09066_Sonoco LOE 20060128

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Dexter R. Matthews, Director Division of Waste Management Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary

1646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646
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January 28, 2006

Sent Via E-mail and USPS

Steve Harris
Harris Murr & Vermillion, LLC
1600 Camden Road
Charlotte, NC 28203
[e-mail]

Subject: Letter of Eligibility
Sonoco Flexible Packaging Facility
2203 Hawkins Street
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Brownfields Project Number 09066-05-60

Dear Mr. Harris:

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has received and
reviewed your December 6, 2005 Letter of Intent (LOI) submitted; on behalf of Harris Murr & Vermillion, LLC
as a Prospective Developer (PD) seeking a brownfields agreement regarding the subject site. Upon review of
the letters with respect to the requirements of the Brownfields Property Reuse Act of 1997, DENR has
determined that this project is eligible for entry into the North Carolina brownfields program and for continued
evaluation for a brownfields agreement.

The next step in the process will involve a detailed review of available environmental and other relevant
data to determine what is currently known about contamination at the site, and what, if any, information gaps
may exist that may require additional assessment. Historical site information from the files of DENR’s
Division of Waste Management will also be utilized during the evaluation process. Please forward any
additional information or data you may have or can acquire for our evaluation. This should include reports
from other DENR agencies or regional offices. We will contact you regarding any additional assessment that
may be necessary to establish that the property is or can be made safe for the intended reuse, as required by
statute.

According to the LOI, the intended redevelopment for the site is mixed use with commercial, retail, and
residential. Because risk management decisions may vary depending on the nature of the redevelopment, it will
be important that DENR review the locations of the various elements. Please forward any maps or drawings
indicating these details, even if they are only preliminary or conceptual.

Mr. Harris
January 28, 2006
Page 2 of 2

Please apprise me within thirty (30) days whether Harris Murr & Vermillion, LLC anticipates
becoming the owner of the property before or after conclusion of the brownfields process. If after, we need
from Harris Murr & Vermillion, LLC within thirty (30) days the name, e-mail address and U.S. mail address of
the current owner, so we may e-mail a request for acknowledgment regarding recordation of the Notice of
Brownfields Property (NBP) by Harris Murr & Vermillion, LLC while that party still owns the property, add to
Harris Murr & Vermillion, LLC’s signature block in the NBP a signature block for that party, and, at the
conclusion of the process, mail the NBP to that party for signing.

I am excited about the potential for public benefit offered by the safe reuse of the Soncoc Flexible
Packaging site, and I look forward to working with you to advance this brownfields redevelopment project. If
you have questions about this correspondence or require additional information, please feel free to contact me
by phone at [phone], or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Carolyn Minnich

Carolyn Minnich
Brownfields Project Manager
Division of Waste Management

cc: Project File

ec: Rob Gelblum, DOJ
Bruce Nicholson, DENR