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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID X YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Carteret
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: LCIDN-N0084-
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 21 April 2020 Date of Last Inspection: 6 March 2018

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Rouse’s Septic Tank Service LCID
140 Gloria Dawn Road
Morehead City, NC 28557

GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.74289 E: -076.79101

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Billy Rouse
252.726.6761

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Rouse’s Septic Tank Service, Inc
123 Pete Road
Newport, NC 28570
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active: Notified LCID Landfill; notified 22 August 1995

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Facility Compliance Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
The violations observed during the last Facility Compliance Inspection remain unresolved.

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .0564 (9)(a) states “The facility shall meet the following minimum buffer requirements: 50
feet from the waste boundary to all surface waters...”
2) 15A NCAC 13B .0564 (9)(b) states “The facility shall meet the following minimum buffer requirements
100 feet from the disposal area to property lines, residential dwellings, commercial or public buildings, and
wells.”
3) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (1) states “Operational plans shall be approved and followed as specified for the
facility.”
4) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (2) states “The facility shall only accept those solid wastes which it is permitted to
receive.”
5) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (3) states “Solid waste shall be restricted to the smallest area feasible and compacted
as densely as practical into cells.”
6) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (4) states “Adequate soil cover shall be applied monthly, or when the active area
reaches one acre in size, whichever occurs first.”
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7) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (6) states “Adequate erosion control measures, structures, or devices shall be utilized
to prevent silt from leaving the site and to prevent excessive on site erosion.”
8) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (7) states “Provisions for a ground cover sufficient to restrain erosion must be
accomplished within 30 working days or 120 calendar days upon completion of any phase of landfill
development.”
9) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (11) states “Solid waste shall not be disposed of in water.”
10) 15A NCAC 13B .0566 (16) states “A sign shall be posted at the facility entrance showing the contact name
and number in case of an emergency and the permit number. The permit number requirement is not applicable
for facilities not requiring an individual permit.”

Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below for details concerning the violations listed above.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This Facility is a Land-Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID) Landfill Notification.
2) This Facility is recorded with the Carteret County Register of Deeds at: Book #0084; Page #00326.
3) This Facility is permitted to receive for disposal:
a. Land Clearing Waste: stumps, trees, limbs, brush, grass, and other naturally occurring vegetative
materials generated solely from land clearing activities.
b. Yard Trash: brush, grass, tree limbs, and similar vegetative materials resulting from landscaping and
yard maintenance.
c. Inert Debris and Untreated Wood: concrete, brick, concrete block, uncontaminated soil, gravel and
rock, untreated and unpainted wood; and
d. Used Asphalt: used asphalt or asphalt mixed with dirt, sand, gravel, rock, and concrete.
4) The disposal area for this Facility may not exceed 2 acres in total size.
5) This Facility is secured by a locked cable-type gate at the Facility entrance and has controlled access for
safety. The cable was locked in place upon my arrival. The site was secure and no attendant was on-site
during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
6) The access road to the Facility is being managed properly at this time.
7) A no trespassing sign is posted at the facility entrance. Proper signage including the Facility name and
emergency contact number is required. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection
Report, please install proper signage at the Facility entrance as listed in 15NCAC 13B .0566 (16) on your
LCID notification form.
8) Inert debris including concrete, brick, and asphalt is being stockpiled for reuse in an area to the north of the
landfill access road. *Please note that the State rules regarding recovered materials state that for a material to
qualify as a recovered material, the majority of the material (75% or more) must be sold, used, or re-used
within the calendar year of placement on site.
9) The landfill disposal area has not been staked to mark the permitted disposal area.*Within thirty days of
receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, the waste disposal boundary should be measured and
the perimeter of the landfill should be staked with permanent, highly visible markers to identify the landfill
footprint boundaries and all required buffers as listed in 15A NCAC 13B .0564 (9) on your LCID notification
form. Any waste found to have been placed within this buffer should be pulled back to within the proper
disposal area.
10) The landfill disposal area appears to have encroached the required 100’ buffer from the property line along the
western side of the landfill (please see the aerial photo on the final page of this report). *Within thirty days of
receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please measure the landfill disposal footprint and all
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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required buffers. All waste found to be disposed within the required buffer areas should be pulled back far
enough to provide for the required buffer distance(s) from the toe of the disposal area.
11) The landfill disposal area has encroached the required 50’ buffer from surface waters along the toe of the
southern side of the landfill (please see the aerial photo on the final page of this report). *Within thirty days of
receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please measure the landfill disposal footprint and all
required buffers. All waste found to be disposed within the required buffer areas should be pulled back far
enough to provide for the required buffer distance(s) from the toe of the disposal area.

12) Waste appears to have been disposed in the pond located south of the landfill (please see the aerial photo on
the final page of this report). *All waste disposed in the pond needs to be removed and properly disposed in
the landfill. This area needs to be measured and any waste found to be in the buffer area or in the pond needs
to be pulled back inside the two acre footprint leaving the required buffer intact.
13) The outside slopes in many areas of the landfill appear to be graded at a slope greater than 3:1. *Within thirty
days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, plans need to be underway to compact, cover
and grade all outside slopes at a slope not greater than 3:1. After grading operations are complete, all outside
slopes should be seeded and mulched to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill
cap system. Moving forward all outside slopes should be constructed and maintained at a slope not greater
than 3:1.

14) The landfill is not operating with a single, defined, active working face. *Moving forward, please maintain
one, compact, manageable working area.
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15) Waste was observed as having been pushed from the working face over the eastern and southern sideslopes.
*Moving forward, the landfill should be constructed in a lift type progression. All waste should be covered
monthly or when the active working area reaches one acre in size, whichever occurs first.
16) The waste type in the landfill was reviewed. Overall, the waste type being disposed was LCID, however, a
load containing unpermitted waste was observed disposed at the working during this Facility Compliance
Inspection. The unpermitted waste consisted of scrap automotive and tractor tires. *Within thirty days of
receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please remove all unpermitted waste and properly
dispose of it at a Facility permitted to receive such wastes. Please provide copies of all disposal receipts to
Ray Williams, your regional Solid Waste Section Environmental Specialist.
17) It appears that the active areas of landfill have not been covered in some time. *Moving forward, please
ensure that the active working area is covered and graded monthly, or when the active working area reaches
one acre in size, whichever occurs first.
18) A cover crop of native warm season grasses and mixed coppice has been established on the inactive portions
of the landfill.
19) Some brush, small trees, and woody vegetation was observed growing on the western Facility sideslope.
*Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please remove all trees and
woody vegetation from the landfill sideslopes. All cleared areas should be seeded and mulched to establish a
cover crop suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system. Moving forward, a regular maintenance
schedule needs to be instituted which should include regular mowing to prevent the establishment of woody
vegetation and trees on the outside slopes of the landfill.

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20) No off site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
21) *Corrective measures are required as a result of this Facility Compliance Inspection.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Regional Representative

Delivered on: 24 April 2020 by Electronic delivery US Mail X Certified No. [7019 2970 0001
3139 8916]

cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]

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Approximate property boundaries marked in yellow. 
Approximate location of surface waters marked in blue. 
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