YWN74002_INSP_20180214

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID
T&P YW X Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Pitt
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: YWN 74-002
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 14 February 2018 Date of Previous Inspection: 19 September 2017

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Pitt County Ayden-Grifton Yard Waste
5171 Weyerhaeuser Road
Ayden, NC 28516

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.43913 E: -077.40688

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
John Demary
252.902.3355

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Pitt County Solid Waste Department
3025 Landfill Road
Greenville, NC 27834
Attn: John W Demary
E-mail: [e-mail].

PARTICIPANTS:
John Demary; Pitt County Solid Waste
Ray Williams; NCDENR-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Annual Yard Waste Facility Notification issued June 2017; expires 31 May 2018. A completed Yard Waste
Facility Annual Notification Form must be submitted to the Solid Waste Section Compost and Land Application
Branch on or before 1 June 2018.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Facility Compliance Inspection/Fire Incident Follow-up Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None applicable

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection; please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
section below.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This Facility is a Yard Waste Facility Notification under two acres in size.
2) This Facility is permitted to receive:
a. Untreated and unpainted wood waste.
b. Silvicultural Waste as defined in 15A NCAC 13B .0101(41): Waste materials produced from the care
and cultivation of forest trees, including bark and woodchips.
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c. Yard Trash as defined in 15A NCAC 13B .0101(55): Solid waste resulting from landscaping and yard
maintenance such as brush, grass, tree limbs, and similar vegetative material.
d. Yard Waste as defined in 15A NCAC 13B .0101(56): Yard trash and landclearing debris to include
stumps, limbs, leaves, grass.
3) This Facility can receive the aforementioned wastes for processing and storage in volumes not greater than
6,000 cubic yards per quarter.
4) The land on which this Facility is located is described in the deed recorded with the Pitt County Register of
deeds at: Book #48; Page #337.
5) The hours of operation for this Facility are Monday through Saturday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
6) The access road to the Facility is being managed properly at this time.
7) Signage is posted at the entrance to the Facility stating the Facility contact information, hours of operation,
and types of waste received.
8) This site is secured by a chain-link fence with a locked gate at the Facility entrance and has controlled access
for security. The Facility access gate was unlocked and open upon my arrival at the Facility and the Facility
operator was on-site during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
9) A roll-off container is maintained on site for the removal of any unpermitted wastes found on site. This
container is removed from the site for proper disposal as needed.
10) A John Deere 605C Crawler and a New Holland 3930 Tractor are maintained on-site and used for Facility
maintenance operations.
11) A fire was reported to have occurred at this site (please see YWN74002_FIRE_20180219). The fire is
believed to have been the result of spontaneous combustion of the mulch pile. No evidence of ongoing
burning of the mulch stored on site was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
12) The Facility Emergency/Contingency Plan and its implementation were discussed. The implementation of the
plan was deemed to have been a success. Changes is normal Facility operations were discussed including
increasing the frequency of removing ground mulch from the site to reduce the possibility of spontaneous
combustion of the stored mulch.
13) Landclearing waste and yard trash have been brought on site for processing with a tub or horizontal grinder.
All ground wood chips are removed from the site and used for boiler fuel.
14) Less than six thousand cubic yards of unprocessed vegetative waste was observed on-site during this Facility
Compliance Inspection.
15) The waste type was reviewed. No unpermitted wastes or unacceptable waste streams were noted during this
Facility Compliance Inspection.
16) The mulch windrows have been pushed up into one pile for loading into transfer trailers.
17) Mulch was being loaded into transfer trailers and removed from the site for use as an agricultural soil
amendment during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
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18) All waste setbacks and buffers being maintained as required.
19) No off site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
20) Windblown debris is being well managed at this time.
21) No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Regional Representative

Delivered on: 19 February 2018 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

cc: Andrew Hammonds; FOB Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]

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