47A-HokeCoLCIDLF_Request_RevisePermitConditions_FID1404152_20200427

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Chao, Ming-tai
To:Dan Koliba
Cc:Stanley, Sherri; Powell, David C; Hammonds, Andrew; Frost, Larry
Subject:RE: [External] Hoke County LCID
Dear Mr. Koliba:

After reviewing the 5-year permit to operate (permit) dated July 11, 2018 (FID 1223758) and the approved
documents, the Solid Waste Section makes the following decisions on you requests of revising Permit
Conditions No. 17 and 32:

Permit Condition No. 17
Permit Condition No. 17 (Part V, Attachment 3 of the permit) states that “Solid Waste must be covered with 1-
foot of suitable soil cover at least once per month or when the active area reaches 1 acre in size, whichever
occurs first, or more often when necessary to prevent the site from becoming a nuisance or to mitigate
conditions associated with fire, windblown materials, vectors or excessive infiltration.”

Hoke County requests to revise the permit condition to the term as follow: “Solid waste must be covered with
suitable cover when necessary to prevent the site from becoming a nuisance or to mitigate conditions associated
with fire, windblown material, vectors or excessive water infiltration.” 

Regarding the LCIDLF cover requirement, NC Solid Waste Management Rule 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.” The Section 6 of the approved Operation Plan (FID 1079351) reiterated the same rule
requirement on Page 5.

The SWS agrees County’s request to eliminate the “rigid” thickness from the permit language, but County’s
request is missing the rule-required cover frequency. Please revise the cover requirement by adding the rule-
required minimum frequency.

Permit Condition No. 32
Permit Condition No. 32 (Part VII, Attachment 3 of the permit) states that “The volume of material that will be
processed and stored must be contained within the 0.5-acre wood grinding area and one (1) acre wood
storage/stockpile area shown on drawing included in approved operation plan.”

Hoke County requests to revise the permit condition to the term as follow: “The volume of material that will be
processed and stored must be contained within the one (1) acre grinding area and one (1) acre wood
storage/stockpile area shown on drawing included in approved operation plan.” 

The drawing Sheet No. 3 of 7 of the Approved Permit Application (FID 1079351, see attachment) shows the
wood grinding area is 0.5 acres in size and sandwiched by a 0.85-acre wood storage/stockpile area to the north
and a 0.65-acre wood storage/stockpile area to the south.

Based on the finding, the SWS will revise the permit language after the County resubmit the revised drawing
and operation plan (as needed) to show the correct footprint of wood grinding area and wood storage/stockpile
area – one acre each.

Please contact me if you have any questions of the responses to your requests.
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Regards,

From: Dan Koliba <[e-mail]>  
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 11:48 AM 
To: Chao, Ming‐tai <[e-mail]> 
Subject: [External] Hoke County LCID 

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Dear Sir, after are recent Facility Inspection, we were instructed to try and make a few small changes to our LCID Permit 
47A‐LCID‐1996. 
We would like to change # 17 to read: Solid waste must be covered with suitable cover when necessary to prevent the 
site from becoming a nuisance or to mitigate conditions associated with fire, windblown material, vectors or excessive 
water infiltration. 
#32 to read: The volume of material that will be processed and stored must be contained within the one (1) acre 
grinding area and one (1) acre wood storage/stockpile area shown on drawing included in approved operation plan.  

  Please contact me on what can be done to accomplish these changes. Respectfully, Dan Koliba