21012_Spring Ford Knitting Co_Internal Notification_20170303

From:Irick, Hayley M
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Subject:Initial Notification of a Brownfields Property - Gastonia, Gaston County
Date:Friday, March 03, 2017 11:06:25 AM
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To DEQ Cleanup Programs:
This is an internal courtesy notice to inform your program that the DEQ Brownfields Program has
received a Brownfields Property Application submitted by Old Well B2, LLC as the Prospective
Developer (PD) seeking entry into the Brownfields Program for the following property:

Site Name: Former Spring Ford Knitting Company
Address: 2349 Plastics Drive
City/County/Zip: Gastonia, Gaston County, 28054
BF Project Number: 21012-17-036
TAX ID: 117887
Known Identifying Number from:
SPILLS: Incident #18549 LUST: Incident # 12831
UST: Facility ID 00-0-0000028915
FINDS: Registry ID 110002381477
ECHO: Envid: 1006092635
GW Incident #: NA

Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/W47RpCw1oDM2

The 9.48-acre candidate Brownfields Property was formerly utilized as a textile mill by Adventure
Knits, James River Knits, Modern Globe, RP Sportswear, Bassett-Walker and, most recently, Spring
Ford Knitting Company. The property is currently used for warehousing purposes. The prospective
developer wishes to redevelop the existing facility for office, warehousing, and industrial uses with
associated parking.

We are now evaluating Old Well B2, LLC and the subject property for eligibility for entry into the
Brownfields Program. Under the Brownfields Property Reuse Act, only entities that did not cause or
contribute to the contamination at the property are eligible to enter the program. The applicant PD
listed below have asserted that: 1) they have not caused or contributed to the contamination at the
property, and 2) they have substantially complied with laws, regulations, and rules for the protection
of the environment. If you have any information to suggest otherwise, please provide that
information to me at [e-mail] or 919-707-8294 by March 17, 2017.

Rafiq H. Lakhany, Principal Officer
Will Weill, III, PD Representative
Old Well B2, LLC
1422 Burtonwood Drive, Suite 100
Gastonia, NC 28054
704-824-4915 phone
704-824-8088 fax
[e-mail]

http://www.cougarinc.net/contact.php

PD Contact
Carol Jones Van Buren
Van Buren Law, PLLC
524 East Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28203
704-366-4608 phone
[e-mail]

A Brownfields Agreement (BFA) has no legal effect on your agency's authority to regulate or
enforce against any and all parties who caused or contributed to the contamination at the
property. In fact, the BFA will require the developer to provide access to the property to any
party doing work under any DEQ program.

A BFA provides liability protection only to a non-causative redeveloper of the property. The
developer will be required to make the property safe for its intended re-use. Cleanup to
unrestricted use standards will not be required unless deemed necessary based on the
developer's proposed use of the property. Furthermore, the BFA will not change the developer's
responsibility to obtain any and all DEQ permits (e.g. storm water, sediment control, NPDES, etc.)
as required under applicable law.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you,
Hayley
Hayley M. Irick
Project Manager
Division of Waste Management – Brownfields Program
NC Department of Environmental Quality

919 707 8294 direct line
[e-mail]

217 W Jones Street
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.