FA-244_6765_G_SLR_20230609_Referral

(Revised October 2018)
RECOMMENDATION OF SITE FOR STATE LEAD CLEANUP
Incident Name:
Current Landowner: Address:
Step 1: Private/Public water supply well within 1000’ ☐yes ☐ no
Has a water supply been contaminated? ☐yes ☐ no
Has alternate water been provided? ☐yes ☐ no (see comments)
Step 2: This incident is recommended for State Lead Cleanup because (check all that apply):
☐The RO has not been able to positively identify the source(s) of contamination
☐The RO has not been able to positively identify the RP
☐The RO has positively identified the source(s), but RP cannot be located, or is deceased/dissolved
☐The RP has been identified but refuses to comply with investigative requirements
☐The RP has been identified but claims financial hardship or bankruptcy
☐The RO is continuing its investigation of sources and RPs, but immediate action is necessary to protect
human health and the environment. (Additional detail in comments below.)
Step 3: Attach a statement documenting or supporting the site risk determination (RRA Form) based upon a confirmed
UST release of petroleum to soil and/or groundwater.
Step 4: Attach cover memo with a summary of site history and chronology of events, including RO actions taken to date.
Step 5: Attach or provide a link to scans of the entire original Regional Office file, and be sure it includes:
☐24-Hour Release and UST Leak Reporting Form (Form 61) and ranking forms
☐Topographic map with site location clearly identified
☐NORRs, NOVs, and any other correspondence issued and received
☐Alternate water requests and any information on available water sources
☐Telephone logs and any supplemental information
Step 6: Check all that apply for any UST located at the site:
☐UST is a heating oil tank 100 gallons or less
☐UST is a heating oil tank greater than 1100 gallons for four or fewer households
☐UST is a farm or residential, 1100 gallons or less of motor fuel for non-commercial purposes
☐The UST is a non-regulated, commercial UST
☐The UST is a regulated, commercial UST
Attachments and related files can be found at:
MIKE HASELTINE
Signature Date Regional Supervisor
Attachment: Incident File ☒
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6765 - Cox's Exxon (FA-244)
6/13/2023
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Waste Management
Fayetteville Regional Office | 225 Green Street | Suite 714 | Systel Building | Fayetteville,
NC 28301 | [phone]
June 9, 2023
RECOMMENDATION FOR STATE LEAD CLEANUP
Division of Waste Management, UST Section
To: Wayne Randolph, TFB Head
Thru: Carin Kromm, CAB Head
Thru: Mike Haseltine, Fayetteville Regional Supervisor
From: Ken Currie
INCIDENT
Incident Name: Cox Exxon Incident #: 6765 (FA-244)
Address: 620 E. Church Street, Laurinburg, NC 28352 Facility ID: 00-0-0000008343
County: Robeson Risk/Rank: I-175-D
USTs: Commercial / Regulated (3 gasoline USTs excavated 1991)
Non-Commercial / Non-Regulated (one 550 heating oil reportedly remains)
CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER
Name: William David Cox
Mailing Address: 8980 Hasty Road., Laurinburg, NC 28352
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR STATE LEAD CLEANUP
The responsible party, Cooper Petroleum Co., Inc., dissolved on March 3, 2023.
RECEPTORS THREATENED OR CONTAMINATED
None known.
EMERGENCY ACTIONS NECESSARY
No
HISTORY AND CHRONOLGY
Cox Exxon is located at 620 East Church Street in Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina. The property
is owned by William David Cox and operates as an automotive repair shop. According to available
information, one 2,000-gallon gasoline, one 3,000-gallon gasoline and one 4,000-gallon gasoline USTs were
removed from the site on May 31, 1991, by Cooper Petroleum Co., Inc. No closure documents exist for the
tank removal beyond a lab analytical report from MicroBac Labs, dated May 9, 1991, and indicated significant
detections of TPH GRO from the tank basin; and a single paged document from Cooper Petroleum dated
October 1, 1991, vaguely explaining what took place. One 550-gallon heating oil UST (behind building and
not associated with gasoline UST basin) is reportedly still in use at the site (no known or reported release from
this heating oil tank).
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Incident Number: 6765
June 9, 2023
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Waste Management
Fayetteville Regional Office | 225 Green Street | Suite 714 | Systel Building | Fayetteville,
NC 28301 | [phone]
Staff from the NCPMA assisted Cooper Petroleum with the initial investigation following tank removal. Mark
Creel with NCPMA supervised the installation of four MWs with MW-2 constructed as a 4” recovery well. At
the time, free product was measured in MW-2, MW-3 & MW-4.
Allied Environmental Services, Inc., was hired to complete a CSA for the site and during this timeframe an
additional five MWs were constructed both on and off site (total of 10). Between 1991 and 2000, there are
documents from Cooper Petroleum which appears to indicate internal staff were baling and collecting free
product.
At some point during or shortly after year 2000, the incident is assumed to have been incorrectly ranked Low
Risk as there is no further documented site work. During BR19 review, I realized the error and reclassified
the incident to Intermediate based on the historical free product. A NORR was issued on January 13, 2020, to
submit a Monitoring Report.
On April 26, 2022, five monitoring wells (MW-10 through MW-14) were installed by Geological Resources,
Inc., to aid in defining the free product plume at the site. The monitoring wells were installed with 20-foot
screened intervals to 25 feet total depth BGS.
