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Brent and Mark,
I visited the Cherokee Co. Landfill on the morning of April 7, 2006 in response to a complaint registered
by JoAnne Huff. Jeff Clark, Cherokee Co. Landfill Supervisor told me that the reason trucks were at the
landfill at such an early hour was that one of the counties two garbage trucks was broken down and they
were using one truck to pick up all the garbage for the day. The refuse was from the convience centers
and the 2 loads sthat were brought to the landfill for disposal before opening time (7:30am) were
weighed by the truck driver. One load weighed 8.94 tons and the other weighed 8.58 tons. The landfill
was not open for public use befbre 7:30 am, so it is not a requirement alat a ceitified operator be on bite.
Cherokee Co. does random waste screenings as required, but these loads were not screened.(all loads do
not have to be screened). We as a section do not have noise violations, so there is nothing we can do
about this. Please advise if further information is needed.
Jim Patterson - Jim.Patterson@ncmail
North Carolina Dept. of Environment
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Waste Management - Solid
2090 U.S. 70 Highway
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Jim Patterson
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and Natural Resources
Waste Section
1 of 1 4/10/2006 10:06 AM

JoAnne Huff RN
Murphy, NC 28906
RE: Illegal activity at the Cherokee County Landfill
Dear Sheriff Lovin,
In the early morning hour of 0115, March 28, 2006, the Sheriff's office was called to
report suspicious activity in the Cherokee County Landfill, located in Marble, NC. At that
time, loud noise from a truck's back-up alarm awoke me and my husband. We observed
a large truck with multiple lights dumping unknown contents into the rear landfill area.
Thinking this was an unusual situation, we attempted to first notify Robert Allen,
manager of the landfill, at home. We were unable to reach him. We then called your
office and were told that a deputy would be dispatched to investigate. I requested that
following the investigation, someone from your office call and report the results. The
person answering the phone told me to call the next morning, which I did. When I called,
there was no record of my call (earlier that morning) or of any action taken. Next I called
Robert Allen at the landfill. His response "Ms Huff, that was only the boys dumping. Our
truck had broken down and we were finishing up. I thank you for your concern."
May I point out that conducting operations at the landfill at that hour is a violation of the
recently past noise ordinance of Cherokee County. Second, it is illegal to operate a
landfill without a Certified Operator on duty. Third, the contents being dumped must be
weighed and inspected. I am requesting your office to issue a citation for the above
offenses. Thank you for your consideration. I await your response.
Sincerely,
JoAnne Huff
98 Burnt Branch Overlook Dr.
Marble, NC 28905
837-2794

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FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
NCDENR Solid Waste Section
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
UNIT TYPE: (check all that apply to this
audit with same Permit number
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Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: CHEROKEE
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PERNII I NO.:20-02
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P,
Collection
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Tire
Monofill
Industrial
Landfill
DEMO
SDTF
Date of Audit: 2/1/06
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Cherokee County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
US Highway 74
Marble, NC 28905
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Robert Allen, Cherokee County Solid Waste Director
Telephone: [phone]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT):
Robert Allen, Director
Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
c/o Cherokee County Courthouse
75 Peachtree Street
Murphy, NC 28906
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Jim Patterson, NCDENR, Solid Waste Section
Jeff Clark, Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active — Permit to operate issued — April 1, 2005
Date of Last Audit: 10/4/05
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Comprehensive audit of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, inspections of Yard Waste Facility (T&P), and Scrap Tire
Collection site.
NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS) (citation and explanation):
None
You are hereby advised that, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 per day may be assessed for each
violation of the Solid Waste Statute or Regulations. If the violation(s) noted here continue, you may 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.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS (List all noted last audit):
N/A

, ACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT Rl -)RT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Page 2 of 2
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
(1) Sediment basin has been cleaned since last inspection = good work.-
(2) Still need to complete replacing nonwoven fablic that has blown off the HDPE liner in the leachate lagoon. Some
work has already been done — it just needs finishing.
(3) Some exceedences in VOC's and metals documented on Fall 2005 sampling event for groundwater monitoring
wells. This issue is being handled by Raleigh Central Office.
(4) Some litter needs picked up on phase One.
(5) On site leachate seeps on phase one dike. Repair these seeps.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
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Phone: [phone]
Regional Re esentative/WMS
Mailed on : 8 February 2006 by hand delivery �XTU
Mail Certified No. 1 _]
Distribution: original signed copy to facility — signed copy to compliance officer — email or copy to supervisor
CC: Mark Poindexter, NCDENR, Solid Waste Branch Head
Brent Rockett, NCDENR, Western Regional Supervisor

