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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]

August 8, 2023

Rusty Castle Investors LLC
4040 James Drive
Hudson, NC 28638
Re: Notice of No Further Action 15A NCAC 2L .0407(e) Risk-based Assessment and Corrective Action for Petroleum Underground
Storage Tanks Former Shanghai Grocery
4169 Grace Chapel Rd Granite Falls, Caldwell County, NC UST Incident Number 14496
Risk Classification: Low

Dear Rusty Castle Investors:
A review of information on file with the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Section, Division of Waste
Management, Central 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 8/4/23, the UST Section reviewed a certified copy of the Notice of Residual Petroleum
which is filed with the Register of Deeds on 8/1/2023 in book 2089 and page 1019-1020.
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.
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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14496 August 8, 2023
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,
Wayne Randolph, CPM
Branch Head
Trust Fund Branch
UST Section, Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ
CC: Caldwell County Health Director, Mrs. Anna Martin, [e-mail]
Caldwell County Manager, Donald Duncan, [e-mail]
Caroline LaFond, ARO
Wesley Starnes, 4465 Ike Starnes Rd, Granite Falls, NC 28630
Maria Starnes, 4185 Grace Chapel Rd, Granite Falls, NC 28630
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