9222_INSP_20160307

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF X LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: WAKE
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9222-MSWLF-2008
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: March 7, 2016 Date of Last Inspection: December 22, 2015

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
South Wake MSW Landfill
Highway 55 Bypass (6124 Old Smithfield Road)
Apex, NC 27615

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.68140 W: -78.84475

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Owner: Wake County – Solid Waste Director: John Roberson [phone]
[e-mail]
Operator: Wake County Disposal, LLC – Landfill Manager: Troy Mitchell [phone] (cell)
[e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above

PARTICIPANTS:
Liz Patterson, NCDEQ - Solid Waste Section
Troy Mitchell, Waste Industries - General Manager
Brian Fowler, Waste Industries – Operations Support

STATUS OF PERMIT:
PTC-Original Issue, Phase 1: February 18, 1999
PTC-Phase 1 rescinded: April 7, 2000
PTC-Phase 1: March 27, 2001
PTC-Phase 1 modification: March 21, 2007
PTO-Phase 1A: January 28, 2008
PTO-Phase 1A (error corrected): August 20, 2008
PTC-Phase 1 modification (changes to 1B): September 15, 2009
PTO-Phases 1A & 1B: July 21, 2010
PTC Phase 2 and PTO Phases 1A and 1B: August 28, 2013
PTC Phase 2 and PTO Phases 1A, 1B, and 2A: April 24, 2015
PTO expires January 28, 2018

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Odor Complaint

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
NONE

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
NONE

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility is a MSW landfill owned by Wake County and operated by Wake County Disposal, LLC. Wake
County Disposal is a subsidiary of Waste Industries, Inc. The service area for the facility is Wake County and
the municipalities in Wake County.

2. Liz Patterson, Environmental Senior Specialist, with the Division of Waste Management was at the facility to
investigate an odor complaint from, Trish Dare that was emailed to Liz Patterson on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 6:38
PM.

4. Troy Mitchell, General Manager and his staff are keeping an odor log and driving neighborhoods when
complaints are received. Facility will continue to maintain odor log and remain responsive to complaints.

5. Weather conditions were sunny, clear, and windy. Liz Patterson spent the morning from 10:00AM to 11:30AM
inspecting the closed BFI-Holly Springs Disposal Inc C&D landfill (9214-CDLF-1993) located at 4300 Holly
Springs Apex Road. South Wake landfill is clearly visible from the top of the closed landfill. Two strong wind gusts
carried a moderate odor across the closed landfill which dissipated within thirty seconds to one minutes. Liz Patterson
traveled from 4300 Holly Springs – Apex Road to South Wake Landfill along Highway 55 and did not detect odors
between 11:45AM and 12:00PM when traveling to and arriving at the entrance to South Wake Landfill.

6. Moderate odor from the working face was detected onsite as Brian Fowler and Liz Patterson approached the working
face of the landfill. The size of the working face was appropriately sized for the expected tonnage. The working face
was well defined with dirt. Dirt was being applied as cover on the southern edge of the working face to minimize odors
and also reduce the size of the working face.

Working face of Landfill
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.
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Solid Waste Section
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View of working face from top of landfill

7. No prohibited or banned items were observed within the working face.

8. Windblown waste was being well managed.

9. South Wake landfill has tested two odor misting systems so far. The facility is not satisfied with the systems and will
continue working with Smith Gardner on their odor management strategy to ameliorate negative odors from the
working face impacting residents south of the landfill. The odor misting system was not operating while Liz Patterson
was on site.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

Phone: [phone](O) 919-805-6499(C)
[e-mail]

Liz Patterson
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: 3-24-2016 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head – Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section
Casey Fulghum, Wake County – Solid Waste Facilities Manager
John Roberson, Wake County – Solid Waste Director