21006_Wentworth Furniture_DEQ Internal Notification_20170209

From:Irick, Hayley M
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Cc:Kritzer, Jamie; Liggins, Shirley; Nicholson, Bruce; Scott, Michael; Wahl, Tracy
Subject:Initial Notification of a Brownfields Property Application - Conover, Catawba County
Date:Thursday, February 09, 2017 11:23:03 AM
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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 Kofman Conover, LLC as the Prospective
Developer (PD) seeking entry into the Brownfields Program for the following property:

Site Name: Former Wentworth Furniture
Address: 1808 Emmanuel Church Road
City/County/Zip: Conover, Catawba County, 28613
BF Project Number: 21006-17-18
TAX ID: 3741-12-95-6283
Known Identifying Number from: HW; UST; FINDS: EPA ID NCD053013645; Facility ID 00-0-
0000021322, FINDS Registry ID: 110004019062 & 110037598944
GW Incident #: none

Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/C1tLYCP8SF12

The 4.38-acre candidate Brownfields Property was formerly utilized for furniture manufacturing by
Décor Originals, Wentworth Furniture, and Abbey Lane Cabinetry. The property is currently vacant
industrial space. The prospective developer wishes to redevelop the existing facility for
manufacturing, warehousing, wood products, textiles, office, parking, retail, institutional, medical, or
residential.

We are now evaluating Kofman Conover, LLC and the subject property for eligibility for entry into the
Brownfields Program. 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] or 919-707-8294 by February 23, 2017.

Information regarding the applicant PD is as follows:

Jose L. Kofman, Principal Officer
Kofman Conover, LLC
105 Canberra Court
Cary, NC 27513
919-306-5591 phone

PD Contact:
Matt Carfaro
Fortress International Corporation of North Carolina
PO Box 31093
Charlotte, NC 27263
704-258-4318 phone
[e-mail] email

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,
Hayley

Hayley M. Irick
Project Manager
Division of Waste Management – Brownfields Program
NC Department of Environmental Quality

919 707 8294 direct line
[e-mail]

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

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