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Home My WebLink About20022_Mount Hope II_LURU Model_20171010NC BROWNFIELDS LAND USE RESTRICTIONS (“LUR”) UPDATE Year Certification Made: 2017 Name: Mount Hope II Project #: 20022-16-060 Address: 2000 Donald Ross Rd. County: Mecklenburg Property Owner (In part or whole): ____________________________ Read the following LURs and mark each restriction accordingly. Additional remarks may be added for compliance status clarification. Attach any required or supplemental documentation, sign, notarize and submit to the following address: NC Division of Waste Management Attn: Brownfields Program Staff 1646 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1646 No use may be made of the Brownfields Property other than for industrial, warehousing, office, retail, open space, parking and, if the Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issues prior written approval, other commercial uses. For purposes of this restriction, the following definitions apply: Industrial defined as the assembly, fabrication, processing, warehousing or distribution of goods or materials. Warehousing defined as the use of a commercial building for storage of goods by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses among others, and also refers to the storage of goods and materials for a specific commercial establishment of a group of establishments in a particular type of industry or commercial activity. Office defined as the provision of business or professional services. Retail defined as the sale of goods or services, products, or merchandise directly to the consumer or businesses and includes showrooms, personal service, and the sales of food and beverage products. Open Space defined as land maintained in a natural or landscaped state and used for natural resource protection, buffers, greenways, detention facilities for stormwater. Commercial defined as an enterprise carried on for profit or nonprofit by the owner, lessee or licensee. Parking defined as the temporary accommodation of motor vehicles in an area designed for same. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ The Brownfields Property may not be used for child care, adult care centers or schools without the prior written approval of DEQ. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Unless compliance with this LUR is waived in writing by DEQ in advance in regard to particular activity, no activities that encounter, expose, remove or use groundwater (for example, installation of water supply wells, ponds, lakes or swimming pools, or construction or excavation activities that encounter or expose groundwater) may occur on the Brownfields Property unless and until DEQ states in writing, in advance of the proposed activity, that said activity may occur if carried out along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified in Land Use Restriction 1 above while fully protecting public health and the environment. Prior sampling and analysis of groundwater to the written satisfaction of DEQ in any areas proposed for such activities, and submittal of the analytical results to DEQ is required. If such results reflect contaminant concentrations that exceed the standards and screening levels applicable to the uses authorized for the Brownfields Property, the groundwater-related activities proposed may only occur in compliance with any written conditions DEQ imposes. Activities may occur if carried out along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified in Land Use Restriction 1 above while fully protecting public health and the environment. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ No activity that disturbs soil on the Brownfields Property, may occur unless and until DEQ states in writing, in advance of the proposed activity, that said activity may occur if carried out along with any measures DEQ deems necessary to ensure the Brownfields Property will be suitable for the uses specified in LUR 1 above while fully protecting public health and the environment, except: in connection with landscape planting to depths not exceeding 2 ft bgs; mowing and pruning of above-ground vegetation; for repair of underground infrastructure, provided that DEQ shall be given written notice at least seven days in advance of a scheduled repair (if only by email) of any such repair, or in emergency circumstances no later than the next business day, and that any related assessment and remedial measures required by DEQ shall be taken; or in accordance with an Environmental Management Plan (“EMP”) as outlined below in LUR 7. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Soil may not be removed from, or brought onto, the Brownfields Property without prior sampling and analysis to DEQ’s satisfaction and the written approval of DEQ, unless conducted in accordance with an approved EMP as outlined in LUR 7. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Except for the existing buildings shown on the Brownfields Plat described in the Brownfields Agreement (the “Existing Buildings”), no enclosed building may be occupied or constructed on the Brownfields Property until DEQ determines in writing that: the building is or would be protective of the building’s users, public health and the environment from risk of vapor intrusion based on site assessment data or a site-specific risk assessment approved in writing by DEQ; or the building would be sufficiently distant from the Brownfields Property’s groundwater and/or soil contamination based on assessment data approved in writing by DEQ that the building’s users, public health and the environment will be protected from risk from vapor intrusion related to said contamination; or vapor intrusion mitigation measures are installed and/or implemented to the satisfaction of a professional engineer licensed in North Carolina, as evidenced by said engineer’s professional seal on a report that includes photographs and a description of the installation and performance of said measures. Any design specification for vapor intrusion mitigation measures shall be approved in writing by DEQ in advance of installation and/or implementation of said measures. The design specifications shall include methodology(ies) for demonstrating performance of said measures. If the data resulting from the Indoor Air Work Plan referenced in Section 14 of the Brownfields Agreement (“Agreement”, aka: Exhibit A) does not meet the requirements or standards stated in the Plan, as confirmed by DEQ in writing, this LUR shall also apply to the Existing Buildings. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Physical redevelopment of the Brownfields Property may not occur other than in accord, as determined by DEQ, with an Environmental Management Plan (“EMP”) approved in writing by DEQ in advance (and revised to DEQ’s written satisfaction prior to each subsequent redevelopment phase) that is consistent with all the other land use restrictions and describes redevelopment activities at the Brownfields Property, the timing of redevelopment phases, and addresses health, safety and environmental issues that may arise from use of the Brownfields Property during construction or redevelopment in any other form, including without limitation: soil and water management issues, including without limitation those resulting from contamination identified in the Environmental Reports; issues related to potential sources of contamination referenced in Exhibit 2 of the Agreement; contingency plans for addressing, including without limitation the testing of soil and groundwater, newly discovered potential sources of environmental contamination (e.g., USTs, tanks, drums, septic drain fields, oil-water separators, soil contamination); plans for the proper characterization of, and, as necessary, disposal of contaminated soils excavated during redevelopment; and final grade sampling of exposed surface areas shall be completed following redevelopment of the Brownfields Property, if deemed necessary by DEQ. