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LOWDER RECYCLING & DISPOSAL, LLC

OPERATIONS PLAN

August 11, 2019

A. Introduction

Lowder Recycling & Disposal is located at 2840 Griffith Road, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina and operates on a 10.8 acre site zoned GI (General Industrial). The facility
is owned and operated by Mr. Gene Lowder, doing business as Lowder Recycling &
Disposal, LLC.

The office phone and fax numbers are 336-760-0477 and 336-760-6640, respectively.

B. Materials Received

Lowder Recycling & Disposal will be receiving land-clearing waste and fill dirt. “Land
clearing waste” means solid waste which is generated solely from land clearing activities
such as stumps, trees, limbs, brush, grass, and other naturally occurring vegetative
material. “Fill dirt” means clean, uncontaminated soil and it is stored separately. The
uncontaminated soil is earthen material that shall have any contaminant with a
concentration less than or equal to that in the NC Residential Health Base Preliminary
Soil Remediation Goal. Also, untreated and unpainted wood waste including pallets and
other construction wood waste will also be received. Yard waste is also permitted, but
must have a high C:N ratio. Bulk grass clippings, bulk leaves, and bulk bush trimmings
are not allowed.

C. Handling and Storage of Materials

1. Lowder Recycling & Disposal has controlled access and operating hours which are 7:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Yard Foreman’s mobile phone number
has been posted at the yard entrance gate to allow customer contact with the Foreman.
Upon arrival, all customer vehicles will be inspected prior to off-load. The customer will
be instructed on which area to off-load. Stumps may be stored in an area separate from
smaller debris. Likewise, debris with a minimum or no amount of dirt will be unloaded in
a different area of the stockpile. Although the stockpile will be continuous, areas within
the stockpile may be of different consistencies. (More dirt and less brush, clean brush
with no dirt, and stumps, etc.). This will allow Lowder Recycling & Disposal to extract soil
and stockpile the soils separately for future screening. By stockpiling large stumps in a
specific location, we will be more successful in separating the dirt ball from the wood
product.

2. Prior to dumping, should trash such as cups, bottles, plant containers and plastic, etc. be
observed, the driver will remove these items and place within one of the several trash
cans Lowder Recycling & Disposal will have available. Should metals be present, the
driver will remove from his load and place in large metal dumpster can. This can is
furnished by Atlantic Scrap Metal of Kernersville and is emptied on a will call basis. The
trash cans will be emptied into a trash dumpster located on the adjacent property and will
be picked up weekly by Waste Industries. In general, all materials received which are not
of land clearing debris nature will be disposed of or recycled; depending upon the
material. Should a load enter Lowder Recycling & Disposal and be heavily contaminated
with foreign materials, the load will be rejected and the driver turned away.

3. After off-loading, the load will again be inspected by our on-site Foreman. Should any
foreign material be present, the items will be picked up and properly disposed of as
previously described.

4. For recording purposes, an individual ticket is given to the customer for each load. This
serves two purposes. The first is for customer invoicing and for internal accounting.
Second is to record and maintain a detailed quantity of each type of material disposed at
this facility. Lowder Recycling & Disposal is currently converting land clearing debris as
1000 pounds (0.5 ton) per cubic yard and clean yard waste as 400 pounds (0.2 tons) per
cubic yard.

5. Truck loads are being monitored daily. All reporting to North Carolina Department of
Natural Resources will be in tons. Business activity at Lowder Recycling & Disposal is
directly a function of weather and economic activities. We are expecting 40 cubic yards
(8 tons) on a slow day and 200 cubic yards (100 tons) of stumps and brush on our busier
days. Average daily intake is estimated at 20 tons per day. As previously discussed,
materials received will be stockpiled according to the amount of soils included and size of
stumps, etc. The majority of soil will be removed in an effort to minimize wear on the
grinder.

D. Siting Criteria

The following set backs shall be maintained at all times.

a) 50' to property lines (includes all materials)
b) 50' to surface waters
c) 200' to residential dwellings or commercial buildings not occupied by Lowder.
d) 100' from wells

The facility maintains structural control measures (berms, sediment basins, etc.) for
managing stormwater and erosion control on the site.

