SLAS1608_INSP_20190422

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS X COUNTY: Carteret
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: SLAS-16-08
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: 04/22/2019 Date of Last Inspection: 05/17/2018
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Keith Garner and Morgan Garner
Garner Construction Company 5970 Hwy 70 Newport, NC 28570
GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.80898 E: -76.92642
FACILITY CONTACT INFORMATION:
Name: Keith Garner and Morgan Garner Address: Same as above
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS: Chester Cobb (DWM), John Farnell (DWM), Keith Garner, Morgan Garner, and Janie Black
STATUS OF PERMIT: Active (Under Review) EXPIRES: 01/13/2017
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Permitting
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
No violations noted on the previous inspection.

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
1) Upon review of the land application records submitted with the package for permit renewal, it was
noted that the maximum annual application amount for the site was exceeded by 35,200 gallons in
2018. This site only has 1 field. The exceedance in the maximum annual application amount is a
violation of Rule .0842(b)(1) that states “Maximum land application rates for septage shall be
determined based upon the following: (1) domestic septage land application rates shall be in
accordance with 40 CFR 503.12(c).” The maximum annual application rate for this site is noted in
Permit Condition 7 as “The maximum annual application rate shall be 50,000 gallons per acre per
year…”
The computer logs were updated during the site visit to the most recent version. Please pay close
attention to the maximum annual application rate and amount for the site so as to not exceed the
maximum annual application amount.

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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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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.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1) Site visit conducted to review the submitted septage land applications with the owner / site operator of
the site. The records had been submitted as a requirement for renewal of the permit. Upon review of
the records, it was noted that the maximum annual application amount for Field 1 was exceeded by
35,200 gallons in 2018. The maximum annual application amount is calculated by multiplying the
permitted acres, 10.1, against the maximum annual application rate, 50,000 gal/ac/year, which equals
505,000 gallons per year. The permitted acres are listed in Permit Condition 2 and the maximum annual
application rate is listed in Permit Condition 7.

Reviewed and updated the computer logs so that the owner / site operator can make changes to the
computer logs. One factor in the noted overage was an incorrect acreage of 11 acres listed in the
computer logs. Prior to the 2012 Permit, the acreage listed in the permit was 11 acres. The site was
mapped with a GPS unit in 2009 to better reflect the site layout and acreages. The acres were never
updated in the computer logs to the acres in the 2012 permit. The cell that contained the acres for the
site was a locked cell and would required the password to unlock. The original logs were set up by Joe
Gallo. While help would have been needed to update the logs, the owner / operator should have read
the permit and noticed the change in acres. The revised computer logs are set up so that the owner /
operator can make any necessary changes as noted in the permit. The 35,200 gallons overage has
already been taken out of the maximum annual application amount that could be applied in 2019.

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

________________________________________ Phone: [phone] . Chester R. Cobb, Environmental Program Consultant Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ Regional Representative
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