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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: Gaston
M SWLF
PERMIT NO.: 36-17
Closed
xxW
White
Incin
T&P
X
FIRM
M SWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: 8-20-2020 Date of Last Inspection: 7-7-2019
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. (Owner & Operator)
1851 Chespark Drive
Gastonia, NC 28053
GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: 35.28167
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Daniel Weaver, Plant Manager
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: dweaver(a)danielsheahh.com
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above
Long.:-81.18224
PARTICIPANTS:
Daniel Weaver, Plant Manager —Daniels Sharpsmart
Susan Heim, NCDEQ — Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
Kim Sue, NCDEQ — Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Current —Approved August 30, 2016 (DIN 731240) expires August 30, 2021.
Operations Plan — Approved August 30, 2016 (DIN 2667)
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None
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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Solid Waste Section
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility is secured by an automatic gate at the entrance of the facility.
2. The required signage is posted at the entrance of the facility to prevent unauthorized access.
3. The facility is open from 8 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday.
4. The facility is permitted for the treatment of medical waste with steam sterilization, as well as the storage and
processing of treated and untreated medical waste.
5. The facility is permitted to use one steam sterilization (autoclave) unit.
6. The operating floor, trailer storage area and unloading docks are cleaned daily.
7. Waste was observed in the operational pit area but appeared to be no more than from daily activities.
Waste observed in the operational pit area. Photo taken
by K. Sue 8/20/2020.
Waste removed from operational pit
area at the end of the day. Photo
taken by Daniel Weaver 8/20/2020.
8. Floor drains are connected to City of Gastonia sanitary sewer system.
9. Windblown litter was observed around the compactor which was pointed out to Mr. Weaver. Mr. Weaver stated he
would provide photos at the end of the day.
Windblown litter around compactor. Photos taken by K. Sue 8/20/2020.
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Solid Waste Section
Windblown litter removed at the of
working day. Photo taken by Daniel
Weaver 8/20/2020.
10. Windblown litter is collected at the end of each operational day and was being picked up during the inspection.
11. All trucks are equipped with spill kits.
12. Treated medical waste is loaded into a compactor, then transported to CMS Landfill in Concord for disposal.
13. The facility refrigerated trailer was down during the inspection. Mr. Weaver stated there were several boxes in the
trailer along with four pallets in the loading bay area that were scheduled to be transported today by shuttle to
Covanta in Atlanta, GA for incineration.
14. All medical waste is processed every other day.
15. All recycled containers are washed, disinfected and inspected for damage prior to being returned to customers.
16. All treatment carts are relined after each autoclave cycle.
Records Review - Due to COVID-19 field restrictions the following records were provided via e-mail.
17. Once a week the autoclave is tested to ensure the sterilization is being achieved. Spore test data records (Autoclave
Quality Control Log) were reviewed from July 2, 2019 to July 30, 2020.
18. Reviewed RMW (Regulated Medical Waste) Container Logs from July 1, 2019 to August 3, 2020. For the month
of July 2020, 14,855 sharps containers were processed and 2,775 RMW containers were processed.
19. Reviewed Container Repair Logs from August 21, 2019 to July 22, 2020.
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Solid Waste Section
20. Reviewed the Autoclave Cooks Log for the following dates: April 16, 2020; May 9, 2020 & June 16, 2020.
21. The facility processed 2,540,458 lbs. of medical waste from July 2019 through June 2020.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
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Date: 2020.08.2513:4930-0400' — Phone: [phone]-2163
Kim Sue
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Sent to: Daniel Weaver
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Email
Hand delivery
US Mail
Certified No. 1I
8/25/2020
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Susan Heim, NCDEQ — Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
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