E. Processing of Material

Lowder Recycling & Disposal subcontracts the grinding of the land clearing debris.
Actual grinding takes place once or twice a year depending on supply and will not occur
on rainy or windy days. The grinding equipment will be set up at the northwest corner of
the stockpile and as the grinding progresses; the equipment (grinder, track loader with
rake, excavator with grapple) moves parallel to the stockpile in a southeastern direction.
A pile of “first grinds” (mulch) continue to be windrowed by a wheel loader (Deere 624K)
behind the grinding equipment. When the grinding starts, there are several machines
working with the actual grinder. Typically, a track loader with a root rake assists along
with a large excavator with a grapple. The two machines feed the grinder with debris free
of foreign materials including soils. Once the wood has been ground, the grindings exit
the machine via a conveyor. The grindings are then relocated to windrows using a
rubber tire wheel loader. If site conditions are somewhat wet, this relocation of grindings
may be accomplished using a track loader (CAT 953). The CAT 953 causes less rutting
of the grade and therefore is more favorable in wet conditions. The windrows, 10 feet
high with a base of 20 feet wide, are placed parallel to each other. An eight (8) foot drive
lane is always maintained.

Dependent upon the screener and grate sizes and the type of wood grinder, the wood
product may need to be ground twice. The “first grinds” after being placed in the
windrows will be periodically rotated. Rotation of the “first grinds” is a function of
moisture and temperature. When rotation time occurs, typically 2 to 3 times every six
months, the Deere 624K or CAT 953 are used. Should a “second grind” be necessary,
the grinding equipment is remobilized and progresses parallel to the existing windrows.
The “second grinds” are again windrowed approximately 10 feet high by 20 feet wide
(conical). Rotating of the windrows over the next six months will result in a uniform
product. These “second grinds” are now marketable mulch. The mulch is once again
moved from the back windrow to the closed windrow along Griffith Road for marketing.
This entire process requires twenty months. This includes the first grinding, windrowing,
rotating, the second grindings, windrowing, and selling.

Temperatures are taken once a month using a 3-foot probe thermometer. The
thermometer is inserted into the top and bottom of the mulch pile every 50 linear feet
along the windrow. When temperatures reach 105°F, the windrow is rotated to avoid
combustion. Temperatures are recorded and placed in a book stored in the shop and
front office.

Should a fire occur within any stockpiles of material, NCDEQ Division of Waste
Management will be verbally notified within 24 hours of the occurrence. A written
notification will be properly submitted within 15 days of the occurrence.

F. Standing Water

Should sub grade rutting occur due to daily operations or stock piling of materials, the
area shall be back bladed and leveled to prevent vectors. Recent site improvements
shall assure positive drainage and water that comes in contact with solid waste will be
contained on-site.

G. Products from Grinding Process

The grinding process generates two products and will not occur on rainy or windy days.
First, with the initial grinding, there remains a large amount of soil and organic mixture.
This mixture is transported to the Power Screen 620 Trommell via tandem/triaxle dump
truck and Deere 624K loader. The mixture is then loaded into the Trommell using the
CAT 953 to separate the organic material from the soil. The resulting soil is a high-grade
topsoil. Secondly, the actual rotating of the windrows and “decomposition” of the mulch
results in a high-organic soil mixture. The mixture contains a high content of organics.
This mixture is transported via a dump truck and/or loader to the Trommell Screen. At
that time, the CAT 953 loads the Trommell and the Trommell separates most of the
organics from the soil. The material generated is a soil amendment. The soil
amendment can be used for planting.

H. Screener

The Power Screen Trommell is a mobile unit and is often moved within the facility.
Because of the area needed to operate the Trommell efficiently, the Trommell remains in
proximity to the western entrance. This is the same area used to “spread out” materials
for drying. As soil materials dry, they are screened to become a marketable product as
topsoil or soil amendment.

I. Daily Intake

We estimate a daily intake of twenty (20) tons of land clearing debris. Grinding will
occur one or two times a year, will not occur on rainy or windy days and should generate
approximately 1,800 tons per year. Based on economic conditions, daily tonnage
received will fluctuate/vary.

