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24050-20-034/Vernon Packaging/20220520 PC

SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY Brownfields Property Name: Vernon Packaging Brownfields Project Number: 24050-20-034 Pursuant to the North Carolina Brownfields Property Reuse Act (the “Act”) authorized by North Carolina
General Statutes (NCGS) § 130A-310.30 through 130A-310.40, and specifically pursuant to NCGS § 130A-
310.34, CCC Trade Street, LLC, as Prospective Developer, has filed with the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) a Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property (“Property”) located at
848 North Trade Street, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County. The Brownfields Property consists of approximately
3.99 acres, and was most recently occupied by Vernon Packaging, Triad Produce, and Combs Produce which
conducted produce warehousing and distribution operations. Environmental contamination exists on the
Brownfields Property in soil, soil gas, and groundwater. CCC Trade Street, LLC, has committed itself to redevelop
the Brownfields Property for no uses other than high-density residential. The Notice of Intent to Redevelop a
Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields Agreement between DEQ and CCC Trade Street,
LLC, which in turn includes (a) a map showing the location of the Property, (b) a description of the contaminants
involved and their concentrations in the media of the Property, (c) the above-stated description of the intended
future use of the Brownfields Property, and (d) proposed investigation and remediation; and (2) a proposed Notice
of Brownfields Property prepared in accordance with NCGS § 130A-310.35.
The full Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property may be reviewed at the Forsyth County
Central Library located at 660 W. 5th Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, by contacting Karen Feeney at
[e-mail], or at [phone]; or at the offices of the N.C. Brownfields Program, 217 West Jones
Street, Raleigh, NC or by contacting Shirley Liggins at that address, at [e-mail], or at (919)
707-8383. The full Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property may also be reviewed online at the DEQ
public record database, Laserfiche, by entering the project number 24050-20-034 into the search bar at the
following web address:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/Welcome.aspx?dbid=0&repo=WasteManagement

The “Act” requires a public comment period of at least 30 days. The first day of public comment is defined
as the day after which all of the following public notice tasks have occurred: the date this Notice is: (1) published
in a newspaper of general circulation serving the area in which the Brownfields Property is located; (2)
conspicuously posted at the Brownfields Property; and (3) mailed or delivered to each owner of property
contiguous to the Brownfields Property. Written public comments may be submitted to DEQ within 30 days after
the public comment period begins. Written requests for a public meeting may be submitted to DEQ within 21 days
after the public comment period begins. These periods will start no sooner than June 1, 2022, and will end no
sooner than the later of: 1) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after that; or 2) 30 and 21 days, respectively, after
completion of the latest of the three (3) above-referenced tasks, if such completion occurs later than the date stated
herein. All public comments and public meeting requests should be addressed as follows:
Mr. Bruce Nicholson
Brownfields Program Manager Division of Waste Management NC Department of Environmental Quality
1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646