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HomeMy WebLinkAbout17047_REEP-LRC Project 1_LURU ModelNC BROWNFIELDS Land Use Restrictions (“LUR”) UPDATE Year CertificationMade:2020Project: Project Number: Address:County:Property Owner (In part or whole)/Association: Read the following LURs and mark each restriction accordingly. Additional remarks may be added for compliance status clarification.Attach any required or supplemental documentation,sign, notarize and submit to the following address or email: NC Division of Waste Management Attn: Brownfields Property Management Unit 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC  27699-1646 BFPropertyManagement@ncdenr.govNo use may be made of the Brownfields Property other than for industrial, warehousing, office, parking, and with prior written Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) approval, other commercial uses. For purposes of this restriction, the following definitions apply: “Industrial” defined as the assembly, fabrication, processing, warehousing or distribution of goods or materials. “Parking” defined as the temporary accommodation of motor vehicles in an area designed for same. “Warehousing” defined as the use of a commercial building for storage of goods by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses among others, and also refers to the storage of goods and materials for a specific commercial establishment or a group of establishments in a particular type of industry or commercial activity. “Office” defined as the provision of business or professional services. “Commercial” defined as an enterprise carried on for profit or nonprofit by the owner, lessee or licensee. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Unless compliance with this LUR is waived in writing by DEQ in advance in regard to particular activity or the activity is conducted in accordance with a DEQ-approved Environmental Management Plan (“EMP”), no activities that encounter, expose, remove or use groundwater (for example, installation of water supply wells, ponds, lakes or swimming pools, or construction or excavation activities that encounter or expose groundwater) may occur on the Brownfields Property unless and until DEQ states in writing, in advance of the proposed activity, that said activity may occur if carried out along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified above in LUR 1 while fully protecting public health and the environment. Prior sampling and analysis of groundwater to the written satisfaction of DEQ in any areas proposed for such activities, and submittal of the analytical results to DEQ is required. If such results reflect contaminant concentrations that exceed the standards and screening levels applicable to the uses authorized for the Brownfields Property, the groundwater-related activities proposed may only occur in compliance with any written conditions DEQ imposes. Activities may occur if carried out along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified above in LUR 1 while fully protecting public health and the environment. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Soil may not be removed from, or brought onto, the Brownfields Property without prior sampling and analysis to DEQ’s satisfaction and the written approval of DEQ, unless conducted in accordance with an approved EMP as outlined below in LUR 6. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: No enclosed building may be constructed on the Brownfields Property and no existing building, defined as those depicted on the plat component of the Notice of Brownfields Property, may be occupied until DEQ determines in writing that: the building is or would be protective of the building’s users, public health and the environment from risk of vapor intrusion based on site assessment data or a site-specific risk assessment approved in writing by DEQ; or the building is or would be sufficiently distant from the Brownfields Property’s groundwater and/or soil contamination based on assessment data approved in writing by DEQ that the building’s users, public health and the environment will be protected from risk from vapor intrusion related to said contamination; or vapor intrusion mitigation measures are designed, installed, and implemented in a manner that will fully protect public health to the satisfaction of a professional engineer licensed in North Carolina, as evidenced by said engineer’s professional seal on a report that includes photographs and a description of the installation and performance of said measures, and to DEQ. Any design specification for vapor intrusion mitigation measures shall be approved in writing by DEQ in advance of installation and/or implementation of said measures. The design specifications shall include methodology(ies) for demonstrating performance of said measures. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Unless compliance with this LUR is waived in writing in advance by DEQ in relation to particular buildings, demolition and/or renovation of any or all buildings on the Brownfields Property depicted on the plat component of the Notice shall be in accordance with applicable legal requirements, including without limitation those related to lead and asbestos abatement that are administered by the Health Hazards Control Unit within the Division of Public Health of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Physical redevelopment of the Brownfields Property may not occur other than in accord, as determined by DEQ, with an Environmental Management Plan (“EMP”) approved in writing by DEQ in advance (and revised to DEQ’s written satisfaction prior to each subsequent redevelopment phase) that is consistent with all the other land use restrictions and describes redevelopment activities at the Brownfields Property, the timing of redevelopment phases, and addresses health, safety and environmental issues that may arise from use of the Brownfields Property during construction or redevelopment in any other form, including without limitation: soil and water management issues, including without limitation those resulting from contamination identified in the Environmental Reports; issues related to potential sources of contamination referenced in Exhibit 2; contingency plans for addressing, including without limitation the testing of soil and groundwater, newly discovered potential sources of environmental contamination (e.g., USTs, tanks, drums, septic drain fields, oil-water separators, soil contamination); and plans for the proper characterization of, and, as necessary, disposal of contaminated soils excavated during redevelopment. