20091_Thrift-Berryhill_Rd-Internal_Notification_20161215

From:Schmithorst, William L
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Subject:NC Brownfields Property Application Notification: Thrift Road, Charlotte
Date:Thursday, December 15, 2016 3:48:22 PM
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To DEQ Cleanup Programs:
This is an internal courtesy notice to inform your program that the DEQ Brownfields Program has
received a Brownfields Property Application submitted by Brownstone Properties II, LLC as the
Prospective Developer (PD) seeking entry into the Brownfields Program for the following property:

Site Name: Thrift Road
Address: 2317 Thrift Road & 1225 Berryhill Road
City/County/Zip: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
BF Project Number: 20091-16-060
TAX ID: 07105114; 07105116, (07105121 – not mapped by GIS yet)
Known Identifying Number from: IHSB; NPL: NCD986198810; NCD980799019
GW Incident #: NA
Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/ZEmZk7GfGZ52

We are now evaluating Brownstone Properties II, LLC and the subject property for eligibility for entry
into the Brownfields Program. The property totals 4.43-acres and is comprised of three parcels. The
2317 Thrift Road parcel (07105114) is approximately 2.82-acres. 2317 Thrift Road was previously
utilized as a military base (unknown-late 1930s); Rulane Gas Company vehicle maintenance,
carburetor rebuilding shop, and propane storage yard (until late 1940s-1952); Suburban Propane
fleet vehicle maintenance (1952-2012). The southern portion of the building is currently occupied by
an auto repair facility/U-Haul rental office and hair salon. The 1225 Berryhill Road parcel (07105116)
is 0.71-acres. 1225 Berryhill Road was previously utilized as Cities Service Oil Company/American
Mineral Spirits bulk plant (1950s-1960s); Cherokee Oil Company (mid-1980s-early to mid-1990s) as a
waste oil processing facility. The property is currently cleared land utilized by a landscaping company
for storage of equipment and materials (landscape and tree removal). The CSX parcel (07105121) is
0.90-acres. The CSX parcel was previously utilized as a rail spur since at least the 1940s. The property
is currently unoccupied. There is known petroleum, PCB, and metal contamination in soil as well as
TCE contamination in the groundwater.

PD Principal Officer: Franklin Norwood Thompson
PD Representative: George Newell Whiting Jr
PD Address: 442 ½ East Main Street
Clayton, North Carolina 27520
Phone: [phone]
Fax No.: 919-550-3814
Email: [e-mail]

PD Website: http://www.walthomgroup.com/Walthom_Group_HmPage.htm

PD Contact Name: George Newell Whiting Jr
Mailing Address: 442 ½ East Main Street
Clayton, North Carolina 27520
Phone No.: 704-517-8196
Fax No.: 919-550-3814
Email: [e-mail]

Under the Brownfields Property Reuse Act, only entities that did not cause or contribute to the
contamination at the property are eligible to enter the program. The applicant PD listed below have
asserted that: 1) they have not caused or contributed to the contamination at the property, and 2)
they have substantially complied with laws, regulations, and rules for the protection of the
environment. If you have any information to suggest otherwise, please provide that information to
me at [e-mail] by December 22, 2016.

A Brownfields Agreement (BFA) has no legal effect on your agency's authority to regulate or
enforce against any and all parties who caused or contributed to the contamination at the
property. In fact, the BFA will require the developer to provide access to the property to any
party doing work under any DEQ program.

A BFA provides liability protection only to a non-causative redeveloper of the property. The
developer will be required to make the property safe for its intended re-use. Cleanup to
unrestricted use standards will not be required unless deemed necessary based on the
developer's proposed use of the property. Furthermore, the BFA will not change the developer's
responsibility to obtain any and all DEQ permits (e.g. storm water, sediment control, NPDES, etc.)
as required under applicable law.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you,

Bill Schmithorst, P.G.

Project Manager
Division of Waste Management – Brownfields
NC Department of Environmental Quality

[phone] - Direct Line & Fax
[e-mail]

217 W. Jones Street
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646

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