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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
X
I LCID
YW
Transfer
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SLAS
COUNTY: Davidson
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 2906-MSWLF-2008,
Closed
HHW
X
White
X
Incin
T&P
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
2906-H H W-
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
Tire T&P/
X
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: September 16, 2020 Date of Last Inspection: February 13, 2020
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Davidson County Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility
220 Davidson County Landfill Road
Lexington, NC 27292
GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat: 35.85281' Long:-80.17620'
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Charlie Brushwood
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: charlie.brushwood(a)davidsoncoun . nc.gov
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
P. O. Box 1067
Lexington, NC 27293-1067
PARTICIPANTS:
Charlie Brushwood — Davidson County Integrated Solid Waste Management
Tim Phelps, Landfill Supervisor — Davidson County Integrated Solid Waste Management
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
2906-MSWLF-1994: Closed
2906-MSWLF-2008: Life of Site Permit Issued 03/12/2018; Expires 12/8/2068.
2906-HHW: Issued 03/12/2018; Expires 05/28/2023.
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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Division of Waste Management
NORTH CAROLINA
Solid Waste Section
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility includes an active MSW landfill, a closed MSW landfill, a closed C&D landfill, a permanent HHW
collection site, a convenience area, an electronics collection area, a scrap tire collection area, and a white goods
collection area. The transfer station has been closed and is now used for equipment storage by the Parks &
Recreation Department. All aspects of current landfill operations were inspected.
2. Photos included in this report were taken by Susan Heim on September 16, 2020 unless otherwise noted.
Field Inspection of the Phase 1 Side of the Facility:
3. The inspection on the Phase 1 side of the facility included the electronics, white goods, scrap tire, and HHW
collection areas, along with the recycling collection area and convenience center. The transfer station had been
closed and was currently being used for equipment storage. Mr. Brushwood also noted that cardboard recycling
had been stopped due in part to unfavorable market conditions.
4. The entire facility was observed to be clean and well maintained. Windblown litter was minimal and well
managed.
5. Two tire trailers were staged near the scale house to receive incoming loads of scrap tires. No tires were
observed on the ground and the tire trailer area was clean and free from windblown litter.
6. Mr. Brushwood pointed out the changes and adjustments that had been made in the drop-off areas since the
advent of the pandemic. He noted that his staff had been affected and that inmate labor was no longer available.
As a result, assistance for could not be provided residents dropping off large or heavy loads. Each of the drop-
off locations — tires, white goods, scrap metal, electronics, residential recyclables, household waste — were
clearly marked by signs imprinted with numbers. Mr. Brushwood explained that these markers enable scale
house attendants to more easily direct customers. The lack of inmate labor also necessitates that facility staff
monitor the drop-off of electronics and televisions. Instead of inmates unloading, sorting and palletizing
materials as they arrive, staff on duty in the convenience area direct residents to unload outside the electronics
collection building, then follow up to sort, palletize and store the materials as time permits during the operating
day. In addition, Mr. Brushwood then indicated changes in the elevation of several unloading areas that make it
easier and safer for residents to unload specific materials directly into containers.
7. The white goods collection facility, located northwest of the scale house, held several refrigerant -containing
units that were stored separately in an upright position and spaced to avoid damage to the coils that could cause
a release of refrigerant. Mr. Brushwood pointed out a small excavator that had been moved to the facility to
assist in the management of white goods by the reduced facility staff.
8. A compactor is used to bale scrap metal and white goods after refrigerants are extracted from the units. Bales
are marketed and then transported to a local metal recycler by county staff.
9. A residential convenience center is located adjacent to the white goods building and is staffed during operating
hours. The attendant directs customers and monitors unloading to minimize unacceptable materials or re -direct
materials that are required to be separated.
10. The county's permanent HHW collection program is operated through a contract with Resource Recovery and
Reduction (permit # 3415-HHW). No HHW has been collected at the Davidson County landfill since the last
monthly collection day in March, based on the contractor's assessment that it is not safe to do so at this time.