J. Equipment to be Utilized

A list of all equipment to be utilized is as follows:

Tub grinder
CAT 953 loader with rake
CAT 325 excavator
John Deere 624K wheel loader
CAT 953 track loader
Komatsu WA 200-6 wheel loader
Ford tandem dump trucks
Mack triaxle dump trucks
Power Screen 620 Trommell
Ford F750 dump truck
Isuzu 5500 dump truck

K. Contingency Plans

1. Gene Lowder owns Lowder Recycling & Disposal as well as the adjoining business,
Lowder, Inc. Should any equipment fail, Lowder Recycling & Disposal could obtain
machines from Lowder, Inc. to aid in the processing of materials. Should poor
product market conditions persist, Lowder Recycling & Disposal would stop receiving
materials and increase advertising via radio. We would offer two for one sales and/or
free delivery. This would promote sales of the mulch product.

2. A fire department is within 1.5 miles and Forsyth Medical Center is within 4.0 miles of
our facility. Should a fire or medical emergency occur, we would call 911.

L. Records for Inflow and Outflow

Record keeping will be established to show cubic yards of yard waste and land
clearing debris received. We will use conversion of 0.2 tons per cubic yard for yard
waste and 0.5 tons per cubic yard for land clearing waste. This inflow and outflow will be
recorded in tons annually.

From:Matt Alspaugh
To:Chao, Ming-tai
Cc:Gene Lowder; Sheri Moissonnier; Stanley, Sherri; Heim, Susan A; Johnson, Mary H; Matt Alspaugh
Subject:[External] RE: Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC
Date:Monday, June 10, 2019 11:51:55 AM
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Please confirm receipt of the attached signed permit renewal application signature page for Lowder Recycling
& Disposal. Please confirm this is all that is immediately required to secure our permit renewal request.

We will be working to finalize our annual report and have it submitted in July along with the $500 annual fee.

We will also have our revised Operations Plan submitted this fall well in advance of the December 11 deadline.

If there is anything else needed at this time please let us know. Thanks!

Thank you,

Matt Alspaugh
Controller
Charles D. Lowder, Inc.GC License # 229362810 Griffith Road
Winston Salem, NC 27103
336-760-0477

From: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 9:40 AM
To: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>; Stanley,
Sherri <[e-mail]>; Heim, Susan A <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Mary H
<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC

