WS-5744_20507_C_NFA_20230417_Phils Citgo NRP

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Waste Management
Winston-Salem Regional Office | 450 West Hanes Mill Road | Suite 300 | Winston-Salem,
NC 27105 | [phone]
April 17, 2023
The Halbedels Corporation
C/O Joe Halbedels
731 Big Indian Loop
Mooresville, NC 28117
Re: Notice of No Further Action
15A NCAC 2L .0407(e)
Risk-based Assessment
and Corrective Action for
Petroleum Underground
Storage Tanks
Phil’s Citgo
168 Hardin Street
Boone, Watuga County, NC
UST Incident Number 20507
Risk Classification: Low
Dear Mr. Halbedels:
A review of information on file with the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Section, Division of Waste
Management, Winston-Salem 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 4/17/2023, the UST Section reviewed a certified copy of the Notice of Residual
Petroleum which is filed with the Register of Deeds. On 11/13/2003 in book 912 and page 171-176.
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. Be advised that
as soil contamination exceeds the residential MSCCs, the property containing the contamination is suitable
only for industrial/ commercial use or restricted residential use (The term "residential is inclusive of, but
not limited to, private houses, apartment complexes, schools, nursing homes, parks, recreation areas and
day care centers), as stipulated in the Notice of Residual Petroleum (attached).
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April 17, 2023
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Waste Management
Winston-Salem Regional Office | 450 West Hanes Mill Road | Suite 300 | Winston-Salem,
NC 27105 | [phone]
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.
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,
James W. Brown
Regional Supervisor
Winston-Salem Regional Office
UST Section, Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ
CC: Watauga County Manager, Deron Geouque, 814 W King St, Suite 205, Boone, NC
28607
Watauga County Health Director, Jennifer Greene, 126 Poplar Grover Connector, Boone,
NC 28607
State of NC Department of Administration, 116 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27603-8003
WS-5744_20507_C_NFA_20230417_Phil’s Citgo NRP