor slab. However, active fans are located above the roof on both VIMS risers.

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Photo 5: Upper portion of suspected VIMS riser within eastern apartment building.