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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF X LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: ANSON
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 0403-MSWLF-2010
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: 1/30/20 Date of Last Inspection: 5/7/19
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Chambers Development MSW Landfill (Anson County Landfill) 375 Dozer Drive Polkton, North Carolina 28135 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 34.9993 Long.: -80.1687 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Name: Tyler Fiztgerald, District Manager Telephone: [phone] Email address: [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above

PARTICIPANTS: Tyler Fitzgerald, District Manager – Waste Connections, Inc. Dustin Towne, Operations Manager – Waste Connections, Inc. Teresa Bradford, DEQ – Solid Waste Section STATUS OF PERMIT:
A Life of Site Permit was issued on December 7, 2018. The permit includes the Permit to Construct Phases 3 and 4 and
the Permit to Operate Phases 1, 2, and Cell 1A of Phase 3. The life of site ends when the facility reaches its final permitted elevation. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Operational Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .1626(2)(a). The violation has been resolved.
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
A. 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .1626(8)(d) states: “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. An NPDES permit may be required prior to the discharge of leachate to surface waters, as provided by 40 CFR Parts 258.26 and 258.27.”
During the inspection, several leachate outbreaks were observed on the eastern side slope of Phase 2. Leachate was observed to have flowed into the ditch line off the lined disposal cell. Therefore, Waste Connections, Inc. is in violation of 15A NCAC 13B .1626(8)(d) in that leachate was not contained within the lined disposal cell or leachate containment and storage system. On January 31, 2020, Mr. Tyler Fitzgerald, District Manager, submitted photographs via e-mail showing the ditch line
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had been cleaned and repaired. On February 6, 2020, Mr. Fitzgerald submitted an incident report along with photographs of the leachate outbreak repairs and ditch line cleaning and repair via e-mail to Mr. Perry Suggs, Hydrogeologist with the Solid Waste Section. On February 12, 2020, Mr. Fitzgerald submitted a follow-up e-mail to
Mr. Suggs with additional photographs. Review of the information is currently being conducted by Mr. Suggs. Please be advised that additional work may be required.

View of leachate outbreak on the eastern slope of Phase 2.
View of leachate outbreak on the eastern slope of Phase 2.
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B. 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .1626(11)( c) states in part: “At the conclusion of each day of operation, all windblown material resulting from the operations shall be collected and returned to the area by the owner or operator.”
During the inspection, windblown waste was observed on the haul road leading to the active working area and the eastern slope and ditch line of Phase 2 and Phase 3. Therefore, Waste Connections, Inc. is in Violation of 15A NCAC
13B .1626(11)(c).
View of leachate outbreak on the eastern slope of Phase 2.

View of leachate collected in the ditch line on the eastern side of Phase 2.

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To achieve compliance, within 5-days of receipt of this inspection report, Waste Connections, Inc. must collect and
properly dispose of all windblown waste by the conclusion of each day of operations.

View of windblown waste along the
eastern side slope of the landfill.
View of windblown waste along the eastern side slope of the landfill.

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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.
View of windblown waste in ditch
line on eastern side of the landfill.
View of windblown waste on haul
road leading to the active working area.

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility consists of a MSWLF and a drop-off convenience area for residential waste. 2. The facility is permitted to receive solid waste generated from within the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, consistent with the local government waste management plan and with the franchise approved by the Anson County
Board of Commissioners. The facility must not receive solid waste from transfer stations that accept solid waste generated in states other than North Carolina and South Carolina. 3. Proper signage was observed at the entrance of the facility.
Operations Inspection of the MSWLF: 4. Waste was being placed in Phase 3, Cell 1A.
5. The facility is permitted to use a tarp, automobile shredder fluff mixed with soil, petroleum contaminated soil and seaboard solids as alternative cover material. The facility is currently utilizing automobile shredder fluff as alternative cover material. 6. The facility utilizes two tippers. 7. No unacceptable waste was observed. 8. Edge of waste markers were being maintained. 9. Access roads were well maintained. 10. The woody vegetation on Phase 1 of the MSLWF needs to be removed.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
Phone: [phone] Teresa N. Bradford Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: 2/13/20 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section