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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Chatham
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 1912-TP-2020
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: April 7, 2020 (Video Inspection) Date of Last Inspection: N/A
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility 13415 US 421 South Goldston, NC 27252 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.568367 Long.: -79.300286 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Bobby Branch, Operator
919-708-8465 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility Attn: Bobby Branch, Operator 2111 S. Main Street
Goldston, NC 27252
919-708-8465
PARTICIPANTS: Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section (SWS) Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – SWS Ben Jackson, Engineering Project Manager – SWS Bobby Branch, Operator – Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility
Vance Moore, Engineer – Garrett and Moore, Inc. STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate (PTO) issued March 2, 2020 Permit expires on March 2, 2025 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Video Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None
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Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On April 7, 2020, Chuck Kirchner, Deb Aja and Ben Jackson met via video conference with Bobby Branch and Vance Moore to conduct a pre-operational comprehensive inspection of the Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility located at 13415
US 421 South in Goldston, Chatham County. General Facility and Permit Information 1. The facility was permitted on March 20, 2020 as a mixed waste processing facility. This is the original
issuance of this permit. 2. The facility permit is not in effect until it is recorded with the Chatham County Register of Deeds and notification of recordation is provided to the Solid Waste Section.
3. The facility will be in operation Monday through Friday 7:00 am – 4:00 pm. 4. The T&P facility is designed to handle a maximum average rate of 400 tons per day. 5. The facility is permitted to receive construction and demolition debris waste resulting solely from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on pavement, buildings, or other structures. The facility is also approved to accept land clearing debris, wooden pallets, yard trash, clean soil, and cardboard. 6. The following, at a minimum, must not be accepted for disposal at the facility; hazardous waste, liquid wastes,
regulated medical waste, sharps not properly packaged, regulated-asbestos containing material as defined in 40 CFR 61, PCB waste as defined in 40 CFR 761, and wastes banned from disposal in North Carolina by G.S. 130A-309.10(f). 7. C&D waste must only be deposited on the designated tipping floor, directly into a transfer container, or directly into a recycling container. 8. C&D waste placed on the tipping floor must be sorted each operating day, and no waste shall remain on the tipping floor pad after operating hours. Only an amount of waste sufficient to begin sorting operations the next day may be left on the tipping floor.
9. Except for wood, concrete and clean soil, recoverable materials must be placed in containers. Recovered materials placed in containers must be removed from the site once the container is full, unless otherwise approved by the Section.
10. Seventy-five percent (75%), by weight or volume, of the recovered material stored at the facility at the beginning of a calendar year commencing January 1, must be removed from the facility through sale, use, or reuse by December 31 of the same year. In other words, for something to be counted as a “recovered material”,
75% of that material that was at the facility on January 1 must be removed from the facility by December 31 of the same year. This prevents stockpiles from getting out of control. 11. The facility must be operated such that recovered material, and any products or by-products, are not discharged,
deposited, injected, or dumped, spilled, leaked, or placed in or on any land or water, so that the material or by-products may enter other lands or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters including groundwater, or otherwise enter the environment or pose a threat to public health and safety. 12. Waste and recovered material must be maintained in reasonably sized piles with adequate fire breaks and lanes. Lanes shall be large enough to allow fire equipment to access all sides of the pile. 13. Wood material and mulch must be stored in piles no larger than 30 feet high and 50 feet wide, unlimited length within the approved site boundaries. Adequate spacing between piles must be maintained to allow vehicle access in the event of a fire. Mulch and ground material containing yard waste must not be distributed to the
public unless it has been composted in accordance with Rule .1406 14. The tipping floor and transfer trailer loading area must be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition and must be cleaned daily.
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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15. Effective vector control measures must be applied at all times to control any potential vectors including flies, rodents, insects, and other vermin. 16. Control measures must be utilized to minimize and eliminate visible dust emissions and blowing litter.
17. Facility shall ensure dust does not leave the boundaries of the facility. 18. Windblown materials must be collected by the end of the day and no windblown material may be allowed to leave the facility boundary. Records Review
19. Mr. Branch stated the site did not require a Sediment and Erosion Control plan. Site was an existing brick facility that has been re-purposed according to Mr. Branch. 20. The facility shall provide stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, General Permit Number, Certificate Of Coverage Number and effective/expiration dates of the General Permit or an exemption letter to the Section. 21. The facility permit and site operations plan must be maintained at the facility. During comprehensive site inspections a copy of the facility permit and a copy of the site operations plan shall be made available to the section upon request. 22. An attendant must be present to oversee the loading and unloading of waste. The facility shall provide training for all employees in facility operations. Training shall be conducted at least annually and records of training shall be made available to the Section upon request. Training records should include type of training received, date of training and personnel trained. 23. The permittee must maintain a record of the amount of solid waste received at the facility, including daily records of waste received and origins of the loads. Scales must be used to weigh the amount of waste received. The daily records are to be summarized into a monthly report for use in the required annual reports due no later than August 1st of each year. Records must be available to the Section upon request. 24. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited at this facility. Mr. Moore stated that the facility may incorporate an incinerator in the future and is currently discussing this option with NCDEQ – Division of Air Quality. A permit modification will be required prior to use of an incinerator at this facility.
25. The permittee must develop, and use, a training and screening program at the facility for detecting and preventing unauthorized wastes from being accepted at the facility. At a minimum, the program must include: Random inspections of incoming loads, records of all inspections, training of personnel to recognize excluded waste types and development of a contingency plan to properly manage any identified hazardous, liquid, or other excluded or unauthorized wastes. The plan must address the identification, removal, storage, and final disposition of these wastes. Waste screening records must be available for review by the Section upon request. Facility Inspection
26. The facility construction is complete. 27. 15A NCAC 13B .0101 (24) defines leachate as “any liquid, including any suspended components in liquid, that has percolated through or drained from solid waste.” All water that contacts solid waste, including vehicle wash-down water, must be captured and properly treated before release to the environment. The leachate
control system, such as floor drains, leachate collection devices, sanitary sewer connections and leachate storage tanks, must be operational during facility operations. The tipping floor must drain away from the building entrance and into the leachate collection system.
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General Comments 28. Waste transported from this facility for disposal must go to a landfill that is permitted to receive this type of waste specified and whose service area includes the origin of the waste. 29. Continue to seed and mulch remaining disturbed areas including ditch lines until all remaining disturbed areas are stabilized with permanent grass cover sufficient to restrain erosion.
30. Mr. Branch stated that the facility has 8” base stone all-weather access roads. Access roads shall be kept in adequate condition to prevent sediment from being tracked onto public roadways. Access roads around facility shall be kept in good condition. 31. The facility is secured by a locked gate. 32. The facility has a proper sign. 33. The permittee must not knowingly dispose of or accept for transfer for subsequent disposal, any waste from a city or county that that city or county, by ordinance, has prohibited from being disposed of or requires that type of waste to be recycled. For instance, the facility cannot accept cardboard from a county in which that county
has banned the disposal of cardboard. Alternatively, the facility must recycle cardboard generated within that county and not dispose of it if the county requires recycling of cardboard. 34. The permittee must always properly operate and maintain all facilities, equipment and systems within the conditions of the permit. Proper operation and maintenance include effective performance, adequate funding and adequate operator staffing and training. Adequate laboratory and process controls to include appropriate quality assurance procedures shall be followed.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _
Chuck Kirchner Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Sent on: April 9, 2020 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Ben Jackson, Environmental Project Engineer – Solid Waste Section Vance Moore, Engineer – Garrett and Moore, Inc. [e-mail]