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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: Forsyth
Closed
MSWLF HHW X White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 3415
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: November 13, 2018 Date of Last Inspection: September 12, 2017

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Resource Recycling and Reduction Company, LLC (3RC)
1401 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27107

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.080422° W: -80.220221 °

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Michele E. Sakwa, President
Telephone: [phone] – office; [phone] – mobile.
Email address: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
1401 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27107

PARTICIPANTS:
Michele Sakwa, President – 3RC
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Construct/Operate issued December 3, 1999
Current Permit to Operate issued September 2, 2015
Permit to Operate Expires: April 5, 2020 (submit renewal request by October 5, 2019)

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
N/A

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility functions as a permanent household hazardous waste collection facility and operates Monday
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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through Saturday. The facility is open to the public from 9 am to 3 pm, Wednesday through Saturday, and is
permitted to accept waste generated only by households and conditionally exempt small quantity generators
(CESQG).
2. The current Permit to Operate and approved Operational Plan, Contingency Plan, Spill Prevention Plan and
Safety Plan were available at the facility office and reviewed. The SOP Manual was also available, and Ms.
Sakwa explained that the standard operating procedures are updated frequently to include revised or enhanced
methods for processing and managing the waste materials received at the facility.
3. The facility administers permanent HHW programs for Forsyth and Davidson Counties, and facility staff also
operate collection events for Henderson, Madison and Onslow Counties and provides disposal services for
Buncombe County’s in-house HHW program. The facility also accepts waste from other customers that meet
the permit restrictions and charges these customers for the waste they drop off for disposal. As a convenience,
the facility also accepts televisions and electronics from residential customers.
4. All waste accepted at the facility is documented as it arrives. Facility staff complete a waste identification form
for every load received. The form includes the source of the load, the date and time received, and an inventory
of material received by weight. Completed waste identification forms are stored in file boxes by month, and
three years of records were available for review.
5. The facility maintains an annual file containing waste manifests for all materials picked up for disposal by
contracted vendors. Current contracted vendors are as follows:
 Electronics and televisions – E-Cycle Secure;
 Fluorescent bulbs and tubes – Southeastern Recycling (Johnson City, TN);
 Metals – OmniSource;
 Mixed chemicals – Shamrock Environmental.
6. The facility operating record is maintained at the facility and includes daily and monthly totals of all waste
received at and removed from the facility.
7. A review of the 2017-18 facility annual report found that a total of 1,583,887.3 pounds of household hazardous
waste was received at the facility for disposal from approximately 13,000 HHW program participants.
8. An inspection of all facility safety equipment is performed weekly, as specified in the Operational Plan. The
inspection log for the current calendar year was reviewed and verified that inspections are taking place with the
required frequency.
9. Training records for all facility staff were reviewed. The records are organized by employee and include
information about all training completed. All employees are required to complete an annual 8-hour
HAZWOPER refresher course and to participate in all staff meetings and trainings at the facility. Ms. Sakwa
stated that staff meetings are held as often as necessary to ensure safe operations, but at least weekly. She
explained that the meetings are meant to cover lapses in standard procedures, accidents and near misses as well
as new methods and policies. Training records for all current employees were available for review: LaKeisha
Roper, Christopher Jones, Elijah Jones and Roberto Gonzalez. Ms. Sakwa stated that she also currently has a
part-time temporary employee who works primarily to perform custodial duties or to assist in pouring up latex
paint. The facility SOP Manual states that Ms. Sakwa or Ms. Roper are required to be present with the facility is
operating.

Facility Inspection:
10. The facility is surrounded by a chain link fence and secured with a locking gate at the street entrance. The gate
is kept locked when the facility is closed to the public. Proper signage was observed at the entry gate.
11. In general, the facility was observed to be clean and well-maintained. No unacceptable waste was found at the
site. Materials storage areas were well-organized, and waste containers appeared to be in good condition,
properly labeled and dated. No leaking containers were observed, and no spills were evident.
12. Incoming waste is unloaded on a concrete pad edged with curbing that slants toward a closed sump. The
unloading area is located on the south side of the facility and was observed to be clean and well-maintained.
13. The operations building has an overhead door that opens onto the unloading area. Inside the doorway, waste is
recorded, sorted and weighed as it is received. The receiving area appeared to be well-organized.
14. A pesticide area is located in the southwestern corner of the building, and the chemical collection area is located
on the south wall of the building adjacent to the receiving area. Both areas appeared to be neat and organized,
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with materials sorted by type.
15. The paint collection and processing area is located near the center of the operations building and is surrounded
by a secondary containment berm approximately 18” in height. A number of pallets holding 1-gallon and 5-
gallon containers of paint were stored in this area within the berm. Smaller containers of paint were stored in
gaylord boxes. At the time of this inspection, the facility was closed to the public and staff were working to
consolidate latex paint into plastic drums. Empty metal paint cans were stacked for storage in the metals
container at the end of the day.
16. At the western end of the paint containment area, space is allocated to the consolidating and storage of acids.
17. The entire area within the containment berm appeared to be well-organized, and all drums were observed to be
labeled as to the material and the date the container first received waste, as required.
18. Overhead doors on the eastern wall of the building, adjacent to the paint collection area, serve as a loading area
for non-flammable materials being removed for disposal or further processing. At the time of this inspection,
the loading area was full of containers of bulbs. Ms. Sakwa stated that the vendor was due to pick up the load of
bulbs before close of business that day.
19. A large red roll-off container was located outside the loading area and covered with a tarp. Ms. Sakwa stated
that the “red box” is used to store combustible materials. The combustibles container appeared to be in good
condition. No leaks or holes were observed.
20. Much of the eastern side of the property serves as an acceptance, sorting and processing area for televisions and
electronics. Ms. Sakwa explained that these materials are sorted, palletized and prepared for transport as they
arrive at the facility. Several dozen pallets of televisions and CRT monitors were staged for loading. The area
appeared to be clean and well-organized, and no electronic waste was stored on the ground.
21. A staging area adjacent to the paint collection area on the north side was filled with pallets holding plastic
drums. Each of the drums appeared to be properly labeled and dated. Ms. Sakwa stated that a disposal load was
being assembled for pick-up
22. High concentrations of methane gas had been detected at the facility. Apparently, the gas had migrated from an
old closed landfill site on the adjoining property. Ms. Sakwa stated that work was progressing on the methane
clean-up, and that she hoped to receive a report indicating that it is safe to resume normal operations without the
threat of a methane fire or explosion.
23. The flammables storage room is located in the northeastern corner of the operations building. Although closed
off from the rest of the building by a door, the overhead door on the east side of the room was fully raised to
allow fresh air to circulate. Ms. Sakwa requested that cell phones and keys be left outside the room so that they
would create not sparks. Flammable materials were stored in the various types of containers in which they were
received. Some materials had been sorted into gaylord boxes or were stored on pallets until they could safely be
poured up and loaded out for disposal. Two sumps are located in the room – one in the northwest corner and the
other in the southeast corner. Ms. Sakwa confirmed that both sumps are kept closed at all times and serve
simply as secondary containment in the event of a spill.
24. In the operations area outside the flammables room, a covered space is used for pouring up liquids. At the time
of this inspection, the area held a supply of empty drums and pallets.
25. A roll-off container is staged in the gravel area on the east side of the building and is used to store non-
hazardous trash. Please ensure that all trash is collected and stored in the designated roll-off container
before the close of each operating day.

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

________________________________________ Phone: [phone]
Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: November 16, 2018 to
Michele Sakwa.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section