Lined I X LCID I YW I X Transfer
MSWLF
CDLF TireT&P! I X Tire Industrial
Collection Monotill Landfill
Date of Audit: 10/4/05
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Cherokee County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
US Highway 74
Marble, NC 28905
Compost SLAS COUNTY: CHEROKEE
T&P I FIRM PERMIT NO.: 20-02
DEMO sDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Robert Allen, Cherokee County Solid Waste Director
Telephone: [phone]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT):
Robert Allen, Director
Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
c/o Cherokee County Courthouse
75 Peachtree Street
Murphy, NC 28906
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Jim Patterson, NCDENR, Solid Waste Section
Jeff Clark, Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active — Permit to operate issued — April 1, 2005
Date of Last Audit: 7/28/05
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Comprehensive audit of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, inspections of Yard Waste Treatment, and Scrap Tire
Collection site.
NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S) (citation and explanation):
None
You are hereby advised that, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 per day may be assessed for each
violation of the Solid Waste Statute or Regulations. If the violation(s) noted here continue, you may 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.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS (List all noted last audit):
N/A

FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Page 2 of 2
OTHER COAUNMENTS /SUGGESTIONS:
(1) Sediment basin needs "cleaning" to ensure adequate capacity for winter operations. Also replace stone around
basin stand pipe.
(2) Complete mowing phase one inactive cell.
(3) Geotextile cover over the HDPE liner in the leachate lagoon has blown up exposing the liner. Pull the geotextile
bggk ever the liner and anchor with canrlh as.
(4) Litter accumulated along the litter fence needs picking up.
(5) Groundwater issues being handled by Raleigh Central office.
(6) Make sure the yard waste area is designated on the landfill plan.
.o�ase contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
t Phone: [phone]
Regional Representative/WMS
Mailed on : 14 October 2005 by hand delivery X US Mail Certified No. jj
Distribution: oriEinal sicned copy to facility — signed copy to compliance officer — email or copy to supervisor
CC: Mark Poindexter, NCDENR, Solid Waste Branch Head
Brent Rockett, NCDENR, Western Regional Supervisor

� 410 FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
NCDENR Solid Waste Section
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
UNIT TYPE: (check all that apply to this audit with same Permit number)
Lined MSWLF X LCID YW X Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY:Cherokee
Closed xxw white X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.:20-02
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Date of Audit:11/03/06 Date of Last Audit:7/14/06
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Cherokee County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
US Highway 74
Marble, N. C. 28905
GPS COORDINATES: (Decimal Degrees) N:35.18103 W:083.90807
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Robert Allen, Cherokee County Solid Waste Director
Telephone [phone]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT):
Robert Allen, Director
Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
C/o Cherokee County Courthouse
75 Peachtree Street
Murphy, N. C. 28906
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Jim Patterson, NCDENR-Solid Waste Section
Jeff Clark, Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active -Permit to operate issued April 1, 2005
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Comprehensive audit of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill; Inspections of yard waste facility and scrap tire collection site.
NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S) (citation and explanation):
NONE
You are hereby advised that, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 per day may be assessed for each
violation of the Solid Waste Statute or Regulations. If the violation(s) noted here continue, you may 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.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS (List all noted last audit):
N/A

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Page 2 of 2
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
1.An on site landfill operator course was conducted by Jeff Clark (MOLD). Attendees included Jason Rowland, James
Phillips, Wanda Payne, and Dick Godfrey. The course was completed on 6/01/05
2.Cherokee County Landfill is accepting only waste generated in Cherokee County; however the service area for the
landrill includes ra am Co., Swain Co., and clay Co.
3.The geotextile fabric is once again coming off exposing the HDPE liner in the leachate lagoon. This needs to be repaired
in such a way that it will permanently remedy the problem.
4.The landfill is currently receiving about 60 tons of waste a day.
5. Cherokee County Emergency Services gave a workshop on hazardous waste recognition to landfill employees in
September.
6 The edge of liner markers along the slope next to the Valley River which have been removed need replacing.
7. Remove the materials that have been stored on the edge of the landfill next to the maintenance building.
8. The inactive cell needs mowing.
9. Groundwater issues are being addressed by the Raleigh Central Office.
10. Completed slope areas in the cell currently being. used need seeding.
11. Methane gas monitoring has been done this quarter.
12. Waste screening and scrap tire certification forms are being completed and look good.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
(signature) Phone: [phone]
Regional Repr sentative
Distribution: orieinal signed copy to facility -- signed copy to compliance officer — e-mail or copv to super
Delivered on : [ Click and type date 1 by hand delivery US Mail ified No.1_1

