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Robbins, Susanne
From:Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young - US) <[e-mail]>
Sent:Wednesday, February 3, 2021 12:58 PM
To:Robbins, Susanne
Subject:Re: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for
2300 Old Durham Rd, Roxboro, NC?
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Thanks Susan. We will review it and get back to you. 

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Vice President 

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From: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:31 PM 
To: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) <[e-mail]> 
Subject: RE: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, 
Roxboro, NC?

External Sender
Sorry to sound like a broken record but that’s a question best answered by an environmental attorney.  Here’s a link to 
our statues and rules:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste‐management/waste‐management‐rules/inactive‐hazardous‐sites  

Sue Robbins
Hydrogeologist
Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch
Division of Waste Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Wilmington Regional Office
(910) 391‐3387 wk cell

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From: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) [mailto:[e-mail]]  
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:23 PM 
To: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Subject: Re: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, 
Roxboro, NC?

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Thanks so much Susan.

Could you kindly let me know if you have a website explaining those scenarios of the "cases can hold the 
property owner as a liable party"?

Thanks

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Daniel Cheng
Vice President

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From: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:10 PM 
To: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) <[e-mail]> 
Subject: RE: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, 
Roxboro, NC?

External Sender
The last question is more for an environmental attorney.  We typically go to the person who caused the contamination 
but some cases can hold the property owner as a liable party.  That’s where the Brownfields Program comes in 
handy.  https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste‐management/brownfields‐program

Sue Robbins
Hydrogeologist
Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch
Division of Waste Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Wilmington Regional Office
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(910) 391‐3387 wk cell

From: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) [mailto:[e-mail]]  
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:06 PM 
To: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Subject: Re: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, 
Roxboro, NC?

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Hi Susan,

Thank you for your explanation.

"This change of inventory status does not preclude any future state action if new evidence of
contamination is discovered at a later date.", will state go after the business owner causing the 
contamination, or the real estate owner who owns the property at the time of future state action?

Your help is greatly appreciated,
Daniel

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Daniel Cheng
Vice President

D [phone]   M [phone]
[e-mail] | avisonyoung.com
5440 Wade Park Boulevard, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27607

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From: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 3:03 PM 
To: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) <[e-mail]> 
Subject: RE: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, 
Roxboro, NC?

External Sender
Hi Daniel,

Any party involved can perform work or request a NFA.  Any consultant can perform the work and sign the attainment of 
remedial goals, unless it is performed under the REC Program, which does not apply to this Site at the present.

Sue Robbins
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Hydrogeologist
Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch
Division of Waste Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Wilmington Regional Office
(910) 391‐3387 wk cell

From: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) [mailto:[e-mail]]  
Sent: Monday, February 1, 2021 5:36 PM 
To: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Subject: Re: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, 
Roxboro, NC?

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Also, could you kindly help let us know who should request the NFA, the business owner who has caused the 
contamination, or the real estate property owner? I mean, who should sign on the "Statement of Attainment 
of Cleanup Levels Inactive Hazardous Sites Program" 

As it says "This change of inventory status does not preclude any future state action if new evidence of
contamination is discovered at a later date.", will state go after the business owner causing the 
contamination, or the real estate owner who owns the property at the time of future state action?

Sorry for causing you so many trouble and asking you so many questions. 

Thanks and regards, 
Daniel

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Daniel Cheng
Vice President

D [phone]   M [phone]
[e-mail] | avisonyoung.com
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From: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:25 PM 
To: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) <[e-mail]> 
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Subject: RE: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, 
Roxboro, NC?

External Sender
Mr. Cheng,

The Loxcreen Site is a lower risk Site and does not have a project manager, nor did they opt to enter the REC
Program, and have been performing work outside of the program. A no further action (NFA) may be requested
outside of the REC Program, however the additional assessment required in my 2008 letter (attached) must be
addressed prior to obtaining a NFA. I have also inserted the NFA information and link to our website below:

NO FURTHER ACTION https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/superfund-section/inactive-
hazardous-sites-program/ihs-no-further-actions
After satisfactorily completing a voluntary remedial action (either REC or state oversight), the remediating
party will receive a letter indicating that the work required under the Administrative Agreement has been
completed and the Agreement terminated. The site will then be assigned No Further Action status in the Inactive
Hazardous Sites inventory. This change of inventory status does not preclude any future state action if new
evidence of contamination is discovered at a later date.
In accordance with N.C.G.S. 130A-310.7(c), any person may submit a request to the Branch for determination
that a site has been remediated to unrestricted use standards. The person requesting the "No Further Action"
(NFA) review must provide the request in writing and pay a fee to reimburse the state for expenses incurred
while reviewing the request. To determine the amount of the fee, click on the link below. Checks should be made
payable to the Division of Waste Management with the Branch's Site Name and ID Number shown in the memo
field and must be submitted with the NFA review request. At sites where remedial actions were conducted
independently (i.e. not under a signed Administrative Agreement) the party requesting the No Further Action
review should also provide a completed Certification of Attainment of Cleanup Levels and No Further Action
Required form (see below).
Please feel free to call me at the number below to discuss further or for additional clarification.  Best of luck,

