1305_INSP_20180307

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: CABARRUS
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 1305TP-TP
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: 3/7/18 Date of Last Inspection: 1/31/17
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Stericycle, Inc.
4403 Republic Drive Concord, North Carolina 28027
GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.41944 W: -80.65054
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Don Nuss, Regional Environmental Manager
Telephone: [phone] Email address: [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
4357 Ferguson Drive, Suite100 Cincinnati, Ohio 45245

PARTICIPANTS:
Carol McCormick, Plant Manager Mike O’Beirne, Plant Manager Brook Hobgood, District Operations Manager
Teresa Bradford, DEQ-Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
The Permit to Operate was issued to Stericycle, Inc. (Owner and Operator) and White Park LLC (Property Owner) on
February 17, 2017. The permit shall expire April 12, 2021.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None

The item(s) listed above were observed by Section staff and require action on behalf of the facility in order to come into or maintain compliance with the Statutes, Rules, and/or other regulatory requirements applicable to this facility. Be advised that pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an
administrative penalty of up to $15,000 per day may be assessed for each violation of the Solid Waste Laws, Regulations, Conditions of a Permit, or Order under Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the N.C. General Statutes. Further, the facility and/or all responsible parties may also be subject to enforcement actions including penalties, injunction from operation of a solid waste management facility or a solid waste collection service and any
such further relief as may be necessary to achieve compliance with the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Act and Rules.
FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The permit approves the operation of a medical waste treatment facility consisting of two steam sterilization units (autoclaves) and associated facility appurtenances for storage and processing of treated and untreated medical waste
and Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulated waste. The facility also operates a reusable sharps
container program and a medical device recovery program. 2. Observed the container unloading and handling area.
3. Pathological waste and residual chemotherapy waste is scanned, weighed and loaded onto a trailer to be transported
to the Stericycle-Haw River Facility (Permit # 01-02) to be incinerated. 4. Containers with medical waste to be processed in the autoclaves are scanned, weighed and loaded onto the inclined
belt conveyor and loaded into the treatment bins.
5. Empty reusable containers are conveyed to an automated washer where they are cleaned and disinfected. The containers are then staged to air dry.
6. Observed the operations of the two steam sterilization units (autoclaves). 7. The waste is treated at a set point of 300 degrees for 25 minutes. 8. The treatment bins are removed from the autoclaves and the treated waste is compacted into a closed trailer and
disposed of at the BFI-Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill in Cabarrus County (Permit # 13-04). 9. Observed operations of the reusable sharps containers program and the medical device recovery program. These
areas were clean and well managed.
10. The reusable sharps containers are loaded onto the automated sharps container dumper where the lids are mechanically removed and conveyed toward the dumper. The untreated sharps are emptied into treatment bins to
be processed in the autoclaves. The reusable sharp containers are then fed into a tunnel washer where the containers
are disinfected, rinsed/sanitized and then moved on to the force heated air-drying process. 11. The medical device recovery program removes medical devices that can be reprocessed and reused. The containers
are placed into the manifold of the tipping machine. The container is emptied into the sorting tray and the medical
devices that can be reprocessed and reused are sorted by tongs and placed into a shipping container. All other waste is emptied into a treatment bin to be processed in the autoclaves. The reusable containers are then sent to the tunnel
washer to be disinfected, rinsed/sanitized and then moved on to the force heated air-drying process.
12. Reviewed the permit, operations plan, efficacy tests (once per week), processing schedules, waste manifests, chart recorders, trailer logs and a copy of the contingency plan to be maintained in each vehicle used in transporting
regulated medical waste.
13. Efficacy tests are conducted every Wednesday. 14. Approximately 90,000-100,000 pounds of medical waste is treated each day.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

Phone: [phone] Teresa N. Bradford
Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative

Sent on: 3/15/18 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Deb Aja Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section Brook Hobgood – District Operations Manager