26034_Riverman II_NFI Letter_20230814

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
MICHAEL SCOTT
Director
Sent Via Email
Mike McCarley
Riverman, LLC
PO Box 15108
Wilmington, NC 28408
[e-mail]
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 14, 2023
Subject: Change to No Further Interest Status
Riverman II
610, 712, 728, and 732 Surry Street
Wilmington, New Hanover County
Brownfields Project Number 26034-22-065
Dear Mr. McCarley:
Thank you for your initial interest in the North Carolina Brownfields Redevelopment
Section for the above -referenced Brownfields Property. On August 1, 2023, we received notice
via email from Kaitlyn Rhonehouse of Geosyntec Consultants of NC, P.C. that this Brownfields
Property was acquired by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and that Riverman,
LLC will no longer be able to move forward with redeveloping the property. Given this
information, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has changed the
status of the referenced Brownfields Property from "Active Eligible" to "No Further Interest"
(NFI).
Although its previous brownfields active eligible status did not preclude a DEQ cleanup
program from seeking assessment or cleanup from parties responsible for the contamination on
the above -referenced property, this change to NFI status also removes you as an applicant PD
from any statutory environmental liability protections offered to a brownfields prospective
developer. While this status change to NFI does not automatically make you a responsible party,
depending on your status as a responsible party under applicable law, various DEQ programs
may or may not seek your cooperation in addressing this site at a future date.
Also, if you are an owner of the site and are aware of contamination that exists on the
property, you may have statutory obligations to provide notification of a contaminated site to
DEQ's Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch. For more information about how to accomplish this,
you may contact Janet MacDonald at [phone] or view their web site at
https:Hdeq.nc.lzov/about/divisions/waste-management/waste-mana em�ent-permit-
,guidance/inactive-hazardous-sites-site-notification-requirements.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Waste Management
e::e�-D_EQ 217 West Jones Street 1 1646 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646
919,707.8200

Rivertnan II
August 14, 2023
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If you feel this information is not complete or accurate, please contact us to discuss
further. This Brownfields Property remains a good candidate for the Brownfields Redevelopment
Section. If in the future, you or some other developer desires to pursue a Brownfields Agreement
on this Brownfields Property, please submit a Brownfields Property Application and signed
affidavit. We appreciate your assistance in this matter.
If you have questions about this correspondence or require additional information, please
feel free to contact me by phone at 919-707-8379 or by e-mail at sharon.eckardndeq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
Sharon Poissant Eckard, Eastern Branch Head
Brownfields Redevelopment Section
Division of Waste Management
ec: Central Files, DEQ
Bruce Nicholson, DEQ
Janet Macdonald, DEQ
Kaitlyn Rhonehouse, Geosyntec Consultants of NC, P.C.
Brian Eckel, Cape Fear Commercial
Michael Murchison, Murchison Taylor & Gibson, PLLC
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