The Multistate Environmental Response Trust (the Multistate Trust) accepted responsibility for remediating the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund Site (the Superfund site). The Multistate Trust is also responsible for positioning the roughly 154-acre Multistate Trust Property — which includes most of the Superfund site — for safe, beneficial reuse.

The Multistate Trust is working to position portions of the property for productive reuse as soon as possible. Currently, the Multistate Trust is working to market and sell the 20.2 acres that currently make up Operable Unit 1 (OU1), approximately 51 acres of the adjoining Eastern Upland Area, and approximately 16 acres of Operable Unit 2 (OU2). With the removal of OU1 from the EPA’s National Priorities List in 2021, the Multistate Trust is able to sell approximately 87 acres of contiguous, undeveloped land for unrestricted use (industrial, commercial, residential, or recreational).

The Multistate Trust’s aim is that property sale and redevelopment plans align with environmental justice principles and with site reuse supported by the Town of Navassa, the Reuse Advisory Council, and the local community.

The Multistate Trust is committed to working with the Town of Navassa on the Moze Heritage Center and Nature Park (Moze Center) and will be donating approximately 27 acres of property to the Town for the Moze Center and for the Moze Heritage Site Tidal Restoration Project.

PROPERTY FOR SALE: Road Access and Potential Rail, River Access

We invite you to submit a bid to purchase ±87 acres of undeveloped property located on the Brunswick River in Navassa, North Carolina. The Multistate Trust-owned property is an idyllic wooded property, situated just 7.5 miles from the Port of Wilmington, 10 miles from Wilmington International Airport, and 3 miles from the new Interstate Highway 140 interchange. Located in a Qualified Opportunity Zone, it is one of the largest properties available for sale and development near Wilmington. With highway, surface road, and the potential for rail and river access, the property offers a unique opportunity for commercial, light industrial, recreational, and/or residential development in Brunswick County, one of the fastest growing counties in the United States.  

In addition to the ±87 acres that are currently for sale, bidders may also propose to purchase an adjacent ±4-acre parcel with potential access to the Brunswick River and may seek to obtain a right of first offer to purchase an adjacent 32-acre area, once the environmental cleanup on that property is complete. 

Please read the Notice of Invitation to Bid and all exhibits and attachments carefully. To ensure the future use of the property is consistent with Town of Navassa and community priorities, all Bidders must submit specific and detailed information about its proposed future use of the property.

Notice of Invitation to Bid
Exhibit A. Offer to Purchase the Main Property and, if applicable, the Water Access Property in the Amount of the Bid  
Exhibit B. Escrow Agreement 
Exhibit C. Statement of Bidder's Qualifications 
Exhibit D. Authorization Form 
Exhibit E. Confidentiality Agreement 
Exhibit F. Form of Purchase and Sale Agreement
Exhibit G. Right of First Opportunity to Purchase Operable Unit 4 Form

Multistate Trust Property Infrastructure Fact Sheet

Reuse Advisory Council Recommends Three Scenarios for Site Future

The Multistate Trust’s Reuse Advisory Council (RAC) held its third meeting on Thursday, June 2, 2022 and finalized its recommendations for incorporating residential uses that are supported by the Town of Navassa and the community. The RAC’s recommendations include:

• Pursuing future uses that minimize likelihood of gentrification

• Prioritizing light industry, to incentivize job creation and increase the tax base

• Allowing for light industrial use in the northern part of the property, to potentially allow for water access for the future light industrial user

• Adding density-restricted multi-family residential option

• Minimizing the amount of acreage proposed for residential uses

• Prioritizing light industrial uses, commercial uses, then residential uses (in this order)

• Considering alternative connection to the Moze Center project to allow for pedestrian and/or vehicular water access

Based on these recommendations, the RAC produced the following three RAC scenarios to be shared with potential buyers as examples of development plans that would likely be consistent with the community’s goals and objectives:

The RAC presented and sought community input on the RAC recommendations and scenarios at the Redevelopment Planning Community Meeting held at the Navassa Community Center and virtually on June 13, 2022. If you wish to submit comments on the RAC recommendations or scenarios, or if you have questions, please contact Claire Woods of the Multistate Trust at cw@g-etg.com or (910) 765-7237. You may also reach out to RAC members, including Mr. Marvin Ballard, Mr. Chris Graham, Mr. Marcell Hatten, Councilmember Jerry Merrick, Ms. Myesha Patrick, Ms. Jamie Stokley, and Mayor Eulis Willis.

Redevelopment Planning: The Process

The Multistate Trust launched the Redevelopment Planning Initiative (RPI) in 2017 because of our belief that the community should have a say in the future reuse of the Multistate Trust Property (the Property).

The Multistate Trust involved community members and other stakeholders in the RPI process through:

• A Redevelopment Working Group (RWG)

• A Community Survey (See an overview of the Community Survey results)

• Community Stakeholder Engagement

• Community Visioning Workshop

• Redevelopment Concepts

• Research Studies (See the public presentations of the market data and the Property data)

Read more about the RPI here.

Redevelopment Concepts and Reuse Scenarios

At the RPI Visioning Workshop in 2018, participating community members produced 15 redevelopment scenarios. Next, the 15 scenarios were summarized into 4 draft redevelopment concepts. Ultimately, the 4 draft concepts guided creation of 4 consolidated concepts.

In 2022, to re-engage stakeholders in active redevelopment planning, the Multistate Trust formed the Reuse Advisory Council (RAC) to re-engage stakeholders and re-evaluate the RPI’s four redevelopment concepts. The RAC consists of Navassa residents, stakeholders, and representatives from local government. The RAC worked to recommend ways to incorporate residential future uses into the redevelopment concepts that are supported by the Town of Navassa and local community. In June 2022, they finalized 3 reuse scenarios that update the original redevelopment concepts.

Redevelopment Planning: What’s Next?

Where possible, the remediation plans for the Superfund site will be adapted to accommodate future reuse. The timeframe of remediation is being coordinated with reuse planning.

In 2022, the RAC finalized its recommendations through three scenarios that update the original redevelopment concepts. The new RAC scenarios will be shared with potential buyers as examples of development plans that would likely be consistent with community goals. The RAC will also provide input on future redevelopment plans submitted to the Multistate Trust.

The RAC scenarios can be used at the Property in several ways:

• The reuse scenarios identify possible future land use options.

• EPA will use reasonably anticipated future land uses to select remediation plans that protect human health and the environment and support possible redevelopment options.

• The Multistate Trust is using the scenarios to help market the Property and inform discussions with prospective buyers, owners, or end-users.

• The scenarios will help support decisions about Property sale or transfer.

Property Disposition

The Multistate Trust is working to position portions of the Navassa property for productive reuse as soon as possible and began actively marketing the property in summer 2022. The Multistate Trust will be conducting tours for parties interested in purchasing and developing the property. If you are interested in a tour, please contact Claire Woods at cw@g-etg.com. Find our Notice of Invitation to Bid here.

• Multistate Trust Property Marketing Brochure, August 2023

• Property Disposition Process Fact Sheet, August 2020

The transfer or sale of any portion of the Multistate Trust Property, including the Superfund site, must be approved by EPA and the Navassa Trustee Council, as provided in the Tronox bankruptcy settlement documents that govern the Multistate Trust and its activities.

The Navassa Trustee Council consists of trustees from NCDEQ, the U.S. Department of Commerce as represented by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Department of Interior as represented by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS). Learn more about the Navassa Trustee Council at Site Overview.