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Neither DEQ, nor any party conducting environmental assessment or remediation at the Brownfields Property at the direction of, or pursuant to a permit, order or agreement issued or entered into by DEQ, may be denied access to the Brownfields Property for purposes of conducting such assessment or remediation, which is to be conducted using reasonable efforts to minimize interference with authorized uses of the Brownfields Property. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ 9. Any deed or other instrument conveying an interest in the Brownfields Property shall contain the following notice: “This property is subject to the Brownfields Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Brownfields Property recorded in the Mecklenburg County land records, Book 31964, Page 860.” A copy of any such instrument shall be sent to the persons listed in Section XV (Notices and Submissions) of the Agreement, though financial figures and other confidential information related to the conveyance may be redacted to the extent said redactions comply with the confidentiality and trade secret provisions of the North Carolina Public Records Law. The owner may use the following mechanisms to comply with the obligations of this paragraph: (i) If every lease and rider is identical in form, the owner conveying an interest may provide DEQ with copies of a form lease or rider evidencing compliance with this paragraph, in lieu of sending copies of actual, executed leases, to the persons listed in Section XV (Notice and Submissions) of the Agreement; or (ii) The owner conveying an interest may provide abstracts of leases, rather than full copies of said leases, to the persons listed in Section XV of the Agreement. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ None of the contaminants known to be present in the environmental media at the Brownfields Property in excess of applicable standards as described in Exhibit 2 of the Agreement, and as modified by DEQ in writing if additional contaminants in excess of applicable standards are discovered at the Brownfields Property, may be used or stored at the Brownfields Property without the prior written approval of DEQ, except: in de minimis quantities for cleaning and other routine housekeeping and maintenance activities; as constituents of products and materials customarily used and stored in industrial, warehousing, office, and retail environments, provided such products and materials are stored in original retail packaging and used and disposed of in accordance with applicable laws; as constituents of fuels, lubricants and oils in emergency generators, machinery, equipment and vehicles in on-board tanks integral to said equipment or in flammable liquid storage containers totaling no more than 25 gallons; or in products or materials that are brought onto the Brownfields Property, kept in their original packaging or containers (that is, not used or repackaged) and later removed from the Brownfields Property in the original packaging or containers. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Within 60 days after the effective date of the Agreement or prior to land disturbance activities, Prospective Developer or current owner shall abandon monitoring wells, injection wells, recovery wells, piezometers and other manmade points of groundwater access at the Brownfields Property, except those wells identified on the plat map associated with on-going assessment under the supervision of the NC DEQ Registered Environmental Consultant Program, in accordance with Subchapter 2C of Title 15A of the North Carolina Administrative Code, unless an alternate schedule is approved by DEQ. Within 30 days after doing so, the Prospective Developer or current owner shall provide DEQ a report, setting forth the procedures and results. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ The owner of any portion of the Brownfields Property where any existing, or subsequently installed, DEQ-approved monitoring well is damaged by the owner, its contractors, or its tenants shall be responsible for repair of any such wells to DEQ’s written satisfaction and within a time period acceptable to DEQ, unless compliance with this LUR is waived in writing by DEQ in advance. ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ During January of each year after the year in which the Notice is recorded, the owner of any part of the Brownfields Property as of January 1st of that year shall submit a notarized Land Use Restrictions Update (“LURU”) to DEQ, and to the chief public health and environmental officials of Mecklenburg County, certifying that, as of said January 1st, the Notice of Brownfields Property containing these land use restrictions remains recorded at the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office and that the land use restrictions are being complied with, and stating: the name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person’s e-mail address of the owner submitting the LURU if said owner acquired any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year; ______________________________________________________________ the transferee’s name, mailing address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and contact person’s e-mail address, if said owner transferred any part of the Brownfields Property during the previous calendar year; and ______________________________________________________________ whether any vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems installed pursuant to LUR 6 above are performing as designed, and whether the uses of the ground floors of any buildings containing such vapor barrier and/or mitigation systems have changed, and, if so, how. ______________________________________________________________ ☐ In compliance ☐ Out of compliance Remarks: ______________________________________________________________ Notarized signing and submittal of this Land Use Restrictions Update constitutes certification that the Notice of Brownfields Property remains recorded at the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office and that the Land Use Restrictions are being complied with. This Land Use Restrictions Update is certified by _____________, owner of at least part of the Brownfields Property on this ___ day of _________, 20__. Name typed or printed of party making certification: __________________ [Note: additional entities or owners may be added if appropriate (i.e. multiple managing members/entities)] By: __________________________ (signature) Name typed or printed: __________________ Title typed or printed: ___________________ NORTH CAROLINA __________ COUNTY I certify that the following person(s) personally appeared before me this day, each acknowledging to me that he or she voluntarily signed the foregoing document for the purpose stated therein and in the capacity indicated: ______________________. Date: ____________ ___________________________________ Official Signature of Notary ____________________________________ Notary’s printed or typed name, Notary Public (Official Seal) My commission expires: _________________