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SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY Brownfields Property Name: Durafiber Brownfields Project Number: 22030-18-080 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, Salisbury Investments I, LLC, as Prospective Developer, has filed with the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) a Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property (“Brownfields Property”)
located at 7401 Statesville Boulevard, Salisbury, Rowan County. The Brownfields Property consisting of 514.3
acres, is the former site of Durafiber Technologies, where historical operations included manufacturing polymer
filament fibers and polymer chips. Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil,
groundwater, surface water, and soil gas. Salisbury Investments I, LLC has committed itself to redevelop the
Brownfields Property for no uses other than industrial, office, warehousing, parking, open space, 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 Salisbury Investments I, 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 at Rowan Public Library,
201 W. Fisher Street, Salisbury, NC 28144, (704) 216-8228; or at the offices of the N.C. Brownfields Program,
217 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC or by contacting Shirley Liggins at that address, at
shirley.liggins@ncdenr.gov, or at (919) 707-8383. The full Notice of Intent may also be viewed online at the DEQ
public record database, Laserfiche, by entering the project number 22030-18-080 into the search bar at the
following web address:
http://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/Search.aspx
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 June 16, 2022, 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