20080_True Textiles Elkin II_SIR_2022.03.10

DWM Brownfields Inspection Report
Submitted By: jkslaughter_ncdenr
Submitted Time: 03/14/2022 10:36 AM

I. Inspection Information
Date & Time: 03/10/2022 10:04 AM Inspection Type: Meeting

Brownfields Staff:
Kevin Slaughter
Other Personnel:
Justin Hobart - GeoSyntec
Location:
Lat: 36.2463022, Long: -80.8453349,

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II. Project Information
Number: 20080-16-086 Name: True Textiles (RN)
Address: 304 East Main Street

City: Elkin

County: Surry

III. Environmental

Current Use of Property: Commercial/Retail, Industrial
Structures on Property: Existing Structures Violation: No

Vapor Mitigation Systems: Not Observed Vapor Mitigation Violation: No

Use of Surface Water or Groundwater: Not Observed Water Use Violation: No

Exposed Soils: Not Observed Exposed Soils Violation: No

Summary: N/A

Summary: N/A

Summary: Former textile mill present on the property. During the IA sampling event,
Geosyntec is sampling the lower level of the Foothills Art Center building and warehouse
space located on the western portion of the property.

Summary: N/A

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Use of Basements: Observed Basement Violation: No

Storage of Chemicals: Not Observed Chemical Violation: No

Groundwater Monitoring Wells: Not Observed Monitoring Well Violation: No

Current Exposure to Public/Public Risk:

Summary: There is a basement/soil contact level within the Foothills Art Center building
which was entered during the collection of three Summa cannisters deployed the
previous day. Although there are numerous other basement levels on the property, this
was the only one entered on this site visit (Photos 1 and 2).

Summary: N/A

Condition:
Summary: N/A

No risk to the public observed at the time of the Site Inspection.

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IV. Inspector Comments

V. PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo 1: Summa cannister within women’s restroom on lower level of Foothills Arts Council
building.
The purpose of the site inspection was to observe the completion of indoor air sampling within
several building at the former True Textiles property. I met with Mr. Justin Hobart of GeoSyntec at
the Foothills Arts Council building to collect the three Summa cannisters placed within the lower
level of the building the prior day (Photos 1 and 2). Residual vacuums on the three regulators
ranged from 7 to 7.5” Hg when the Summa cannisters were sealed and recovered. We then drove to
the western buildings to check the status of the Summa cannisters also placed the previous day.
Because these were placed in the early afternoon, the vacuums on these cannisters/regulators were
still over 10” Hg (Photo 3) with approximately 2.5 hrs. until Justin planned on recovering them.

We walked through the buildings to check on the status of the Summa cannisters, and none of them
had been disturbed (Photos 4 and 5). A forklift was present within one building, but Justin stated
that it had not been operated for a minimum of several days prior to sampling. The duplicate
Summa cannisters were bordering on being below the breathing zone which I pointed out to Justin,
and although they are sitting close to each other, they are not connected with a common air intake
(Photo 6). I left the mill building at approximately 10:30 for Winston-Salem and took a photograph
was taken of one of the sewer drains that was being filling with concrete during my prior visit on
11/29/21 (Photo 7).

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Photo 2: Another Summa cannister within lower level of Foothills art council building. A third
was set-up at the bottom of the stairwell.

Photo 3: Close-up of Summa cannister regulator within western buildings. Will require several
additional hours prior to ending sampling period.
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Photo 4: Summa cannister within western building.

Photo 5: Another example of Summa cannister within western buildings.

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Photo 6: Duplicate air sampling Summa cannisters not plumbed together so air intake was from
single sampling cane. The intake height was approximately 3’ above grade (along with a couple
of other locations) bordering on low end of breathing zone.

Photo 7: Photo of vault that was being filled with grout during 11/29/21 Site Inspection.