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Date of Audit: June 21, 2011
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FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
GDS Recovery Facility
130 Somerset Drive Extension
Conover, North Carolina 28613
GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.72515
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Date of Last Audit: August 6, 2010
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FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
LaDonna Bolton, Facility Manager [phone]
bo [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Post Office Box 1097
Conover, North Carolina 28613
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
LaDonna Bolton, Facility Manager
Charles Gerstell, NCDENR-Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
A permit to operate a solid waste materials recovery and transfer facility was issued on September 25, 2006 and is
subject to review on or before September 25, 2011.
A permit renewal application has been received by the Solid Waste Section and is currently under review.
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Comprehensive Audit
NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S):
None
You are hereby 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 Statute or Regulations. For the violation(s) noted here, 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 furth~r relief as may be necessary to achieve compliance with the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Act and
Rules.
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STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
1. This facility consists of a materials recovery area that is permitted to receive, process, and store source-separated
recyclable solid waste materials. It also consists of a transfer area which receives waste generated in Catawba
County, primarily overflow from the GDS hauling division and the City of Conover's residential garbage
collection.
2. The facility currently receives approximately 627 tons of waste per month.
3. All waste from the transfer facility is disposed at the Catawba County Blackburn Landfill.
4. Reviewed the permit and operations plan. This documentation was current and available for-review.
5. Waste screening rec01:ds were reviewed. Majority ofreports could not be located at the time of inspection due to
recent changes in staff at the facility. Please ensure that these reports are included within the operating record
and made available upon request for future audits.
6. No unacceptable waste streams were observed on the tipping floor during the inspection.
7. Piles of single stream recyclable, paper waste and comingled recyclable material were quite large at the time of
inspection. Please ensure that this material is kept separate from the transfer facility tipping floor to ensure that
the material is not mixed with discarded waste or leachate.
8. The walls of the transfer facility were in need of cleaning. Ms. Bolton stated that plans were to pressure wash
the wall during the coming weekend.
9. Observed 11 tires and one refrigerator that had been removed from the tipping floor and placed in a designated
area for proper disposal. Your efforts to remove unacceptable waste streams are appreciated.
10. No waste was observed behind the push wall of the transfer facility tipping floor.
11. Windblown waste from the transfer facility was minimal at the time of inspection.
12. Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialists: LaDonna Bolton (expires 4/14/12)
Kyle B. Bolick (expires 8/26/11)
Paul A. Mendenhall ( expires 8/26/11)
Marshall Williams (expires 2/27/12)
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
Environme al Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
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Electronic US Mail
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Waste Management
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Ms. LaDonna Bolton, Division Manager
Republic Services of North Carolina
Post Office Box 1097
Conover, North Carolina 28613
Dexter R. Matthews
Director
SOLID WASTE SECTION
May 11, 2011
Subject: Permit to Operate, Amendment, Five (5) Year Renewal
Completeness Determination and Technical Review·.
Dee Freeman
Secretary
GDS Conover Transfer, Recycle, Resource Recovery and Processing Facility-Permit No. 1805
Catawba County, DIN 13859
Dear Ms. Bolton:
On April 11, 2011 the Division of Waste Management (Division), Solid Waste Section (Section)
received your application for a Permit to Operate Amendment, five (5) year renewal, for the GDS Conover
Transfer, Recycle, Resource Recovery and Processing Facility, Permit No. 1805, located in Catawba County.
The application was entitled;
Operation Plan for GDS Conover Transfer Station, Conover, North Carolina, August 2011. Prepared by
Republic Services. April 2011. DIN 13585.
The Section has performed a review of you application for a determination of completeness and determined the
application is complete in accordance North Carolina General Statute NCGS 130A-295.8(e). A determination of
completeness means the application contains the required components in accordance with North Carolina
Administrative Code 15A NCAC 13B .0400. In addition to the determination of completeness the Division has
completed the technical review of the application and requests that you respond to the following items in order
to expedite the application; . . . . ..•.
• Section-2.0 Waste Acceptance Criteria is inconsist~nt with Section-3.0 Transfer Station Operations,
the City of Newton is not referenped' in Section-2.0,: ··
· • Section -2.1 Recyclable Material states; Portions of dry recyclable material such as metals and·
cardboard may be separated for recycling at the transfer facility, however, no recyclables will be
separated from putrescible garbage. Add to the previous statement that, no recyclables will be separated
once contaminated by leachate from the tipping floor .
• Section -2.2 Prohibited Wastes gives an incorrect Regional Office address, the correct address is;
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Solid Waste Section
610 East Center Street, Suite 301
Mooresville, North Carolina 28625
• Section-3.0 Transfer Station Operations
o Clarify the operation hours of the transfer station, 6:am to 5:pm or midnight to 6:pm.
2090 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone: [phone] \ FAX: [phone] \ Internet: www.wastenotnc.org/swhome
An Equal Opportunity\ Affirmative Action Employer
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Republic Services
May 11, 2011
o States; NCDENR will-be notified if final disposal sites change in the future. Be aware that,
proposed changes to the service area and/or the disposal facility must be approved by the Section
and will constitute a permit modification and be subject to the applicable permitting fee.
· • Section-7.4 Notification of Fire gives an incorrect Regional Office address, the correct address is;
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Solid Waste Section
610 East Center Street, Suite 301
Mooresville, North Carolina 28625
• Include a description of the MRF operations, including; the process for accepting, sorting/processing,
and storing of each type of recyclable. ·
• Submit a site diagram which includes, at a minimum; structures and leachate containment system inlets
and storage tanks. ·
• · In order to establish Financial Assurance, the Facility should submit cost estimates equal to the cost to
hire a third party. to remove, cleanup, haul and dispose of a minimum of five days volume of incoming
waste, plus the maximum amount of materials (waste and recyclables) that the facility plari.s to store
onsite. The establishment of Financial Assurance is required, in accordance with NCGS 130A-294 (b2),
. in the event of site abandonment or should the site is found to be in substantial non"'.'compliance with ·
Division requirements. Do not begin the process of establishing a Financial Assurance Mechanism until ·
· your cost estimates have been approved by the Section. ·
Note! The Division requires specific language for financial assurance mechanisms. Visit the Section's
website at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sw/financialassurance for financial assurance mechanism
templates.·
Should you have any questions regarding this matter you may contact me at (828) 296-4 704 or at
[e-mail].
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· ronmental Engineer
cc: Charles Gersten -SWS/MRO