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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF X LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Randolph
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 76-07
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: June 06, 2019 Date of Last Inspection: May 16, 2019
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Great Oak Landfill 3597 Old Cedar Falls Road
Randleman, NC 27317 GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.752822 W: -79.755992 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Mike McFeeley, District Manager, Great Oak Landfill – Waste Management c. 336-865-3201 [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. (Operator) Mike McFeeley, District Manager, Great Oak Landfill – Waste Management 3597 Old Cedar Falls Road
Randleman, NC 27317

Randolph County (Owner)
Randolph County Office Building 725 McDowell Road Asheboro, NC 27205

PARTICIPANTS:
Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Specialist II - Solid Waste Section (SWS) Don Misenheimer, Environmental Protection Manager, Great Oak Landfill – Waste Management
Mike McFeeley, District Manager, Great Oak Landfill – Waste Management Eric Martin, Randolph County Planning and Zoning,
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate (PTO) issued April 10, 2017 Permit To Construct (PTC) issued in conjunction with PTO PTO expiration date January 19, 2026 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Partial Inspection

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STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
A. Corrective measures in progress: 15A NCAC 13B .1626(2)(a) states in part: “the owners or operators of all MSWLF units must cover disposed solid waste with six inches of earthen material at the end of each operating day.” The County of Randolph, N.C. and Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. has adequately covered disposed solid waste with six inches of earthen material and/or an approved alternative daily cover material and at the end of the previous operating day. The waste exposed in the cut slope at the juncture of
Cell 2 and Cell 3 currently under construction needs to be covered as discussed in the field.

Waste around tipping area prior to landfill opening.
Uncovered waste observed between cell 2 and cell 3 where waste was pulled back to manage leachate outbreak.

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View of area where exposed waste was previously noted around the tipping area. B. Resolved: 15A NCAC 13B .1626(11)(c) states, in part: " At the conclusion of each day of operation, all
windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and returned to the area by the owner or operator." The County of Randolph, N.C. and Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. has properly disposed of all windblown litter at the facility and by the conclusion of the previous day of operations.
Windblown waste not observed on north slope of active cell during inspection.

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C. Resolved: 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .1626(8)(d) states in part: “Leachate shall be
contained within a lined disposal cell or leachate collection and storage system. All leachate shall be treated, as required by the receiving facility, prior to discharge.” Leachate outbreaks noted on April 18, 2019 and May 16, 2019 have been contained and no further outbreaks have been reported. The Solid Waste Section requested additional sampling on May 31, 2019. The Solid Waste Section Hydrogeologist has reviewed the results
submitted for the chrome speciation analysis of soil samples collected in the area of the two leachate releases at
the landfill and have determined that the residual concentrations of hexavalent chromium in soils meet the PSRGs for the protection of groundwater. As a result, no further action is required of soils remaining in the vicinity of these two leachate releases.
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On June 6, 2019, Chuck Kirchner met with Mike McFeeley and Don Misenheimer from Waste Management and Eric Martin from Randolph County to conduct a partial inspection of the Great Oak Landfill on Old Cedar Falls Road in Randleman, Randolph County. This inspection was a compliance inspection for the April 10, 2019 Notice of Violation. 1. The Great Oak Landfill is a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill owned by Randolph County and operated by Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc.
2. Follow-up inspections have been performed on April 23, 2019, May 16, 2019 and June 6, 2019 to follow up on the April 10, 2019 Notice of Violation and the Waste Management response letter dated April 19, 2019. 3. Tarps were observed being removed from the working face prior to operations during this inspection. 4. Accumulated sediment was being removed from the main sediment basin below Cell 2 & Cell 3.
View of sediment removed from behind rock baffle and from in front of basin outlet. 5. All photographs were taken by Chuck Kirchner during the inspection on June 6, 2019.
6. During the inspection, working face operations were starting for the day in Cell 2. 7. The facility does not accept scrap tires or white goods. These were not observed on site during the inspection.
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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8. The operations plan states that the facility may use reusable tarps, auto-shredder fluff, and petroleum contaminated soil as ADC. 9. It was previously noted that the facility uses tarps Monday through Friday and covers with soil on Saturday. Continue to ensure that all windblown waste is to be returned to the working face or adequately covered at the conclusion of operations each day.
10. Accumulated sediment in front of the check dam by the creek crossing needs to be removed and the ditch line stabilized as discussed in the field. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
________________________________________ Phone: [phone] or email: [e-mail] Chuck Kirchner Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: June 12, 2019 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Jason Watkins – Field Operations Branch Head - SWS Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – SWS
Ming-Tai Chao, Environmental Engineer – SWS Christine Ritter, Hydrogeologist - SWS Don Misenheimer, Environmental Protection Manager – Waste Management (c. 984-328-0129,
[e-mail]) Daniel Moore, Environmental Protection Manager -Waste Management (c. 336-253-0091, [e-mail]) Eric Martin, Randolph County Planning and Zoning, (c. 336-318-6609, [e-mail])