Belhaven_IHSB Priority List Lletter

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Pat McCrory
Governor
John E. Skvarla, III
Secretary

February 10, 2014

Mr. Graham Farmer
The Cooperage, LLC
230 Beech Street
Wilmington, NC 28405

Re: Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites Priority List
Cooperage Tract
Belhaven, Beaufort County

Dear Mr. Farmer:

The site listed above has been included on the October 2014 Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites Priority List
(Priority List) as required by North Carolina General Statutes 130A-310.2. The Priority List is a list of sites
where uncontrolled disposal, spills, or releases of hazardous substances have been identified. The sites
are ranked in decreasing order of danger to public health and the environment. This list reflects the site’s
status at the end of the state fiscal year on June 30, 2014. If your site has since received a “No Further
Action” determination or has entered our voluntary cleanup program, you will not receive further letters.

This letter is being sent to you to fulfill our statutory duty to notify those who own, and also those
currently known to be responsible for, each contaminated site on the Priority List. A copy of the Priority
List with each site's rank appearing in the right-hand column is available at
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sf/sfavailabledocs under the Site Inventory heading. This list is in
alphabetical order by site name to make it easier for you to locate your score and rank. The scoring is on a
0 to 100 point scale. The higher scores indicate higher risk.

Any person or entity responsible for the contamination that has not already done so, must conduct the
initial abatement actions required under North Carolina groundwater quality regulations (15A NCAC 2L).
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Under these regulations, any person conducting or controlling an activity which causes discharge of a
waste or hazardous substance to groundwater must take immediate action to stop and control the
discharge, and address any hazards from the contaminants. If groundwater has become contaminated as
a result of the discharge, the responsible party must take immediate action to eliminate the sources of
contamination. State approval of the contaminant cleanup should be coordinated with our office. Failure
of a responsible party to take the initial discharge abatement steps required in 15A NCAC 2L may result in
the assessment of a civil penalty or other enforcement action against that responsible party.

Further work beyond controlling the discharge may also be required depending on the hazards posed by
the contamination. Any responsible party or property owner that would like to complete cleanup of the
site would need to participate in the Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch's voluntary cleanup program and
enter into an administrative agreement with the Branch to receive state approval and delisting of the site.
The first step is to complete a Site Conditions Questionnaire found at
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sf/ihshome and send it to our office.

Depending on the risks posed by the site, the oversight and approval of the cleanup action will either by
state staff or through a private environmental consulting firm approved by the branch to certify cleanup
actions. More information on the privatized approval portion of our voluntary cleanup program can be
found at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sf/ihs/recprogram or you can contact our Registered
Environmental Consultant Program manager, Kim Caulk at [phone].

If you have any questions, please contact Bruce Parris, Western Unit Regional Supervisor at (704) 235-
2185, Qu Qi, Central Unit Regional Supervisor at [phone], John Walch, Eastern Unit Regional
Supervisor at [phone] or me at [phone]. To determine which region your site is located,
you can view a Branch regional map at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sf/ihs/ihsregmap. Those who
are interested in reviewing our files on any site (available online) can access them by going to
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sf/ihshome and then clicking on the link labeled File Access Online
found on the left side of the screen. You may also contact Scott Ross at [phone], if you do not have
access to the internet and would like to schedule an appointment to access the files or to request a copy
of the Priority List be mailed to you.

Sincerely,

Charlotte V. Jesneck, Head
Inactive Hazardous Site Branch
Superfund Section

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