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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
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SLAS
COUNTY: Forsyth
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 3423-COMPOST-
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
Tire T&P /
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: July 16, 2019
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Forum 52 Yard Waste Facility
180 Northstar Drive
Rural Hall, NC 27045
GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.207071 °
Date of Last Inspection: August 16, 2018
W:-80.288311 °
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Jan McHargue, Solid Waste Administrator
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: janm@city ofws.org
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
P. O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
PARTICIPANTS:
Adam Rickett, Project Supervisor — City/County Utilities Division
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Construct and Operate New Large Type 1 Compost Facility issued: July 26, 2005;
Permit to Operate renewed: October 6, 2010;
Permit to Operate renewed: October 6, 2015;
Permit to Operate expires: October 6, 2020.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None.
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None.
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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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility is permitted as a large Type 1 compost facility for the production of compost from leaves and yard
waste. The facility accepts clean wood waste, including unpainted and untreated wood and wood pallets and
land clearing debris.
2. The facility is limited to a total capacity of 45,000 tons of materials received per year for both compost and
wood waste processing. A permit modification is required in order to increase the capacity of the facility.
3. The current Permit to Operate and approved Operations Plan were available at the scale house for review.
4. A review of tonnage records for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 indicated that a total of 8,468.81
tons of material were received at the facility.
5. Mr. Rickett explained that no composting takes place at the site, so there are no temperature logs or
thermometer calibrations on file in the facility operating record.
6. Wallace Farms is contracted to manage and operate the site. Wood waste is ground onsite but transported to the
Wallace Farms facility in Davie County (Permit # 3004-COMPOST-2014) for composting.
7. The site is divided into two sections. Wood waste collection and processing takes place on the paved area west
of the scale house on the northern portion of the site. The yard trash/composting area occupies the southern,
unpaved portion of the site. At the time of this inspection, only a small amount of the previous year's compost
and a pile of yard waste from curbside collection carts occupied this southern area. Mr. Rickett stated that the
yard waste pile would be moved to the processing area by Wallace Farms as they were ready to handle it. He
added that the compost would continue to be given away to residents upon request.
8. The facility was found to be clean and well -maintained. No windblown trash was observed.
9. Internal roadways are of all-weather construction and in good condition. The scale house and wood waste
processing side of the facility is completely paved; the composting area is well -packed gravel that is maintained
to ensure that ponding water does not occur.
10. The facility is protected by a chain link fence that surrounds the property and secured by a locking gate that
serves as both the entrance and exit.
11. Proper signage was observed beside the gate at the entrance to the facility, including the permit number, contact
information, and hours of operation.
12. All required buffers appeared to have been adhered to throughout the site.
13. The paved portion of the facility is sloped to direct surface water to the storm water conveyance system. A large
swale, located between the wood waste area and the scale house, moves storm water to a grated drain at the
southern end of the swale. Surface water that doesn't enter the swale is moved to a storm drain located on the
western side of the access roadway that leads to the compost area. Drainage ditches and storm drains appeared
to be in good condition and functioning properly.
14. No ponding water was observed at the facility, and no objectionable odors were detected.
15. A roll -off container was staged at the southern end of the paved wood waste operations area for the collection of
any trash and unacceptable materials found in incoming loads. Waste generated at the site is taken to the Hanes
Mill Road Landfill (Permit # 3402) for proper disposal.
16. All waste is weighed at the scale house, which is manned by city staff. Incoming waste is screened by the scale
house operator, who then directs the load to the appropriate area where facility staff can further assess the
material, assist with unloading, and remove any trash or unacceptable wastes before pushing the load up into the
stockpile.
17. At the time of this inspection, a pile of clean wood pallets, a pile of unprocessed wood waste and several piles
of ground wood waste were observed on the concrete pad of the operations area. Staff were loading the ground
wood waste into trailers for transport to the Davie County compost facility.
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Solid Waste Section
A view of the northern portion of the facility. The scale house can be seen at the far right; and, the wood waste operations
area, with stockpiles and transport trailers, is at the left; and the main drainage swale is visible to the immediate right of the
operations area. The site is clean and well -maintained.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
Digitally signed by Susan
Heim
DN: cn=Susan Heim,
o=Solid Waste Section,
ou=Field Operations
Branch,
email=susan.heim@ncdenr
.gov, c=US
Date: 2019.07.18 09:36:15
-04'00'
Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Phone: [phone]
Sent on: July 18, 2019 to Jan
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Email
Hand delivery
US Mail
Certified No. fI
McHargue.
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Adam Rickett, Project Supervisor — City/County Utilities Division
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