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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE: (check all that apply to this audit with same Permit number) I
Lined X LCID I YW I X I Transfer
MSWLF
MSWLF I nods
CDLF Tire T&p / I X Tire Industria
Collection Ivtonorill Landfill
Date of Audit: 7/14/06
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Cherokee County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
US Highway 74
Marble, NC 28904
Compost I I SLAS I I COUNTY: CHEROKEE
DEMO I I SDTF I I FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
GPS COORDINATES: (Decimal Degrees) N: 35.18103
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Robert Allen, Cherokee County Solid Waste Director
Telephone: [phone]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT):
Robert Allen, Director
Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
c/o Cherokee County Courthouse
75 Peachtree Street
Murphy, NC 28906
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Jim Patterson, NCDENR, Solid Waste Section
Jeff Clark, Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active — Permit to operate issued — April 1, 2005
Date of Last Audit: 5/9/06
W: 083.90807
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Comprehensive audit of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, inspections of Yard Waste Facility (T&P), and Scrap Tire
Collection site.
NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS) (citation and explanation):
None
You are hereby advised that, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 per day may be assessed for each
violation of the Solid Waste Statute or Regulations. If the violation(s) noted here continue, you may 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.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS (List all noted last audit):
N/A

FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT - .,'PORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Page 2 of 2
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
(1) An onsite landfill operator training course was conducted by Jeff Clark (MOLD) attendees included Jason
Rowland, James Phillips, Wanda Payne, and Dick Godfrey. The course was completed on 6/01/05.
(2) Sediment basin has been "cleaned" recently.
(3) Small amount of litter needs picking up.
(4) Eirass is looking much better due to recent rains.
(5) The landfill is receiving approximately 60-tons of waste a day.
(6) The geotextile has been over the HDPE in the leachate lagoon.
(7) The inactive phase one cell needs to be mowed.
(8) Groundwater issues are being handled by Raleigh Central Office.
(9) The last methane gas sampling was done on 3/7/06. Make sure that sampling is performed each quarter. Jeff
Clark ensured me that the monitoring would be done on Monday (7/17/06) and sometime again during the
quarter to compensate for the Quarter that was missed (April — June).
Please contact me if ou have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
t�..� Phone: [phone]
Regional epresentative/WMS
Mailed on : 21 July 2006 by hand delivery X US Mail Certified No. []
Distribution: original signed copv to facilitv — signed copv to compliance officer — email or copy to supervisor
CC: Mark Poindexter, NCDENR, Solid Waste Branch Head
Brent Rockett, NCDENR, Western Regional Supervisor

NCDERK
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
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CDLF I I Tire T&P i i X I Tire I Industrial
Collection blonofill Landfill
Date of Audit: 5/9/06
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Cherokee County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
US Highway 74
Marble, NC 28905
line Permit number
Compost SLAS COUNTY: CHEROKEE
T&P -x FIRM -PERMlT—N0-.:-'---20-02
DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Robert Allen, Cherokee County Solid Waste Director
Telephone: [phone]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT):
Robert Allen, Director
Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
c/o Cherokee County Courthouse
75 Peachtree Street
Murphy, NC 28906
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Jim Patterson, NCDENR, Solid Waste Section
Jeff Clark, Cherokee County Solid Waste Department
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active — Permit to operate issued — April 1, 2005
Date of Last Audit: 2/l/06
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Comprehensive audit of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, inspections of Yard Waste Facility (T&P), and Scrap Tire
Collection site.
NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS) (citation and explanation):
None
You are hereby advised that, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 per day may be assessed for each
violation of the Solid Waste Statute or Regulations. If the violation(s) noted here continue, you may 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.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS (List all noted last auditZ
N/A

FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT 1 'ORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Page 2 of 2
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
(1) Groundwater issues being addressed by Raleigh Central Office.
(2) Geosynthetic cover blown off HDPE Lagoon liner in a couple of places. Address these areas as we discussed.
(3) Some windblown litter needs to be picked up.
(4) The completed areas we discussed need to be seeded.
(5) Cherokee County is presently receiving approximately 60 tons of waste a day.
(6) jeff Clark is conducting in house SWANINA elasses for operator- tFaining. Last ckas-g via-s Feb 2005
(7) Groundwater/surface water sampling done on 2/22/06.
(8) Methane gas monitoring needs doing before end of June.
(9) Update Solid Waste telephone numbers on Emergency Contact list. My telephone number is 828-296-4500. The
Raleigh office number is 919-508-8400.
(10) Need to conduct annual inspection of leachate system.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
Phone: [phone]
Regional Representative/WMS
Mailed on : 17 —May 2006 by hand delivery X US Mail Certified No. [�
Distribution original signed copy to facility signed copy to compliance officer — email or copy to supervisor
CC: Mark Poindexter, NCDENR, Solid Waste Branch Head
Brent Rockett, NCDENR, Western Regional Supervisor