24046_MillerCoors Annual Redevelopment Report_20240130

Via Email January 30, 2024
NCDEQ – Division of Waste Management Brownfields Redevelopment Section – Property Management Branch 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1646
Attention: Mr. Bill Schmithorst Re: Annual Redevelopment Summary Report Former MillerCoors (Nestle Purina)
Eden, North Carolina Brownfields Project No. 24046-20-079 H&H Project No. PPA-065
Dear Bill:
1.0 Introduction

On behalf of Nestle Purina Petcare Company (Prospective Developer or PD), Hart & Hickman,
PC (H&H) is submitting this annual report in accordance with the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved Environmental Management Plan (EMP) dated
February 27, 2021. The Former MillerCoors Brewery Brownfields property (Brownfields
Project No. 24046-20-079) is located at 863 East Meadow Road in Eden, Rockingham County,
North Carolina (Site or subject Site). The Site consists of three parcels of land that total
approximately 1,359 acres. Specifically, the Site is located at 863 East Meadow Road
(Rockingham County Parcel Identification Number [PIN] 108230Z1), 719 Industrial Drive (PIN
108185), and a parcel with no established address (PIN 112699). A Brownfields Agreement
between the DEQ Brownfields Redevelopment Section and Nestle Purina Petcare Company was
recorded for the Site on October 26, 2023. A Site location map is provided as Figure 1, and Site
Maps that includes Site features associated with redevelopment activities are provided as Figures
2A and 2B.

Mr. Bill Schmithorst January 30, 2024 Page 2

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From the late 1970s until 2017, MillerCoors conducted industrial beer brewery operations at the
Site. Following the discontinuation of brewery operations in 2017, D.H. Griffin Companies (DH
Griffin) occupied the Site and performed various facility decommissioning activities in the main
Site building and a former wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).

The Site is currently developed with an approximately 1,100,00 square foot (sq ft) manufacturing
building located in the southwest portion of the Brownfields property. Remaining areas of the
Site are developed with smaller buildings, relic wastewater treatment infrastructure, a concrete
paved area formerly utilized for coal storage, parking lots, access drives, and undeveloped land.
Current redevelopment plans include upfit and renovations for adaptive reuse of the existing Site
buildings for manufacturing and distribution operations by the PD.

As it relates to the 2023 redevelopment time period, this report has been prepared in accordance
with environmental-related reporting requirements associated with ongoing redevelopment
activities included in the approved EMP for the Site. The section below outlines activities
completed to satisfy the requirements of the DEQ-approved EMP.

2.0 Environmental-Related Reporting Requirements

In accordance with the Post-Redevelopment Reporting Section of the approved EMP for the Site,
redevelopment activities at the Former MillerCoors Brewery Brownfields property are ongoing
and have included the following activities:

• Installation of electrical switch gears, chillers, boilers, compressors, and cooling towers;
• Installation of a fire suppression system;
• Upgrades to municipal water infrastructure;
• Stormwater improvements;
• Construction of a new WWTP building, unloading building, and meal bin storage bins;
• Soil management during backfilling of the WWTP lagoons with Site soils; and
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• Import of stone for stormwater improvements, roadways, and backfill.

Note that impacted soil or other subsurface features of potential environmental concern were not
identified during grading and/or excavation activities. As such, soil disturbed during
redevelopment activities was reused on-Site as fill as described above.

Should you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to call me
at [phone].

Sincerely,
Hart & Hickman, PC
Justin Ballard, PG Project Manager
Attachments cc: Ms. Joletta Golik, Nestle Purina PetCare Ms. Heather Winkler, Nestle Purina PetCare Mr. Steve Weber, Parker Poe
Mr. Ralph McGee, Hart & Hickman, PC
USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP ElevationProgram, Geographic Names Information System, National HydrographyDataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset,and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S.Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road Data; Natural Earth Data;U.S. Department of State Humanitarian Information Unit; and NOAANational Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Coastal ReliefModel. Data refreshed May, 2020.
SITE LOCATION MAP
FORMER MILLERCOORS (NESTLE PURINA) 863 EAST MEADOW ROAD
EDEN, NORTH CAROLINA
DATE: 8-5-21
JOB NO: PPA-065
REVISION NO: 0
FIGURE NO: 1
TITLE
PROJECT
0 2,000 4,000
SCALE IN FEET
SITE
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U.S.G.S. QUADRANGLE MAP
NORTHEAST EDEN, NC-VA 2019
QUADRANGLE7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC)
3921 Sunset Ridge Road, Suite 301Raleigh, North Carolina 27607919-847-4241 (p) 919-847-4261 (f)License # C-1269 / # C-245 Geology
REVISION NO. 0
FIGURE NO. 2A
3921 Sunset Ridge Road, Suite 301
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
919-847-4241(p) 919-847-4261(f)
License # C-1269 / #C-245 Geology
FORMER LAKE MILLER
FORMER WWTP LAGOONS
FORMER ASTs
FORMER BIOMASS BOILER
100K SQ FT WAREHOUSE
50K SQ FT WAREHOUSE
JOB NO. PPA-065
DATE: 1-30-24
FORMER MILLERCOORS (NESTLE PURINA) 863 EAST MEADOW ROAD
EDEN, NORTH CAROLINA
SITE MAP
NOTES:
1. AERIAL IMAGERY OBTAINED FROM NC ONEMAP, 2022.
2. BASE DATA OBTAINED FROM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY GIS,
2020.
3. WWTP = WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
SQ FT = SQUARE FEET
FORMER WWTP
LEGEND
BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY BOUNDARY
PARCEL LINE
RAILROAD
SURFACE WATER FEATURE
WWTP
MAIN FACTORY
(CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE)S:\AAA-Master Projects\Parker Poe Adams (PPA)\PPA-065 Nestle Eden\Background Soil Assessment\Figures\SITE MAP_20240130.dwg, FIG2A, 1/30/2024 1:31:47 PM, kmckinney
REVISION NO. 0
FIGURE NO. 2B
3921 Sunset Ridge Road, Suite 301
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
919-847-4241(p) 919-847-4261(f)
License # C-1269 / #C-245 Geology
FORMER LAKE MILLER
FORMER WWTP LAGOONS
FORMER ASTs
JOB NO. PPA-065
DATE: 1-30-24
FORMER MILLERCOORS (NESTLE PURINA) 863 EAST MEADOW ROAD
EDEN, NORTH CAROLINA
SITE MAP
NOTES:
1. AERIAL IMAGERY OBTAINED FROM NC ONEMAP, 2022.
2. BASE DATA OBTAINED FROM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY GIS,
2020.
3. WWTP = WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
SQ FT = SQUARE FEET
LEGEND
BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY BOUNDARY
PARCEL LINE
RAILROAD
SURFACE WATER FEATURE
FORMER WWTP
WWTP
MAIN FACTORY
(CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE)
FORMER BIOMASS BOILER
100K SQ FT WAREHOUSE
50K SQ FT WAREHOUSE
S:\AAA-Master Projects\Parker Poe Adams (PPA)\PPA-065 Nestle Eden\Background Soil Assessment\Figures\SITE MAP_20240130.dwg, FIG2B, 1/30/2024 1:28:38 PM, kmckinney