Dear Mr. Alspaugh: The current permit to operate (DIN 22911) for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC , Permit No. 3419-TP will expire on December 11, 2019; the Permit Condition No. 1, Attachment 3 of the permit requiresthe permit holder to submit a permit renewal application on or before August 11, 2019. It is the permitholder’s responsibility to comply with the permit conditions without an official permitrenewal notification, and there is no law or rule requiring the Solid Waste Section (SWS) to send out areminder letter to the permit holder for renewing a permit. You request to receive a form or web site to direct you or your colleagues to prepare the permit renewalapplication. Attached please find the forms of permit application signature page; the completed form isconsidered as a portion of the permit application document.
The Solid Waste Section is no longer providing a permit applicant an official application guidance forapplying a permit to operate a solid waste management facility because the guidance document doesnot have legal authority and can’t legally stand in the court. The permit application must be preparedaccording to the State Laws and Rules. Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC , Permit No. 3419-TP is apermitted treatment and process (T&P) facility, operating the existing T&P facility, in a minimum,must follow the NC Solid Waste Management Rules 15A NCAC 13B .0301 & .0302. The rules for atreatment and process facility can be found in the web link: http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac.asp?folderName=\Title%2015A%20-%20Environmental%20Quality\Chapter%2013%20-%20Solid%20Waste%20Management. Additionally, the NC General Statue (NCGS) 130A -309.05(c)must be followed to manage and handle recycled or recovered material. The statute can be found at thefollowing weblink: https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_130A/Article_9.html Because Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC, Permit No. 3419-TP is a permitted facility, many rule-required documents associated siting and zoning are recorded and stored in the SWS. If there is no outstanding violation and/or the facility will and has not adding a new waste operatingunit/activity to the previously permitted waste operations and activities, the approved operation plan(DIN 22910) can be submitted as a permit renewal application. If there is operating violation in the past five years and/or the facility plans to add or correct one ormore new waste operating unit/activity, you may use the previously approved operations plan as atemplate to incorporate modifications/corrections to the existing waste operation and/or activities into apermit renewal application. For example in June 2018, the permit holder designee requested a changeof frequency to record/document waste amount received at the facility; the request was approved onJune 28, 2018 by the SWS (DIN 28818). I conducted a quick review of the pervious operations plan and found out several areas requiredadditional information provided in the renewal application.
1. The facility accepted fill material. The earthen material must be properly defined. For example
fill material is clean, uncontaminated (see the definition below) soil or rock. Unpainted &
uncontaminated concrete, concrete products, concrete block. No liquid-form (or flowable)
concrete is allowed. The un-contamination means that the received earthen material shall have
any contaminant with a concentration less than or equal to that in the NC Residential Health Base
Preliminary Soil Remediation Goal (NC PSRG) which can be found in the web link:
https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Waste%20Management/DWM/risk_based_remediation/Feb2018_PSRGs.pdf.
2. The fire occurrence report requirement. The standardized report form can be found in the web
link: https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Waste%20Management/DWM/SW/Forms/FireOccurrenceReport.pdf
3. Operating screening and grinding waste shall be prohibited in a raining or windy day.
4. According to the flood map – Map No. 3710681300J dated 01/02/2009, the facility is likely
located inside 100 and 500-yr flood zones. The map can be found in the following link:
https://fris.nc.gov/fris_hardfiles/nc/hardfiles/DFIRM/067/DFIRM_NC_3710681300J.pdf. Although the
rule is not prohibit the facility operated in a flood zone, you have to address the requirement of
Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0302(3) - Water that comes in contact with solid waste
will be contained on-site or properly treated prior to discharge from the
site. A NPDES permit may be required prior to discharge to surface
waters in the flood event or the hurricane season.
Please be advised that the request of additional info shall not be considered as commencing anofficially permit reviewing processes, and the SWS has not yet received any permit renewal applicationfrom Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC. Please also double check your accounting records for the past five years to ensure that the rule-required
annual fee of $500.0, per NCGS 130A-295.8 has been paid to the Solid Waste Section. Upon receiving the permit renewal application, pursuant to NCGS 130A-295.3 the SWS will send youa compliance history review (CHR) forms which must be completed and returned to my attention. Failure to provide the correct complete information on the CHR forms may result in permit revocation.

From: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 6:58 PM
To: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC

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Ming-Tai,

Based on the email received today from Susan Heim, we need to request a permit renewal for Lowder
Recycling & Disposal, LLC and have it submitted by June 10th. We have not received any paper or electronic
correspondence regarding this renewal process. Please email both me and Sheri (copied) the required form
and/or the website with instructions as to what we need to fill out and return. I will be out of the office
tomorrow, but if you can send the information to both of us by EOB Friday, we can work to get this renewal
request properly filled out and returned next week.

Thanks so much for your help with this request! Have a good rest of your week and enjoy the weekend!

Thank you,

Matt Alspaugh
Controller
Charles D. Lowder, Inc.GC License # 22936
2810 Griffith Road
Winston Salem, NC 27103
336-760-0477

From:Matt Alspaugh
To:Chao, Ming-tai
Cc:Gene Lowder; Sheri Moissonnier; Stanley, Sherri; Heim, Susan A; Johnson, Mary H
Subject:RE: [External] RE: Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC
Date:Friday, August 9, 2019 4:16:05 PM
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Thanks so much for confirming receipt…enjoy the weekend!

Thank you, 
Matt Alspaugh
Controller
Charles D. Lowder, Inc.GC License # 229362810 Griffith RoadWinston Salem, NC 27103336-760-0477

From: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2019 2:45 PM
To: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>; Stanley,
Sherri <[e-mail]>; Heim, Susan A <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Mary H
<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE: Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC

Dear Mr. Alspaugh:

Today the Solid Waste Section (SWS) received an Operations Plan (a total of 4 pages) for LowderRecycling & Disposal, LLC, Permit # 3419-TP, dated August 11, 2019, and the SWS will review thedocument shortly. Have a wonderful weekend.