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: As part of the Land Use Restrictions Update described below in LUR 13 for each year after the year in which the Notice is recorded, for as long as physical redevelopment of the Brownfields Property continues (except that the final deadline shall fall 90 days after the conclusion of physical redevelopment), the then owner of the Brownfields Property shall provide DEQ a report subject to written DEQ approval on environment-related activities since the last report, with a summary and drawings, that describes: actions taken on the Brownfields Property in accordance with Section V: Work to be Performed above; soil grading and cut and fill actions; methodology(ies) employed for field screening, sampling and laboratory analysis of environmental media; stockpiling, containerizing, decontaminating, treating, handling, laboratory analysis and ultimate disposition of any soil, groundwater or other materials suspected or confirmed to be contaminated with regulated substances; and removal of any contaminated soil, water or other contaminated materials (for example, concrete, demolition debris) from the Brownfields Property (copies of all legally required manifests shall be included). In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Neither DEQ, nor any party conducting environmental assessment or remediation at the Brownfields Property at the direction of, or pursuant to a permit, order or agreement issued or entered into by DEQ, may be denied access to the Brownfields Property for purposes of conducting such assessment or remediation, which is to be conducted using reasonable efforts to minimize interference with authorized uses of the Brownfields Property. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Any deed or other instrument conveying an interest in the Brownfields Property shall contain the following notice: “This property is subject to the Brownfields Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Brownfields Property recorded in the Mecklenburg County land records, Book 35098, Page 693.” A copy of any such instrument shall be sent to the persons listed in Section XV (Notices and Submissions), though financial figures related to the conveyance may be redacted to the extent said redactions comply with the confidentiality and trade secret provisions of the North Carolina Public Records Law. The owner conveying an interest may use the following mechanisms to comply with the obligations of this subparagraph: (i) If every lease and rider is identical in form, the owner conveying an interest may provide DEQ with copies of a form lease or rider evidencing compliance with this subparagraph, in lieu of sending copies of actual, executed leases, to the persons listed in Section XV (Notice and Submissions); or (ii) The owner conveying an interest may provide abstracts of leases, rather than full copies of said leases, to the persons listed in Section XV. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: None of the contaminants known to be present in the environmental media at the Brownfields Property, as described in Exhibit 2 of the Agreement and as modified by DEQ in writing if additional contaminants in excess of applicable standards are discovered at the Brownfields Property, may be used or stored at the Brownfields Property without the prior written approval of DEQ, except: in de minimis quantities for cleaning and other routine housekeeping and maintenance activities; in products or materials that are brought onto the Brownfields Property, kept in their original packaging or containers (that is, not used or repackaged) and later removed from the Brownfields Property in the original packaging or containers. as constituents of fuels, lubricants and oils in emergency generators, machinery, equipment and vehicles in on-board tanks integral to said equipment or in flammable liquid storage containers totaling no more than 25 gallons; as fuel or other fluids customarily used in vehicles, landscaping equipment and emergency generators. Substances containing contaminants known to be present in the environmental media at the Brownfields Property shall be managed in compliance with a site-specific plan prepared by the then owner of the Brownfields Property and approved in writing by DEQ such that, should a release of those substances occur at the Brownfields Property, the subject contaminants in that release would be distinguishable with certainty from the subject contaminants in any known release at the Brownfields Property that predates the Agreement. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: The owner of any portion of the Brownfields Property where any existing, or subsequently installed, DEQ-approved monitoring well is damaged by the owner, its contractors, or its tenants shall be responsible for repair of any such wells to DEQ’s written satisfaction and within a time period acceptable to DEQ, unless compliance with this LUR is waived in writing by DEQ in advance. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: The Brownfields Property may not be used for child care, adult care centers or schools without the prior written approval of DEQ. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: During January of each year after the year in which the Notice is recorded, the owner of any part of the Brownfields Property as of January 1st of that year shall submit a notarized Land Use Restrictions Update (“LURU”) to DEQ, and to the chief public health and environmental officials of Mecklenburg County, certifying that, as of said January 1st, the Notice of Brownfields Property containing these land use restrictions remains recorded at the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office and that the land use restrictions are being complied with. The submitted LURU shall state the following: the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person’s e-mail address of the owner submitting the LURU if said owner acquired any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year; the transferee’s name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person’s e-mail address, if said owner transferred any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year; whether any vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems installed pursuant to LUR 4, above, are performing as designed, and whether the uses of the ground floors of any buildings containing such vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems have changed, and, if so, how. whether all products containing hazardous substances used or stored at the Brownfields Property are being managed in compliance with the plan required by LUR 10, above. LURU’s submitted for any portion of the Brownfields Property that contains rental units shall include a list of tenants and their addresses. A LURU submitted for rental units shall include the rent roll and enough of each lease entered into during the previous calendar year to demonstrate compliance with lessee notification requirements in subparagraph 15.i. (LUR 9) and paragraph 21of the Agreement provided that if standard form leases are used in every instance, a copy of such standard form lease, abstract of lease, or lease rider may be sent in lieu of copies of actual leases. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Notarized signing and submittal of this LUR Update constitutes certification that the Notice of Brownfields Property remains recorded at theCounty Register of Deeds offices and that the LURs are being complied with. This LUR Update is certified by, the owner of at least part of the Brownfields Property, or if appropriate another entity on behalf of some or all owners, on this day of, 20. Name typed or printed of party making certification: [Note: additional entities or owners may be added if appropriate (i.e. multiple managing members/entities)]By:__________________________ (signature) Name typed or printed: Title typed or printed: COUNTY I certify that the following person(s) personally appeared before me this day, each acknowledging to me that he or she voluntarily signed the foregoing document for the purpose stated therein and in the capacity indicated: .Date: ___________________________________Official Signature of NotaryNotary’s printed or typed name, Notary Public(Official Seal)My commission expires: