FA-3270_29451_G_SLR_20230526

(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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29451 - Community Stop 2 (FA-3270)
2023.05.26
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Waste Management
Fayetteville Regional Office | 225 Green Street | Suite 714 | Systel Building | Fayetteville,
NC 28301 | [phone]
May 26, 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: Community Stop 2 Incident #: 29451 (FA-3270)
Address: 150 West Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Maxton Facility ID: 00-0-0000018540
County: Robeson Risk/Rank: I-170-A
USTs: Commercial / Regulated (3 gasoline, 1 kerosene & 1 diesel)
CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER
Name: Nic’s Properties, Inc. (Kenneth W. Nichols)
Mailing Address: 13420 Wesleyan Dr., 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
EMERGENCY ACTIONS NECESSARY
No
HISTORY AND CHRONOLGY
Release discovered during February 2007 and assessment has progressed through CSA (2011). UST
system was sold to Nic’s Pic Kwik, Inc., during 2017 after the passing of Robert C. Cooper. The property
was sold to Nic’s Properties, Inc., also during 2017.
The primary source area has been narrowed down to the western side dispenser area under canopy. The
most current groundwater data is from a Letter Report dated November 17, 2022, and in MW-2 Benzene
was reported at 11,300 ug/l, among other VOCs. Following review of that data, KEC submitted a NORR
on January 4, 2023, requesting vertical soil profile data to be obtained from within the GCL plume area
and used by the consultant to suggest a remedial strategy. Of my last discussions with the consultant,
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Incident Number: 29451
May 26, 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]
they were considering a yet undetermined chemical injection given the relatively small GCL plume area
and shallow depth to groundwater and restricted access due to both the active dispensers, canopy and
building footprint. During the intervening period since that discussion, the administratrix for the Estate
of Robert C. Cooper, dissolved the corporation.
RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES
Acceptance into Trust Fund Branch for a contractor to suggest a remedial approach.
ADDITIONAL NOTE
Learning that a property transaction had occurred at a petroleum impacted site and deed recordation had
not been completed, while the corporation was still viable, I requested that the requirement for deed
recordation be complied with. A NRP was recorded on 2/9/2023 with the Robeson County Register of
Deeds, Bk: 2388, Pg: 121-124 (both soil and groundwater restrictions).
INCIDENT FILES
The incident files are located at:
S:\UST\CAB\State Lead Submittal Files\FRO State Lead Referrals\29451 – Community Stop 2 (FA-3270)
Mike Haseltine
Regional Supervisor Signature Date
2023.05.26