On April 26, 2022, groundwater samples collected from MW-6, MW-9, MW-11, MW-12, and MW-13 and
were submitted for laboratory analyses of VOCs using EPA Method 6200B. Benzene exceeded the GCL in
MW-11 and free product was observed in MW-3, MW-4, MW-10, and MW-14. Free product was hand bailed
from MW-3, MW-4, MW-10, and MW-14 on April 26, 2022. A total of 1.37 gallons of free product was
recovered during the April 2022 hand bailing activities. Recovered free product was transferred to a drum that
was staged on-site. At the conclusion of the hand bailing activities, absorbent socks were installed in MW-3
and MW-4. Data was submitted in a Monitoring Report (MRP), dated May 31, 2022.
During the intervening period since the May 2022 MRP, I was informed that Cooper Petroleum, Inc., did not
have the funds necessary for the needed scope of additional free product delineation and vertical soil profile
borings into the smear zone. The administratrix for the Estate of Robert C. Cooper, dissolved the corporation.
RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES
Acceptance into Trust Fund Branch for a contractor assignment. KEC suggests the above-mentioned vertical
soil profile borings into the smear zone with UVF/TPH analysis to determine secondary source within the
former UST basin that needs excavation as the initial step for product recovery. Clearly there is a highly
impacted smear zone continuing to feed the LNAPL across the site.
ADDITIONAL NOTE
Geological Resources, Inc., had obtained an Access Agreement from the property owner, William David Cox,
signed and dated November 26, 2021. This access agreement also contains a telephone number for the property
owner. With this, it is with some confidence that the Trust Fund Branch should not have any difficulties in
attaining another agreement for UST Section purposes.
INCIDENT FILES
The incident files are located at:
S:\UST\CAB\State Lead Submittal Files\FRO State Lead Referrals\6765 – Cox Exxon (FA-244)
Mike Haseltine
Regional Supervisor Signature Date
6/13/2023
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Owner Name
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Facility Tank List [-)---------------------
ID# Product Size Status Install Date Temporary Permanently Registration
Closed Date Closed Date Received
Gasoline, Gas 2000 Removed 05/09/1974 05/31/1991 Yes
Mix
2 Gasoline, Gas 3000 Removed 05/09/1974 05/31/1991 Yes
Mix
3 Gasoline, Gas 4000 Removed 05/09/1974 05/31/1991 Yes
Mix
4 Heating Oil/Fuel 550 Current 05/09/1974 Yes
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Owner ID
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November 18, 2021
William David Cox
8980 Hasty Road
Laurinburg, North Carolina 28352
Re: Right to Enter Agreement
Cox's Exxon
Geological Resources, Inc.
620 E Church Street
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Scotland County
Dear Mr. Cox:
Geological Resources, Inc. (GRI), on behalf of The Estate of Robert C. Cooper, is conducting an
environmental assessment at the above referenced property located in Scotland County, North Carolina.
The assessment activities are being conducted at the direction of the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). It is our understanding that you are the owner of the property
identified as parcel number 01-0053-06-055 in Scotland County. In order to complete the assessment,
GRI, in conjunction with NCDEQ, has determined that it is necessary to install two Type II monitoring
wells and collect ground water samples at your property. Please note, at the request of NCDEQ, a Right
to Enter Agreement is needed in order to complete this scope of work.
A Right to Enter Agreement for Conducting Subsurface Investigations has been enclosed for your review.
At your earliest possible convenience, please sign the agreement and return it in the envelope that has
been provided. GRI will attempt to minimize any inconvenience that the activities may cause. A map
has been attached.
Please check either the right to enter denied or right to enter granted box on the attached agreement.
Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact the
undersigned at [phone] if you have any questions or require additional information.
Sincerely,
t/~,t)
William Regenthal, P. G.
Project Manager
Enclosures
3502 Hayes Road • Monroe, N orth Carolina 28110
Phone [phone] • [phone] • Fax [phone]
RIGHT TO ENTER AGREEMENT
FOR
CONDUCTING SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF SCOTLAND
We, the undersigned, being all of the fee simple owners of certain tracts or parcel designated as 01-
0053-06-055 of the County of SCOTLAND, recognizing the benefits to said properties by reason of
conducting subsurface investigations hereby grant to The Estate of Robert C. Cooper and the agents the
right to enter said property in accordance with the requirements of the State of North Carolina. The
Estate of Robert C. Cooper's agents may include Geological Resources, Inc.
The undersigned hereby covenant and warrant that they are the sole owners of said property; that they
solely have the right to grant this right to enter for conducting subsurface investigations against the
lawful claims of all persons whomsoever.
It is agreed that The Estate of Robert C. Cooper shall be responsible for restoring any damage done to
the ground of said property by its employees or its agents during the subsurface investigation and
monitoring period, and that The Estate of Robert C. Cooper shall abandon monitoring wells on said
property in accordance with NCDEQ requirements at the conclusion of the monitoring period.
It is agreed that The Estate of Robert C. Cooper shall hold harmless the owner of the aforementioned
property for any personal injury that might be sustained during the course of conducting or proximately
resulting from the conduct of subsurface investigations.
__ Right to Enter denied.
V Right to Enter granted.
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Signature
Date
3502 Hayes Road • Monroe, North Carolina 28110
Phone [phone] • [phone] • Fax [phone]