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HomeMy WebLinkAbout24015_Hotel Louise_LURU ModelNC BROWNFIELDS Land Use Restrictions (“LUR”) UPDATE Year CertificationMade:2021Project: 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.gov No use may be made of the Brownfields Property other than for multi-family residential, retail, grocery, and subject to the Department of Environmental Quality’s (“DEQ”) prior written approval, other commercial uses. For purposes of this restriction, the following definitions apply: Multi-Family Residential is defined as multi-unit human dwellings, such as condominia or apartments that are contained in one building or a group of buildings within one complex and that can be constructed side by side or stacked vertically. Single family homes, townhomes, duplexes, or other units with private ownership of yards are prohibited. Retail is defined as the sale of goods or services, products, or merchandise directly to the consumer or businesses and includes showrooms, personal service, farmer’s markets, food festivals, and the sales of food and beverage products, including from mobile establishments such as food trucks. Grocery is defined as a retail store that offers non-perishable food packaged in bottles, boxes, and cans, perishable food such as baked goods, meats, deli products, and fresh produce, and which may sell non-food items, such as clothing and household items and provide pharmacy, financial, or other services. Commercial is defined as an enterprise carried on for profit or nonprofit by the owner, lessee or licensee. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: The Brownfields Property may not be used for childcare centers, adult care centers, or schools without the prior written approval of DEQ. 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: demolition of existing buildings, if applicable; issues related to known or potential sources of contamination, including without limitation those resulting from contamination identified in Exhibit 2 of the Agreement; 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 and DEQ approval of both fill soil before import to the Brownfields Property and the disposition of all soil excavated from the Brownfields Property during redevelopment. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: During January of each year after the year in which the Notice referenced in paragraph 17 of the Agreement is recorded, as part of the Land Use Restriction Update as described in LUR 13 below 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 VI: 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: 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 referenced in paragraph 17 of the Agreement 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: Groundwater at the Brownfields Property may not be used for any purpose without the prior written approval of DEQ along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure that the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified in LUR 1 above while fully protecting public health and the environment. Should groundwater be encountered or exposed during any activity on the Brownfields Property, it shall be managed in accordance with the DEQ-approved EMP outlined in LUR 3, or a plan approved in writing in advance by DEQ. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: No activity that disturbs soil on the Brownfields Property may occur 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 in LUR 1 above while fully protecting public health and the environment, except: in connection with landscape planting to depths not exceeding 24 inches; mowing and pruning of above-ground vegetation; for repair of underground infrastructure, provided that DEQ shall be given written notice at least seven days in advance of a scheduled repair (if only by email) of any such repair, or in emergency circumstances no later than the next business day, and that any related assessment and remedial measures required by DEQ shall be taken; and in connection to work conducted in accordance with a DEQ-approved Environmental Management Plan (EMP) as outlined in LUR 3. 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 in LUR 3. 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 referenced in paragraph 17 of the Agreement, may be occupied until DEQ determines in writing that: the building is or would be protective of the building’s users and public health from the risk of vapor intrusion based on site assessment data, or a site-specific risk assessment approved in writing by DEQ; or a vapor intrusion mitigation system (VIMS) has been: designed to mitigate vapors for subgrade building features in accordance with the most recent and applicable DWM Vapor Intrusion Guidance, Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) guidance, and American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST) standards, and that said design shall fully protect public health to the satisfaction of a professional engineer licensed in North Carolina, as evidenced by said engineer’s professional seal, and shall include a performance monitoring plan detailing methodologies and schedule, both of which are subject to prior written DEQ approval; and installed and an installation report is submitted for written DEQ approval that includes details on any deviations from the system design, as-built diagrams, photographs, and a description of the installation with said engineer’s professional seal confirming that the system was installed per the DEQ-approved design and will be protective of public health. 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 Beaufort County land records, Book 2081, Page 311.” A copy of any such instrument shall be sent to the persons listed in Section XVII (Notices and Submissions), though financial figures and other confidential information 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 may use the following mechanisms to comply with the obligations of this paragraph: (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 XVII (Notices 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 XVII. 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; as constituents of products and materials customarily used and stored in retail and grocery environments, provided such products and materials are stored in original retail packaging and used and disposed of in accordance with applicable laws; or as fuels or other fluids customarily used in vehicles, landscaping equipment and emergency generators. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: During January of each year after the year in which the Notice referenced in paragraph 17 of the Agreement is recorded, the owner of any part of the Brownfields Property as of January 1stof that year shall submit a notarized Land Use Restrictions Update (“LURU”) to DEQ, and to the chief public health and environmental officials of Beaufort County, certifying that, as of said January 1st, the Notice of Brownfields Property containing these land use restrictions remains recorded at the Beaufort County Register of Deeds office and that the land use restrictions are being complied with. If the property is transferred, the grantor shall submit a LURU (as outlined above) which covers the period of time they owned the property. The submitted LURU shall state the following: the Brownfields Property address, and the name, mailing address, telephone number, and contact person’s e-mail address of the owner, or board, association or approved entity, submitting the LURU if said owner, or each of the owners on whose behalf a joint LURU is submitted, acquired any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year; the transferee’s name, mailing address, telephone number, and contact person’s e-mail address, if said owner, or each of the owners on whose behalf a joint LURU is submitted, transferred any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year; whether any vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems installed pursuant to LUR 9 above are performing as designed, and whether the uses of the ground floors, including any tenant renovations, of any buildings containing such vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems have changed, and, if so, how, and under which precautions so as not to interfere with the operation of said system; and A LURU submitted for rental units shall include enough of each lease entered into during the previous calendar year to demonstrate compliance with lessee notification requirements in paragraphs 18 and 19 of the Agreement provided that if standard form leases are used in every instance, a copy of such standard form lease may be sent in lieu of copies of actual leases. In complianceOut of compliance Remarks: Notarized signing and submittal of this LUR Updateconstitutes certification that the Notice of Brownfields Propertyremains recorded at theCounty Register of Deeds offices and that the LURsare 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: