Title
Colonial Pipeline Agreement
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate and execute an Access and Settlement and Release Agreement with Colonial Pipeline Company
Staff Contact: Chris Matthews, Natural Resources Division Director
Tyrone C. Wade, County Attorney
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
In order to repair, restore, and remediate property damage at the County’s Nature Preserve, from an August 14, 2020, gasoline spill, Colonial has requested from the County, access to, and the right to use, certain affected area for different purposes and operations in order to conduct investigative, remedial, and maintenance work activities as described in the Access Agreement for Colonial to repair, restore, and remediate any property damage in a manner such that the affected area and the environmental condition do not pose a danger or significant risk to public health, the environment, or users of the real property, and such that the area may be returned to the County for use as a nature preserve, and in order for Colonial to fulfill its obligations as set forth in its Settlement Agreement, Colonial intends, as part of its remediation strategy, among other things, to impose certain, and specific, use restrictions on the site to address contamination in connection with obligations set forth in the Settlement Agreement consistent with the provisions of N.C.G.S. § 143B-279.9 to reduce or eliminate the danger to public health or the environment.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
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POLICY IMPACT:
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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