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Home My WebLink AboutSW_F_SWCD-78-01_20180709_I_FAFACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 4 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Robeson Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: SWCD-7801 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: July 09, 2018 Date of Last Inspection: June 19, 2018 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Enviro-Choice Compost Demo 3330 Saddletree Rd, Lumberton, NC 28360 GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.705350 ° W: -79.035623 ° FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Cody Hunt, (910) 738-5311 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: P.O. Box 390, Lumberton, NC 28359 PARTICIPANTS: Amanda Freeman, NC DEQ, Solid Waste Section STATUS OF PERMIT: SWCD-78-01 Compost Demonstration Approval Condition: (1) The approval period is from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Follow Up Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: Section 13B .1406(1)(A) states that: “construction plans and conditions of permit must be followed.”: Unresolved Section 13B .1406(4) states that: “leachate shall be contained on site treated to meet standards of the off-site disposal method.”: Unresolved Section 13B .1406(4) states “A site shall only accept those solid wastes that it is permitted to receive”: Resolved SWCD-78-01 Compost Demonstration Approval Condition #9 states “The area which will be used the Compost Demonstration must be clearly delineated on that field with posts such that septage is not sprayed within the composting area.”: Unresolved OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: Section 13B .0836(b) Septage detention and treatment facilities shall be designed, located, constructed, and operated in accordance with the standards specified in Rule .0841 of this Section. Enviro-Choice Recycling, LLC (ECR) is in violation of the above rule in that a solidification pit was built without approval from the Section to modify either the SDTF-78-22 or SLAS-78-22 permits as instructed in the June 13, 2018 email correspondence from Ed Mussler, Solid Waste Section Chief and the June 25, 2018 email from Connie Wylie, Soil Scientist. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 4 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 1. The purpose of this inspection was to follow up on corrective actions specified in the Notice of Violation Letter dated June 11, 2018. 2. On June 25, 2018 Connie Wylie sent ECR staff an email correspondence, in response to a voicemail left by ECR, stating that it would not be possible to construct a solidification pit without first modifying the SDTF-78-22 permit or applying for a full compost permit. At the time of this inspection a solidification pit had been built within the compost demo area. 3. At the time of this inspection leachate was observed in what was reported by ECR staff to be the detention area/pond. Based on the information submitted in the compost demo application this area only has a minimum of 18 inches of separation to groundwater. ECR shall ensure leachate is not infiltrating the groundwater and no leachate or runoff can overflow this area. 4. Mulch and/or yard waste shall not be used to build the soil berm and must be removed and managed as an unprocessed feed stock. 5. Any alterations Enviro-Choice would like to make to the compost demo must be submitted in writing to Donna Wilson, Solid Waste Section, Permitting Engineer. Alterations to the site may not be made until Enviro-Choice has received written approval of the changes from the SWS Permitting Branch. 6. The compost area must be properly constructed per the specifications listed in the approved compost demo application. This includes but, it not limited to the composting pad, sediment trap and detention area/pond and the soil berm which were incomplete at the time of this inspection. 7. Specific requirements to come into compliance with this inspection report and previous correspondence is provided in the subsequent Notice accompanying this report. Please, contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. _____________________________________________ Phone: 910-433-3350 _ Amanda Freeman Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: 7/13/18 Email Hand delivery US Mail X Certified No. [70090820000024741190] 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 Page 3 of 4 Attachments: SWS Email Correspondence SWCD7801_COR_20180613 SWS Email Correspondence SWCD7801_COR_20180625 E-Copies: Ed Mussler, Solid Waste Section Chief Sherri Stanley, Permitting Branch Head Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head Adam Ulishney, Environmental Compliance Branch Head Andrew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor Jessica Montie, Environmental Program Consultant Donna Wilson, Permitting Engineer Shawn McKee, Environmental Senior Specialist Connie Wylie, Soil Scientist Eric Locklear, ECR Matthew Markus, ECR Solidification mixing pit. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 4 Leachate in the unfinished runoff area/pond. Septage/compost material to be removed from the demo and properly disposed.