From: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2019 2:33 PM
To: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>; Stanley,
Sherri <[e-mail]>; Heim, Susan A <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Mary H
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] RE: Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC

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Ming-Tai,

Please see the 2019 Operation Plan for Lowder Recycling and Disposal, LLC. Please confirm receipt.

This email and attached operation plan conclude all the requested information for our permit renewal. You
have now received all of the following:

Permit Application Page signed by Gene Lowder (owner)
$500.00 Annual Fee
Facility Annual Report for the period ending June 30, 2019 and it’s been approved
Operation Plan (attached)

Thank you for your help in this process and I would appreciate an email confirmation confirming Lowder
Recycling & Disposal, LLC has now submitted all appropriate parts to the permit application. Have a good
Friday afternoon and enjoy your weekend!

Thank you,

Matt Alspaugh
Controller
Charles D. Lowder, Inc.GC License # 229362810 Griffith Road
Winston Salem, NC 27103
336-760-0477

From: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 3:36 PM
To: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>; Stanley,
Sherri <[e-mail]>; Heim, Susan A <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Mary H
<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE: Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC

Dear Mr. Alspaugh:

The Solid Waste Section (SWS) received the completed application signature form which is a portion
of the permit renewal application. Although the SWS understood that you and Mr. Lowder areworking on the rule-required submittals – annual fee payment and revised operations plan at this time.Until the completed permit renewal application is received, the SWS determines the received applicantsignature form 1) is an incomplete permit renewal application 2) can’t be consider as a warranty forsecuring the facility permit renewal in the future. The SWS is looking forward to receiving thecomplete permit renewal application by or before August 11, 2019 as required by the current permit. Thank you for your cooperation on this matter. Have a wonderful evening.

From: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2019 11:52 AM
To: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>; Stanley,
Sherri <[e-mail]>; Heim, Susan A <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Mary H
<[e-mail]>; Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] RE: Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC
Importance: High

CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify. Send all suspicious email as an attachment
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Please confirm receipt of the attached signed permit renewal application signature page for Lowder Recycling
& Disposal. Please confirm this is all that is immediately required to secure our permit renewal request.

We will be working to finalize our annual report and have it submitted in July along with the $500 annual fee.

We will also have our revised Operations Plan submitted this fall well in advance of the December 11 deadline.

If there is anything else needed at this time please let us know. Thanks!

Thank you,

Matt Alspaugh
Controller
Charles D. Lowder, Inc.GC License # 229362810 Griffith RoadWinston Salem, NC 27103336-760-0477

From: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 9:40 AM
To: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>; Stanley,
Sherri <[e-mail]>; Heim, Susan A <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Mary H
<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC

