8504_Duke_BelewsCreek_INSP_20181016

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Stokes
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 8504-INDUS-
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill X DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: October 16, 2018 Date of Last Inspection: February 23, 2018

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Craig Road Ash Landfill
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Belews Creek Steam Station
3195 Pine Hall Road
Belews Creek, North Carolina 27009

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.27908 W: -80.05890

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Melonie Martin, Environmental Coordinator
Office: 336-445-0610, Cell: 336-669-2994
E-mail: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Belews Creek Steam Station
3195 Pine Hall Road
Belews Creek, North Carolina 27009

PARTICIPANTS:
Shawn McKee, NCDEQ
Ben Jackson, NCDEQ
Melanie Martin, Duke Energy
Henry Taylor, Duke Energy
Michael Cowart, Duke Energy

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Notification of Site Suitability Issued: May 12, 2006
Original Permit to Construct Issued: June 20, 2006
Original Permit to Operate, Phase 1 Issued: November 5, 2007
Permit to Operate, Phase 1 Renewal and Vertical Expansion Issued: August 5, 2011
Notification of Site Suitability, Phases 2-6 Issued: November 15, 2011
Permit to Construct, Phase 2 Issued: May 18, 2012
Permit to Operate, Phase 2 Issued January 16, 2014
Permit to Operate Issued November 28, 2017
The Permit to Operate shall expire: November 5, 2067

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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OBSERVED VIOLATIONS
None

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The Craig Road Landfill is permitted to receive: "Coal combustion residuals" …, including fly ash, bottom ash, boiler
slag, mill rejects, and flue gas desulfurization residue produced by a coal-fired generating unit destined for disposal”.
The landfill is primarily utilized for the disposal of ash generated by the Belews Creek Steam Station. Operations at
the facility began in February 2008. The facility is permitted to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The facility is
in operation on an as needed basis. Operations occur infrequently outside of daylight hours.

1. The Solid Waste Section was notified on October 15, 2018, that a small area of the northern slope of the
landfill had failed on October 14, 2018. Investigation into the failure revealed that a slope drain had
decoupled allowing stormwater to create a void on the slope. Following the rain event from Tropical Storm
Michael on October.11, 2018, the landfill personnel inspected the landfill on Thursday October 11, Friday
October 12, Saturday October 13 and Sunday October 14. During the Sunday, October 14 inspection, coal
combustion residual material was found in the perimeter ditch and some ash migrated under the haul road to
non-contact stormwater basin. Clean up and repair was nearing completion at the time of the inspection
during the morning of October 16. The upper section of the down drain which was no longer functioning as
designed was removed. The down drain from the lower bench was repaired and the bench was rebuilt.

2. A plan is being developed to address the removal of all of the down drains on the upper slopes of Phase 1
which appear to be nearing the end of their functional life.

Repaired area on Northern Slope

3. The approved Operations Plan (listed in Section 2.1.2) allows for the disposal of coal combustion by-products,
gypsum produced by the flue gas desulfurization (FGD) process, waste water treatment sludges produced by the
flue gas desulfurization process, waste limestone materials, boiler slag, sand blast materials, fixated FGD waste,
and other coal waste generated by the Belews Creek Steam Station.
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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4. The facility is operated by Charah, Inc. which is responsible for hauling materials to the landfill, daily operations
of the landfill, and conducting other associated activities. The plant was in dual outage at the time of the
inspection and no material was being landfilled.

5. Facility access roads are of all-weather construction and are well maintained.

6. Chimney drains have been installed to facilitate leachate drainage into the collection system. They appeared well
maintained at the time of the inspection. The chimney drain at the northwest side of the active part of the landfill
was surrounded by water from the recent storm events. Chimney drains should be reworked as needed to
promote drainage into the leachate collection system.

Active area of landfill.

7. No windblown dust from landfill operations or roadways was noted during the inspection. Weather conditions
during the inspection were partly cloudy.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
_ Phone: [phone]____
Environmental Senior Specialist

Sent on:
November 7, 2018
Email:
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Copies: Ed Mussler, Section Chief, Solid Waste Section
Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head, Solid Waste Section
Elizabeth Werner, Permitting Hydrogeologist, Solid Waste Section
Larry Frost, Engineering Project Manager, Solid Waste Section
Ben Jackson, Permitting Engineer, Solid Waste Section