24001 REEP-LRC II SNI 20230428

02118-001/00455311 REEP-LRC II/24001-20-060/20230504

SUMMARY OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEVELOP A BROWNFIELDS PROPERTY Brownfields Property Name: REEP-LRC II Brownfields Project Number: 24001-20-060 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, SPWF-
Continental Warehouse, LLC, as Prospective Developer, has filed with the North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality (“DEQ”) a Notice of Intent to Redevelop a Brownfields Property (“Brownfields Property”) located at 1900 and
1942 Continental Boulevard, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County. The Brownfields Property, which is the former site of
Continental Tire (tire manufacturer) and prior to that a U.S. Naval Ammunitions Depot, consists of 84.664 acres.
Environmental contamination exists on the Brownfields Property in soil, soil gas, and groundwater. SPWF-Continental
Warehouse, LLC has committed itself to redeveloping the Brownfields Property for no uses other than industrial, warehouse,
office, parking, open space, and with DEQ’s prior written approval, other commercial uses. The Notice of Intent to
Redevelop a Brownfields Property includes: (1) a proposed Brownfields Agreement between DEQ and SPWF-Continental
Warehouse, LLC, which in turn includes (a) a map showing the location of the Brownfields Property, (b) a description of
the contaminants involved and their concentrations in the media of the Brownfields 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 Charlotte Mecklenburg Library –
Steele Creek Branch, 13620 Steele Creek Road, Charlotte, NC 28273 by contacting Monica Brown at
[e-mail] or at [phone]; or at the offices of the N.C. Brownfields Redevelopment Section, 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 be reviewed online at the DEQ public record
database, Laserfiche, by entering the project number 24001-20-060 into the search bar at the following web address:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/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 May 11, 2023, 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:
Bruce Nicholson, Chief
Brownfields Redevelopment Section Division of Waste Management NC Department of Environmental Quality
1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646Rede