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HomeMy WebLinkAbout26004_Dilworth Auto II SNI_20231115 00305-020/00461735 26004-22-060/Dilworth Auto II/20230511 SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY Brownfields Property Name: Dilworth Auto II Brownfields Project Number: 26004-22-060 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, East South Crossing Owner 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 1720 and 1728 South Boulevard and 101-115 East Boulevard, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. The Brownfields Property is the former site of several automotive service stations which operated until approximately 1974, along with lumber operations and potentially Dilworth Launderette/Washerette in the 1950s. The Brownfields Property consists of 1.1575 acres. Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil, groundwater, and soil gas. East South Crossing Owner, LLC has committed itself to redevelop the Brownfields Property for no uses other than high density residential, industrial, office, retail, restaurant, brewery or food production facility, recreation, institutional, entertainment, hotel, open space, parking, and with 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 East South Crossing Owner, LLC, which in turn includes (a) a map showing the location of the Brownfields Property, (b) a description of the contaminants involved and their concentrations in the media of the Brownfields 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 the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library South Boulevard Branch located at 4429 South Boulevard in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County by contacting the library at (704) 416-6400; or at the offices of the N.C. Brownfields Redevelopment Section, 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 to Redevelop a Brownfields Property may be reviewed online at the DEQ public record database, Laserfiche, by entering the project number 26004-22-060 into the search bar at the following web address: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/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 22, 2023 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: Bruce Nicholson, Chief Brownfields Redevelopment Section Division of Waste Management NC Department of Environmental Quality 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646Rede