Sue Robbins
Hydrogeologist
Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch
Division of Waste Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Wilmington Regional Office
(910) 391‐3387 wk cell

From: Cheng, Daniel (Avison Young ‐ US) [mailto:[e-mail]]  
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 6:38 PM 
To: Robbins, Susanne <[e-mail]> 
Cc: Daniel Cheng <[e-mail]> 
Subject: [External] Could you help advise if we need to go through the REC program for 2300 Old Durham Rd, Roxboro, 
NC?

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Hi Susan,
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This is Daniel Cheng, a commercial realtor at Avison Young, helping my clients to purchase the
property at 2300 Old Durham Rd, Roxboro, NC.

I got your email from Sherry Wilborn, the EDP lady at Person county, who helped us a lot in our
transaction. Your name is listed in the reports I am attaching in this email, which the seller is hiring a
third party to conduct the remediation progress.

Besides the reports, I have copied the emails from that company Sherrill Environmental, Inc. as below.

As you can see in their report conducted in Sept. 2020, they indicated the nitrite concentration is
continue to decrease, and "We anticipate that the 2L Standard will be obtained in 2021, at which time
we will request closure of this incident", although there is some variance in the report of 12/2020,
which they gave us a good reason and thought that is normal.

If everything follows the pattern that Jack suggested, and we are able to close this case and obtain an
NFA in 2021 or 2022, could you kindly suggest if we will still need to go through the REC program
that you suggested to Sherry Wilborn:

https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/superfund-section/registered-environment-
consultant-program

Your help is highly appreciated,
Daniel

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Daniel Cheng
Vice President

D [phone]   M [phone]
[e-mail] | avisonyoung.com
5440 Wade Park Boulevard, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27607

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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: John Sherrill<[e-mail]>
Ms. Robbins,
Attached please find a September 22, 2020 Groundwater Report for the former
Loxcreen manufacturing plant in Roxboro, NC. The groundwater recovery wells
continue to remove nitrate contamination and limit the plume to the
property. Nitrate concentrations, 16 mg/L are approaching the 2L Groundwater
Standard of 10 mg/L. We anticipate that the 2L Standard will be obtained in 2021, at
which time we will request closure of this incident. Please let us know that you have
received this report and contact us if you have any questions.
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Jack

John (Jack) Sherrill, LG
Sherrill Environmental, Inc.
3326 Rugby Road
Durham, NC 27707
919-493-6555
M: 919-418-3894
[e-mail]

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: John Sherrill <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:10 AM
Subject: RE: EXTERNAL: Re: December 2020 Nitrate Monitoring
To: Daniel Cheng <[e-mail]>
Cc: Reggie Oakley <[e-mail]>

Gentlemen,
Please find attached a report of nitrate monitoring at the Roxboro Loxcreen facility for December
2020. Due to cold weather, we believe that some ice had formed in the remediation system. The
well with the highest nitrate level was unaffected and performed normal. We informed Donald Long
of the problem and he performed some repairs to the pipe insulation and heat tapes. The next
monitoring event is scheduled for March 2021.

Also, below is Jack's answers to my questions
Q1:
As you said, "The well with the highest nitrate level was unaffected and performed normal."
Meanwhile, we saw that the lab result for this BDRW-2 has increased from 16 to 18.9. Is it any reason
for such increase? Is it caused by the accident of lost insulation? Can we say that the decrease of the
notride rate still relies on the electrical pump system, and if the pump does not work well due to
whatever reason, like the lost insulation here, then the nitride rate might still go up a little bit? Do you
foresee such results might increase again in the future?

A1. The variation in concentration is typical and expected. The analytical method for nitrate analysis is
expected to be 90 to 110% accurate. The variability is shown on the graph below. We would expect that the
next sampling event in March 2021 will show a decrease.
1.
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Q2: According to your previous email, "total annual costs of two semi-annual and two quarterly visits
was $4,200 in 2019 and he does not expect any material increase"

Does this annual cost include the cost of pumping equipment and disposing of the water or is that
only for the water sampling and reporting? Also, does it include managing and monitoring the pump
system?

A2: The estimated cost of $4,200 covers sampling and reporting. The pumps and equipment belong to the
facility.

Q3:
Will you expect to install new monitoring wells or new pump systems or require new equipment before
an NFA is obtained? If so, how much do you expect?
A3: We do not anticipate any system failure or need for additional wells.

We hope our responses have addressed your concerns. Please let us know if you have further questions.
Thanks
Jack

John (Jack) Sherrill, LG
Sherrill Environmental, Inc.
3326 Rugby Road
Durham, NC 27707
919-493-6555
[e-mail]