3419_LowderRecyclingDisposalLLC_TP_Comment_FID1339380_20190814

From:Chao, Ming-tai
To:Matt Alspaugh
Cc:Gene Lowder; Sheri Moissonnier; Stanley, Sherri; Heim, Susan A
Subject:RE: [External] RE: Permit Renewal Request for Lowder Recycling & Disposal, LLC
Date:Wednesday, August 14, 2019 10:49:00 AM
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Dear Mr. Alspaugh: After completing a review of the permit application document/ Operations Plan (FID 1339168) dated August 09, 2019,the Solid Waste Section (SWS) has following comments on the application document: 1. Per North Carolina Solid Waste Management Rule (Rule) 15A NCAC 13B .0301(2) - An approval letter from theunit of local government having zoning authority over the area where the facility is to be located, stating that theproposed facility meets all of the requirements of the local zoning ordinance, or that the site is not zoned. Therule-required zoning approval letter for the waste operations at your facility is not available in the Solid WasteSection records/files. Please provide a copy of the zoning approval letter from the City of Winston-Salem/ForsythCounty.

(A. Introduction) Please provide the descriptions of the following establishments at the facility:
i. Security. The facility installed adequately secured by means of gates, chains, berms, fences, or otheracceptable means to prevent unauthorized entry for illegal dumping.
ii. Signage. A sign is posted and maintained at the site entrance providing information on the types ofacceptable wastes, permit number, and emergency phone number.
iii. Interior service road. Interior roadway must be of all-weather construction and maintained in goodcondition.
iv. A site location map. The map clearly shows the facility and surrounding drainage features, water bodies,surrounding establishments, buildings, roadways, etc.
3. (B. Material Received) The “Fill Dirt”a. must be an un-contamination earthen material and meet the “unrestricted use standards" - meaning contaminantconcentrations for each environmental medium that are acceptable for all uses per NCGS 130A-310.65; And b. shall have any contaminant with a concentration less than or equal to that in the NC Residential Health BasePreliminary Soil Remediation Goal (NC PSRG) which can be found in the web link:https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Waste%20Management/DWM/risk_based_remediation/PSRGs_May2019_FINAL.pdfPlease add the requirements to the Paragraph B. The copy of NC PSRG (Residential Health Base) must beappended to the Operations Plan. 4. (C. Handling and Storage of Materials – Item 5) Please use the correct agency title – North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Quality.
5. (E. Processing of Materials) Please add the following requirement to this Paragraph E.
i. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited at this facility.
ii. Composting and curing are not permitted at the facility.
iii. Windblown materials must be collected by the end of each operating day, and no windblown material maybe allowed to leave the unit boundary according to Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0302(7).
6. (F. Standing Water) Please add the following operation requirements to this paragraph.
i. Please provide the latest site layout drawing with erosion and sediment control measures. The site layoutdrawing, which was dated May 13, 2003, revised May 25, 2006, and revised October 13, 2009 can beused if no revision is required.
ii. Surface water must be diverted from all operational and storage units to prevent standing water in and
around stockpiles. Water that comes in contact with solid waste is leachate as defined in N.C.G.S 130A-290(a)(16a); any leachate generated at the units must be managed to prevent contamination ofgroundwater and surface water.
7. (I. Daily Intake) Please also provide the maximum volume (including both raw material/unground waste) that thefacility will store at any time.
8. Per Rule 15A NCAC 13B. 0302(5), the Operations Plan must describe the procedures and measures to effectivelyimplement vector control measures that shall be applied to control flies, rodents, and other insects or vermin.
9. Operating Record. Copies of the valid permit, the approved plans, and all records required to be maintained by thefacility owner/operator must be maintained at the facility and made available to the SWS upon request duringnormal business hours. Please add this requirement to the Operations Plan.
Please provide the requested data/document and responses to the comments in the revised permit application document. If you have any question or request a further explanation/clarification to the comment, please feel free to contact myself. Thanks and have a wonderful day.

From: Chao, Ming-tai
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 Lowder Recycling &Disposal, LLC, Permit # 3419-TP, dated August 11, 2019, and the SWS will review the document shortly. Have awonderful 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 27103336-760-0477

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 permitrenewal application. Although the SWS understood that you and Mr. Lowder are working on the rule-requiredsubmittals – annual fee payment and revised operations plan at this time. Until the completed permit renewal applicationis received, the SWS determines the received applicant signature form 1) is an incomplete permit renewal application 2)can’t be consider as a warranty for securing the facility permit renewal in the future. The SWS is looking forward toreceiving the complete 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
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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 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 expireon December 11, 2019; the Permit Condition No. 1, Attachment 3 of the permit requires the permit holder to submit apermit renewal application on or before August 11, 2019. It is the permit holder’s responsibility to comply with thepermit conditions without an official permit renewal notification, and there is no law or rule requiring the Solid WasteSection (SWS) to send out a reminder 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 renewal application.Attached please find the forms of permit application signature page; the completed form is considered as a portion of thepermit application document. The Solid Waste Section is no longer providing a permit applicant an official application guidance for applying a permitto operate a solid waste management facility because the guidance document does not have legal authority and can’tlegally stand in the court. The permit application must be prepared according to the State Laws and Rules. LowderRecycling & Disposal, LLC , Permit No. 3419-TP is a permitted treatment and process (T&P) facility, operating theexisting T&P facility, in a minimum, must follow the NC Solid Waste Management Rules 15A NCAC 13B .0301 &.0302. The rules for a treatment 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 followedto manage and handle recycled or recovered material. The statute can be found at the following 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 documentsassociated 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 operating unit/activity tothe previously permitted waste operations and activities, the approved operation plan (DIN 22910) can be submitted as apermit renewal application. If there is operating violation in the past five years and/or the facility plans to add or correct one or more new wasteoperating unit/activity, you may use the previously approved operations plan as a template to incorporatemodifications/corrections to the existing waste operation and/or activities into a permit renewal application. For examplein June 2018, the permit holder designee requested a change of frequency to record/document waste amount received atthe facility; the request was approved on June 28, 2018 by the SWS (DIN 28818). I conducted a quick review of the pervious operations plan and found out several areas required additional informationprovided 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 an officially permitreviewing processes, and the SWS has not yet received any permit renewal application from 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 you a compliancehistory review (CHR) forms which must be completed and returned to my attention. Failure to provide the correctcomplete 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 # 229362810 Griffith RoadWinston Salem, NC 27103
336-760-0477