Dear Mr. Alspaugh: The current permit to operate (DIN 22911) for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC , Permit No. 3419-TP will expire on December 11, 2019; the Permit Condition No. 1, Attachment 3 of the permit requiresthe permit holder to submit a permit renewal application on or before August 11, 2019. It is the permitholder’s responsibility to comply with the permit conditions without an official permitrenewal notification, and there is no law or rule requiring the Solid Waste Section (SWS) to send out areminder letter to the permit holder for renewing a permit. You request to receive a form or web site to direct you or your colleagues to prepare the permit renewalapplication. Attached please find the forms of permit application signature page; the completed form isconsidered as a portion of the permit application document. The Solid Waste Section is no longer providing a permit applicant an official application guidance forapplying a permit to operate a solid waste management facility because the guidance document doesnot have legal authority and can’t legally stand in the court. The permit application must be preparedaccording to the State Laws and Rules. Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC , Permit No. 3419-TP is apermitted treatment and process (T&P) facility, operating the existing T&P facility, in a minimum,must follow the NC Solid Waste Management Rules 15A NCAC 13B .0301 & .0302. The rules for atreatment and process facility can be found in the web link: http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac.asp?folderName=\Title%2015A%20-%20Environmental%20Quality\Chapter%2013%20-%20Solid%20Waste%20Management. Additionally, the NC General Statue (NCGS) 130A -309.05(c)must be followed to manage and handle recycled or recovered material. The statute can be found at thefollowing weblink: https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_130A/Article_9.html Because Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC, Permit No. 3419-TP is a permitted facility, many rule-required documents associated siting and zoning are recorded and stored in the SWS. If there is no outstanding violation and/or the facility will and has not adding a new waste operatingunit/activity to the previously permitted waste operations and activities, the approved operation plan(DIN 22910) can be submitted as a permit renewal application. If there is operating violation in the past five years and/or the facility plans to add or correct one ormore new waste operating unit/activity, you may use the previously approved operations plan as atemplate to incorporate modifications/corrections to the existing waste operation and/or activities into apermit renewal application. For example in June 2018, the permit holder designee requested a changeof frequency to record/document waste amount received at the facility; the request was approved onJune 28, 2018 by the SWS (DIN 28818). I conducted a quick review of the pervious operations plan and found out several areas requiredadditional information provided in the renewal application.
1. The facility accepted fill material. The earthen material must be properly defined. For example
fill material is clean, uncontaminated (see the definition below) soil or rock. Unpainted &
uncontaminated concrete, concrete products, concrete block. No liquid-form (or flowable)
concrete is allowed. The un-contamination means that the received earthen material shall have
any contaminant with a concentration less than or equal to that in the NC Residential Health Base
Preliminary Soil Remediation Goal (NC PSRG) which can be found in the web link:

https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Waste%20Management/DWM/risk_based_remediation/Feb2018_PSRGs.pdf.
2. The fire occurrence report requirement. The standardized report form can be found in the web
link: https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Waste%20Management/DWM/SW/Forms/FireOccurrenceReport.pdf
3. Operating screening and grinding waste shall be prohibited in a raining or windy day.
4. According to the flood map – Map No. 3710681300J dated 01/02/2009, the facility is likely
located inside 100 and 500-yr flood zones. The map can be found in the following link:
https://fris.nc.gov/fris_hardfiles/nc/hardfiles/DFIRM/067/DFIRM_NC_3710681300J.pdf. Although the
rule is not prohibit the facility operated in a flood zone, you have to address the requirement of
Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0302(3) - Water that comes in contact with solid waste
will be contained on-site or properly treated prior to discharge from the
site. A NPDES permit may be required prior to discharge to surface
waters in the flood event or the hurricane season.
Please be advised that the request of additional info shall not be considered as commencing anofficially permit reviewing processes, and the SWS has not yet received any permit renewal applicationfrom Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC. Please also double check your accounting records for the past five years to ensure that the rule-requiredannual fee of $500.0, per NCGS 130A-295.8 has been paid to the Solid Waste Section. Upon receiving the permit renewal application, pursuant to NCGS 130A-295.3 the SWS will send youa compliance history review (CHR) forms which must be completed and returned to my attention. Failure to provide the correct complete information on the CHR forms may result in permit revocation.

From: Matt Alspaugh <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 6:58 PM
To: Chao, Ming-tai <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gene Lowder <[e-mail]>; Sheri Moissonnier <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC

CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify. Send all suspicious email as an attachment
to [e-mail]

Ming-Tai,

Based on the email received today from Susan Heim, we need to request a permit renewal for Lowder
Recycling & Disposal, LLC and have it submitted by June 10th. We have not received any paper or electronic
correspondence regarding this renewal process. Please email both me and Sheri (copied) the required form
and/or the website with instructions as to what we need to fill out and return. I will be out of the office
tomorrow, but if you can send the information to both of us by EOB Friday, we can work to get this renewal
request properly filled out and returned next week.

Thanks so much for your help with this request! Have a good rest of your week and enjoy the weekend!

Thank you,

Matt Alspaugh
Controller
Charles D. Lowder, Inc.GC License # 22936
2810 Griffith Road
Winston Salem, NC 27103
336-760-0477