COFFEE COUNTY JOINT INDUSTRIAL PARK

GENERAL

Located six miles southwest of Manchester, five miles northeast of Tullahoma, 70 miles via I-24 southeast of Nashville and 70 miles via I-24 northwest of Chattanooga;
395 acres owned by Coffee County; About 340 acres are developable;
2005 estimated population of Coffee and seven contiguous counties = 426,090;
Within 40 road miles are located three colleges and universities, one community college and three state technology centers.

LAND USE FACTORS

Outside of city limits and no zoning; however, a site grading plan must be approved by the Coffee County Land Use Management office prior to development;
On-site easements include approximately one mile of internal roads and 100 foot environmental buffer all along Crumpton Creek;
No 100 year flood areas;
Elevations vary from 992 to 1060 feet; Two-foot contour mapping available;
Other than the Coffee County Soil Survey, no soil data is available; Manchester, Tullahoma and the adjacent Arnold Engineering Development Center are built upon the same soil association; Depth to rock runs six to 12+ feet and seasonably high groundwater is generally 10+ feet deep except in the lower drainage’s;
Seismic Rating 1 (American Standard map);
Site studies include:

Phase I Environmental Assessment – Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon- 8/8/00,
Jurisdictional Wetland Delineation – EMPE, Inc. – 7/26/00
Endangered Species Survey – EMPE, Inc. – 7/26/00
Archaeological Overview – DuVall & Associates, Inc. – 7/00;

Site is clear of contamination, some groundwater contamination exists in the area (not documented on site) at a depth of about 120 feet due to releases of trichloroethylene from the Arnold Engineering Development Center to the east; No impacts upon surface uses at the site;
About 20 acres of wetlands have been delineated and are being incorporated into the site design/lot layout;
Site development will not adversely impact any threatened or endangered species;
Site development will not impact any cultural resources;
Coffee is classified “Attainment” for all air quality parameters;
Nearest PSD Class I areas are Cohutta National Wilderness Area in Georgia and Tennessee 91 miles east and Sipsey National Wilderness Area 100 miles southwest in Alabama.

TRANSPORTATION

Roads

Joint Park Boulevard connects site to TN 55;
TN 55 (four lane) adjacent;
US 41A is 5.4 miles southwest and US 41 is 6.1 miles northeast;
I-24 is 7.3 miles northeast;

Rail

Not planned as a rail site;
Caney Fork and Western Railroad (shortline) is located 1100 feet west;
CSX mainline 5.4 miles southwest at Tullahoma;

Air

Tullahoma Regional Airport (5,000 foot runway) is 8.2 road miles southwest;
Nashville International Airport is 68 road miles northwest via I-24;

Barge

Nearest service at:

V.P. Serodine, Inc. @ Guild, TN – 57 miles southeast – Tennessee River Mile 430.2L or Alabama State Docks @ Bridgeport, AL – 57 miles southeast – Tennessee River Mile 413.6R.

UTILITIES & SERVICES

Water

Water service provided by the city of Manchester which is supplied by the Duck River Utility Commission (DRUC);
DRUC Operates a water treatment plant with a design capacity of 12.5 MGD which presently pumps 6.0 MGD;
Manchester provides water service from a ten inch line along the Old Tullahoma-Manchester Road feeding 4200 feet of 24 inch line coming to the entrance. Internal distribution is by a 12 inch line along Joint Park Boulevard. A planned system improvement will be a 5000 foot extension of Manchester’s 24 inch line to the DRUC 24 inch supply line at Rutledge Falls Road;
Proposed line sizes and present elevated storage tanks will give adequate fireflow protection; A future additional elevated water storage tank is planned for the site area;

Wastewater

Manchester operates a wastewater treatment plant with a design capacity of 3.4 MGD which presently receives about 1.5 MGD;
12 inch gravity line serves the park; entering on the northeast side then southerly along Joint Park Boulevard;

D. UTILITIES & SERVICES (continued)

Electrical

Duck River Electrical Membership Cooperative (DREMC), supplied by TVA, serves the site;
DREMC completed a substation in May 2007;
TVA 161 KV line is 1.3 miles southwest;

Natural Gas

Elk River Public Utility District maintains an eight (8) inch gas line along TN 55 just west of the site, a six (6) inch line (100 psi) along Hickerson Road, and a four (4) inch gas line (25-30 psi) along Joint park Boulevard;
East Tennessee Natural Gas (Duke Energy) has a 12.75 inch transmission main 7.3 miles south of the site;

Telecommunications

Local telephone service providers – BellSouth and Z-Tel Communications; The nearest central office of BellSouth is Tullahoma, TN;
Long distance service providers – BellSouth, AT&T, Spring, MCI Worldcom, Qwest, and five other providers;
Wireless/cellular/mobile service providers – Verizon Communications, AT&T, Nextel, Spring PCS, Cricket Communications, and two other providers;
Internet service providers – Earthlink, Computer Café, First Internet Communications, BellSouth, Netzero, and twelve other providers; Fast, broadband service lines including ISDN and DSL are available through BellSouth.

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