The North Carolina Division of Waste Management (Division) received a Groundwater Corrective Action Permit Modification Application to address groundwater contamination at the BFI Charlotte Motor Speedway V MSW Landfill located at 5105 Morehead Road, Cabarrus County, Concord, NC. The applicant’s proposed selected remedy includes 1) Source Control through landfill gas collection, capping, and leachate collection, 2) Phytoremediation and Monitored Natural Attenuation for 1,4-Dioxane and metals, and 3) Air Sparging for volatile organic compounds. The proposed selected remedy requires public input prior to Division approval.
The public comment period for the Notice of Groundwater Selected Remedy begins on July 26, 2025, and ends on September 8, 2025. Interested parties may provide written comments to the Division contact listed below.
The public notice, fact sheet, permit modification application, assessment of corrective actions, as well as the entire administrative record for the facility can be accessed through the links below and may be viewed by appointment between 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Monday-Friday at the Department of Environmental Quality office, 217 West Jones Street, Raleigh.
Groundwater Corrective Action Permit Modification
Assessment of Corrective Measures
Entire Administrative Record
Written comments may be submitted to:
Jason Watkins, Chief
Solid Waste Section
Division of Waste Management
by email to: Jason.Watkins@deq.nc.gov
or by postal mail to:
Jason Watkins
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646