Orange_6801_MSWLF_postclosure_OperationsPlan_comment_FID1275717_20190117

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Chao, Ming-tai
From:Chao, Ming-tai
Sent:Thursday, January 17, 2019 9:06 AM
To:'Gordon Dively'
Cc:Bruce Woody; Tyrus Clayton; Stanley, Sherri
Subject:Comments on Operations Plan_closed Orange County Landfill Post-closure land use,
6801, FID 1275717
Dear Mr. Dively:

The Solid Waste Section completes a review of the Operations Plan (FID 1274688) for the non-disposal units at the closed
Orange County Regional Landfill (North Unit/Phase 1). Comments on the Operations Plan are stated below:

FID1275717
1. Section B Operations Methods and Procedures
i. 3. Site access, the second paragraph. Signs are posted …, directions to separate disposal areas
for wastes requiring… The landfill units are closed. The “disposal areas” are misleading.

ii. 4. Waste Acceptance and Special Waste Handling.
a. Please define the service area – Orange County and its municipalities.
b. Please add the citizen waste drop off/household convenience center to this section.
c. Please provide a drawing to show the overall site plan including the closure landfill units and
all non-disposal units described in Section B.9 of the Operations Plan.

iii. 9. Waste Handling Operations. The following non-disposal units must provide detailed
operation requirements including, but not limited to.
a. Vegetative yard waste collection and processing unit
- No composting shall be conducted at this unit.
- Acreage of the unit.
- Maximum volume at any given day (including processed and unprocessed wastes).
- The maximum dimensions of each stockpile or windrow. The dimensions may decrease in the
discretion of a Fire Marshal.
- Isle distance of 25 feet between each stockpile (both processed product and unprocessed
wastes). The distance may increase in the discretion of a Fire Marshal.
- Requirements for temperature monitoring, moisture control, and turning of stockpiles to control
odors and fires.
- Fire prevention and fighting.

b. Clean wood collection and processing unit.
- No composting shall be conducted at this unit.
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- Acreage of the unit.
- Maximum volume at any given day (including processed and unprocessed wastes).
- The maximum dimensions of each stockpile or windrow. The dimensions may decrease in the
discretion of a Fire Marshal.
- Isle distance of 25 feet between each stockpile (both processed product and unprocessed
wastes). The distance may increase in the discretion of a Fire Marshal.
- Fire prevention and fighting.

c. Tire collection unit. (Same comments for Section B.16)
- Operating a scrap tire collection area shall comply with Rule 15A NCAC 13B .1107.
- Descriptions of the structure for tire collection/storage area – numbers of covered trailers, the
covered structure, or in an open area.
- The tires stored in an open area (as shown on Google map), a plan to control mosquitoes and
rodents to protect the public health and welfare must be provided.
- Statement of the number of scrap tires stored at a scrap tire collection site shall not exceed
60,000 tires on site at any time.
- Record keeping requirements.

d. Asphalt shingle collection unit.
The SWS has a guidance document to assist facility in management and process of recycling
post-consumer asphalt shingle which can be downloaded from the web link
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/solid-waste-section/asphalt-shingles
Please complete the required site-specific info in the guidance which can be appended to the
Operations Plan.

e. White goods collection unit.
- Who will remove the Freon from white goods? Does the person have a state-required license?
- Where the Freon will be stored on-site? What is the maximum quantity of spent Freon can be
stored on-site.

f. C&D waste recovery units/activities.
- Description of the C&D waste stream to be recovered as recovered material as defined in NCGS
130A-290(a)24.
- The maximum quantity of each type of recovered material will be stored at any given day.
- Dry wall recovered from waste streams must be stored inside a cover structure and mesures to
prevent dry wall from saturation must be implemented in the on-site storage period.

g. A household convenience center (including mattress recycling unit) is described in Section
B.8.
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- Please describe the waste streams that are allowed to collect, the collection storage
units/containers.
- Is there an operator (or operators) to conduct waste screening and/or assist citizen to drop off
wastes to the correct containers/units?
- Requirement for signs / placards of waste collection containers.
- Maximum duration that waste can be stored at this unit.
- Transferring collected MSW wastes to a permitted off-site disposal facility.

iv. 9. Waste Handling Operations, the last paragraph. All recyclables or recovered material must
meet the requirements stated in NCGS 130A-309.05(c).

2. Section E. Staffing.
The County must maintain the current and valid NC air quality permit(s) regulating the operation,
maintenance, and report of the on-site landfill gas collection and control system.
Please respond the comments which should be incorporated into the revised Operations Plan. If you have any
questions please contact myself. Thanks.

From: Gordon Dively [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 9:59 AM
To: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Cc: Bruce Woody <[e-mail]>; Tyrus Clayton <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Orange County Permit Renewal

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Ming,

Included below are links to the requested documents for Orange County. Please let me know if you have any issues
downloading the two.

Here is the link to the Operations Plan for the Closed Landfill, Permit Number 68-01 (DAA PN R00592-00):

https://files.daa.com/dl/1iZgURzw3d
Ming-Tai, Chao
Environmental Engineer, Solid Waste Section
Division of Waste Management
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
919.707-8251 (Office)
[e-mail]
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Here’s the link for the active C&D Landfill, Permit Number 68-04 (DAA PN R00592-179N):

https://files.daa.com/dl/FIrbmurZf0

Thank you,

Gordon Dively, PE
Senior Engineer

Draper Aden Associates
Engineering • Surveying • Environmental Services
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