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Harriger, Joselyn
From:Harriger, Joselyn
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Subject:DEQ Internal Notice - Brownfields Property Application for Simpson Oil, Franklin, NC
Attachments:Site Map for Notification Email.pdf
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Flagged
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 Mainspring Conservation Trust, Inc. as the Prospective Developer (PD) seeking entry 
into the Brownfields Program for the following property: 

Site Name:                        Simpson Oil Company 
Address:                            544 E Main Street 
City/County/Zip:             Franklin, Macon County, 28734 
BF Project Number:        20064‐16‐057 
PIN:                                     6595318254 and 6595317214 
UST Incident No.:            19007 
Map link:                           https://goo.gl/maps/mStZAaYsPLJ2 (See attached Site Map)  

We are now evaluating Mainspring Conservation Trust, Inc. and the subject property for eligibility for entry into the 
Brownfields Program. The property consists of two parcels located at 544 E Main Street that total approximately 0.67 
acres.  The subject property was developed as a bulk oil plant and service station in the 1960's and was operated as 
Simpson Oil and Simpson Gas & Oil, Inc. until the company was administratively dissolved in 2010 and was suspended by 
NC Dept. of Revenue in 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, the property was used as a small gun shop. As of Summer/Fall 
2016, the property is being used as the Macon County Democratic Headquarters through November 2016. The PD plans 
to use the property for greenspace, public park, greenway, and/or parking for a nearby associated greenway and 
Nikwasi Indian Mound cultural site, located near the property. The property has petroleum contamination in soil and 
groundwater associated with ASTs and USTs that were previously located on the property. 

PD Contact Name:          Benjamin R. Laseter 
PD Company:                   Mainspring Conservation Trust, Inc. 
PD Address:                      PO Box 1148 
Franklin, NC 28744 
Phone No.:                        828‐524‐2711 x308 
Fax No.:                              828‐524‐4741 
Email:                                 [e-mail] 
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PD Representative:        Sharon F. Taylor 
Phone:                                828‐524‐2711 x311 
Fax No.:                              828‐524‐4741 
Email:                                 [e-mail] 
PD Website:                      www.mainspringconserves.org  

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 September 14, 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, 

Joselyn Harriger, PG
Project Manager
Brownfields Program
Department of Environmental Quality

704-235-2195 office
704-431-9825 mobile
[e-mail]

610 E. Center Avenue
Suite 301
Mooresville, NC 28115

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

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