MO-4138_12435_C_NFA_20230309_Dainels Property

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Waste Management
UST Section Central Office | 1646 Mail Service Center | Raleigh, NC 27699-1646 | [phone]

March 9, 2023

Paul Speagle
1530 6th St NW Hickory, NC 28601
Re: Notice of No Further Action 15A NCAC 2L .0407(e) Risk-based Assessment and Corrective Action for Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks Former Daniels Property 1530 6th Street NW Hickory, Catawba County, NC UST Incident Number 12435
Risk Classification: Low

Dear Mr. Speagle:
A review of information on file with the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Section, Division of Waste
Management, Mooresville Regional Office indicates that soil and groundwater contamination meet the
cleanup requirements for a low-risk release under Title 15A NCAC 2L .0202 and .0400, but contamination
exceeds the limits allowed for the unrestricted use of a site were closed under risk-based cleanup standards.
The UST Section determines that no further action is warranted for this incident. All required actions have
been completed. On 2/1/23, the UST Section received a certified copy of the Notice of Residual Petroleum
which is filed with the Register of Deeds on 2/23/2023 in book 3790 and page 982-983.
This determination shall apply unless the UST Section later finds that the discharge or release poses an
unacceptable risk or a potentially unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. Pursuant to Title
15A NCAC 02L .0407(a) you have a continuing obligation to notify the Department of any changes that
might affect the risk or land use classifications that have been assigned.
Be advised that as groundwater contamination exceeds the groundwater quality standards established in
Title 15A NCAC 02L .0202, groundwater within the area of contamination or within the area where
groundwater contamination is expected to migrate is not suitable for use as a water supply nor should any
soils in the vicinity of the former tank basin be disturbed.
Interested parties may examine the site file information by contacting this regional office and may submit
comments on the site to the regional office at the address or telephone number listed below.
This No Further Action determination applies only to the subject incident; for any other incidents at the
subject site, the responsible party must continue to address contamination as required.
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Waste Management
UST Section Central Office | 1646 Mail Service Center | Raleigh, NC 27699-1646 | [phone]

If you have any questions regarding trust fund eligibility or reimbursement from the Commercial Leaking
Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Funds, please contact the UST Section Trust Fund Branch
at [phone].
If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact me at the address or telephone number listed
below.
Sincerely,
Z. Vance Jackson Jr., CPM
UST Section Chief
UST Section, Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ

CC: Ron Taraban, MRO (e-mail)
Catawba County Health Director, Jennifer McCraken, 3070 11th Ave Drive SE, Hickory,
NC 28602
Catawba County Manager, Mr. Tom Lundy, Post Office Box 389, 100-A South West Blvd,
Newton, NC 28658-0389
MO-4138_12435_C_NFA_20230309_Dainels Property