21020_Maxton Feed Mill_Internal Notification_20170428

From:Rudder, James
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Subject:Mountaire Farms, Inc. - Maxton Feed Mill Brownfields Project # 21020-17-78, 214 W. Rockingham Road,Scotland and Robeson Counties
Date:Friday, April 28, 2017 12:18:00 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 Mountaire Farms, Inc. as the Prospective
Developer (PD) seeking entry into the Brownfields Program for the following property:

Site Name: Maxton Feed Mill
Address: 214 W. Rockingham Road (applies to a residency not included in the Brownfields
Agreement)
City/County/Zip: Maxton, Robeson and Scotland County, 28364
BF Project Number: 21020-17-078
TAX PIN: provided below
Known Identifying Number:
IHSB: Reported to IHSB on 3/22/2017 by Scotland County
USACE: Formerly Used Defense Site 060OW or I04NC001900
Federal Remediation: NC9799F4829
Map link: Attached are maps showing the property boundaries
Links to Google Maps are provided below
Link to Scotland County Tax Website
Link to Robeson County Tax Website

PIN ID as shownon the County TaxWebsite *Acres County Owner**
010262 01003 A 110.59 will be purchased forthe Brownfields Agreement ofthe original 3456.67 Scotland LMA (Laurinburg MaxtonAirport)
010250 01070 75.69 Scotland
Scotland County EconomicDevelopment Corporation(previously owned by JohnsManville National Inc. -(involved in a joint venture withRailroad Friction)
010250 0102301 40.77 (listed as 010250 01023
on the BPA1)Scotland John Bullard c/o James W.Mason III, and Stephen Floyd
010250 0102701 110.55 (Listed on the 01025001027 O on the BPA)Scotland Maxton Farms
839644921769 14.01 of the total 50.81 Robeson Maxton Farms
* Link to map embedded in the parcel number
** Links to the deed or tax information are embedded in the Owner's Names
1 BPA = Brownfields Property Application

We are now evaluating Mountaire Farms, Inc. and the subject property for eligibility for entry into
the Brownfields Program. The property is 351 acres and the current owners are listed in the table
above. Parcel 010250 01070 has an unpermitted, former landfill (operated from approx. 1972-1986)
and former wastewater neutralization pond (closed in 1996). Parcel 010262 01003 A was a used by
the Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base (LMAAB) from 1942-1945. A map provided by Ray Livermore
of the Wilmington District of the U.S. Army Core of Engineers (USACE) showed 3 UXO (unexploded
ordnance) sites on the property. The three UXO sites include Area 4 (former bazooka range), Area 5
(former locations of dynamite magazines) and Area 9 (former practice grenade court).

Recent sampling of groundwater monitoring wells around the former landfill and from groundwater
that flowed into the landfill after the debris was excavated identified benzene, toluene, chromium,
and phenol at concentrations that exceed 2L. Click HERE to access the Brownfields Property
Application and all attachments and reports.

The property is currently vacant except for the natural-gas pipeline that transects Parcel 010262
01003 A and timber that is grown and harvested on 010250 0102701 and 010250 0102701. The PD
plans to redevelop the property for a feed mill and railroad spur.

PD Contact Name: Josh Hanks
Company: Dunklee & Dunham, PC
Mailing Address: 511 Keisler Drive, Suite 102
Cary, North Carolina, 27518
Phone No.: [phone] x112
Fax No.: N/A
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 May 4, 2017.

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,
Jim

James Rudder, P.G.
 Project Manager Division of Waste Management - Brownfields NC Department of Environmental Quality 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1646 {919} 707-8381 - Direct Line & Fax

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