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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: Forsyth
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 3422-TP-
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
X
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: February 11, 2020
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Slater Industries Treatment and Processing Facility
945 Valleystream Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Date of Last Inspection: February 28, 2019
GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 36.081585' Long.:-80.367539'
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Joe Slater, Owner
Telephone: [phone] (mobile)
Email address: [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
5334 Shallowford Road
Lewisville, NC 27023
PARTICIPANTS:
Joe Slater, Owner/Operator — Slater Industries
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate Issued: July 26, 2005
Permit Renewal, Operations Plan Modification: November 10, 2010
Permit Renewal, Operations Plan Modification: November 17, 2015
Permit expires November 17, 2020 — submit permit renewal request by June 16, 2020
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
N/A
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. Photos included in this inspection report were taken by Susan Heim during the inspection on February 11, 2020.
2. The facility is permitted to receive and process land clearing waste, concrete, brick, concrete block,
uncontaminated soil, gravel and rock, untreated and unpainted wood and wood pallets.
3. The facility was not operating during this inspection.
4. The facility produces firewood, chipped wood for boiler fuel, mulch and crushed concrete and asphalt.
5. The facility's Permit to Operate and approved Operations Plan (dated April 2015) are maintained onsite and
were available for review, along with the current log of incoming waste and outgoing product. Mr. Slater
explained that he uses a system of average weight per material type to calculate the size of both incoming and
outgoing loads.
6. Mr. Slater stated that operations had been sporadic since the previous inspection, based on the extremely wet
weather and on his need to provide support for his mother due to her medical issues.
7. Mr. Slater also stated that he had reduced his incoming waste to only 3 customers, because of excessive
contamination found in incoming loads. Mr. Slater further stated that he had also discontinued all incoming
concrete loads because of the size of his current stockpile.
8. A review of the 2018-19 Facility Annual Report indicated that the facility accepted 760 tons of wood waste and
60 tons of used concrete and asphalt during the reporting period.
Treatment & Processing Operations:
9. The site appeared to be clean and well -maintained.
10. Facility access roadways are of all-weather construction but were observed to have been impacted by the
continual heavy rain received in the area over the past six months. The entry road slopes steeply downhill from
the public roadway and was soft but navigable. Some areas of the site were not accessible by vehicle during the
inspection. Mr. Slater stated that he directs each individual load as it enters the site to ensure that only navigable
areas are accessed for tipping.
11. Proper signage was observed at the entrance to the facility.
12. The facility is protected by perimeter fencing, berms and cement barricades, and is secured by means of a gate
which is kept locked when the facility is not in operation. The facility does not maintain standard operating
hours, and instead receives waste and dispenses product by appointment only.
13. The site is lower than the public roadway that borders it. Three large metal Quonset huts are located along the
toe of the slope from the public roadway near the western property line. These buildings are used to house
equipment, supplies, a lumber kiln and kiln -dried lumber produced on the small sawmill set up at the facility. A
small office building is adjacent to the center Quonset hut.
14. Required buffers are maintained by berms and concrete block walls placed at the setback along the north and
south property lines of the facility. The rear (eastern) property line is at least 300' from facility operations.
15. Mr. Slater opened the office and pointed out the new camera system he'd installed throughout the facility. He
stated that he had been beset with teenage vandals who had damaged equipment, buildings and supplies at the
facility, adding that both teens were caught as a result of the surveillance camera system.
16. The operations area is designed to direct stormwater runoff to a pond on the eastern side of the facility. The
pond itself was not observed during this inspection due to the extremely wet site conditions. Excess stormwater
was found to be collecting in a forebay that had been created in the center of the facility to store water and allow
it to be pumped into the pond as the pond drains. During this inspection, the forebay was observed to be almost
full and the electric pump was running, pulling water from the forebay down into the pond. Piles of unprocessed
wood waste and inert debris surround the forebay and are only inches from the accumulated stormwater.
Please ensure that waste stockpiles do not come into contact with stormwater. Water that comes into
contact with waste is considered to be leachate and must be contained onsite or properly treated prior to
discharge from the site, as required by 15A NCAC 13B .0302(3).
17. A wide access road provides adequate space for facility equipment as well as emergency vehicles to reach all
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areas of the site. However, this roadway was too wet and muddy to provide access to most of the site during the
inspection.
18. Unprocessed land clearing debris was piled throughout the site. Logs are separated so that they can be cut and
split to produce firewood. Mr. Slater stated that he had separated and sold desirable logs to local lumber mills in
the past, but that he was no longer able to find a market for them. Instead, he now produces firewood from these
logs as well.
19. Stockpiles of chipped wood waste and mulch were located around the grinder in the wood waste processing
area. Stockpiles were of manageable size and accessible for loading out material or for emergency operations, if
necessary.
20. Stockpiles of used concrete were staged in several locations around the site. In addition, a large pile of used
asphalt was located to the east of the entrance road. Mr. Slater stated that the weather had prevented concrete
crushing operations from taking place at the site. He reiterated that he had stopped accepting inert debris so that
he could process what he'd already accumulated.
21. No unacceptable materials were observed in the processed and unprocessed stockpiles of wood waste and inert
debris.
22. Dust is controlled using water hoses. Water is available at several points around the site so that roadways and
operational areas can be sprayed with water when necessary. Crushing and grinding equipment is fitted with
spray nozzles so that material can be dampened as it is processed. Mr. Slater stated that, because of wet
weather, dust has not been a concern in some time.
23. The facility Permit to Operate is set to expire on November 17, 2020. Please submit your request for permit
renewal by June 16, 2020. You may contact Ming-Tai Chao, Permitting Engineer, at 919-707-8251 or via
email at [e-mail] for assistance.
A view of the entrance roadway from the parking pad, with the asphalt stockpile on the left and a storage
area for kiln -dried lumber on the right.
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A view from the parking pad looking out to the wood waste processing area, with grinder and trailer
staged to resume operations when weather permits.
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=[e-mail],
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Date: 2020.02.13 15:17:43
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Phone: [phone]
Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Sent on: February 13, 2020 to
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Certified No. [ ]
Joe Slater.
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Ming-Tai Chao, Permitting Engineer — Solid Waste Section
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