All HHW is directed instead to the contractor's facility in Winston-Salem. Program records are maintained at
the contractor's offices, and the county receives a monthly accounting of the materials accepted.
11. The HHW collection area is protected from unauthorized entry by a perimeter fence and secured with locking
gates. The facility was clean and empty of waste. Please notify the Solid Waste Section prior to re -opening
the landfill's HHW collection area.
12. Although the closed landfill itself was not inspected, the leachate pond was observed at Mr. Brushwood's
request. Based on the major amount of leachate being collected in the pond, Mr. Brushwood outlined his plan
for monitoring the leachate being collected from the landfill vs. the rainfall being collected in the pond. He
explained that, if the rainfall makes up most of the volume, as he believes it will, he will propose installing a
tank to collect the leachate, thus saving the cost of disposing of rainwater.
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NORTH CAROLINA
Solid Waste Section
Field Inspection of Phase 2 Landfill Operations:
13. The area surrounding the facility entrance and scale house was observed to be clean and well -maintained.
Windblown litter was being collected on the north side of the landfill during the inspection, and appeared to be
well managed.
14. The facility is secured by a combination of fencing and natural terrain, and unauthorized access is prevented by
means of locking gates.
15. Proper signage was observed at the facility entrance. Next to the scale house ramp, an old roll -off container had
been painted a bright blue and used to display signage about prohibited wastes. Mr. Brushwood stated that this
new sign was helping to raise the public's awareness of wastes that need to be handled separately.
16. Facility access roadways are of all-weather construction and were found to be maintained in good condition.
17. The new Cell 3 was under construction and appeared to be in good condition. Mr. Brushwood stated that work
had stopped pending the arrival of the liner material.
18. The working face was small and easily managed by the two equipment operators on the landfill. The loader and
compactor operators worked well together to compact the waste and confine it to the smallest area possible.
19. No unacceptable waste was observed in the working face.
20. The operations area surrounding the working face was observed to be in poor condition. Waste had been
churned up from the operation of heavy equipment and from vehicles entering, unloading, and leaving the
tipping area. Some windblown litter was also observed around the working face. Following the inspection, Mr.
Phelps submitted photos that showed this area to be adequately covered. Ensure that all waste is covered at
the end of every operating day, as required by 15A NCAC 13B .1626(2).
21. The side slopes of the landfill appeared to be in good condition, with no signs of erosion in evidence. Mr.
Brushwood stated that additional cover had been tracked into the slopes in preparation for seeding.
22. The leachate tank and secondary containment area were inspected and found to be in good condition. The tank
itself appeared to be intact, with no signs of damage or leakage. The secondary containment was clean and dry.
The leachate level indicator was at the bottom of the tank, and Mr. Brushwood stated that the tank was almost
empty.
23. Vehicles leaving the working face proceed along the top of the inactive portion of the landfill and down the
south slope to the perimeter access roadway. The top of the landfill appeared to be in good condition, and the
roadway had been reinforced with gravel and compacted soil.
24. A roll -off container had been staged on top of the inactive area for collecting tires found in the working face.
During the inspection, the loader operator was observed plucking a tire from the waste he had been pushing
toward the compactor and placing it off to the side so that it could be moved into the container.
25. A new borrow area was in use south of the landfill. Mr. Brushwood stated that this borrow area will be the site
of the next landfill expansion. Much of the rock that had been unearthed during the excavation of the new cell 3
was stored along the edges of the borrow area so that it could be crushed and used onsite to repair and maintain
access roadways and ditch lines.
26. Some small trees and woody vegetation were observed near the toe of the slope of the inactive area. Edge of
waste markers in this area were obscured by the vegetation, so it could not be determined if this growth was
within the landfill disposal boundary. Mr. Brushwood stated that mowing would be taking place over the next
few weeks, weather permitting, and that the woody growth would be removed at that time. Please ensure that
trees and woody vegetation are removed from the landfill cap, and that any damage to the cap is repaired
and re -seeded promptly.
Records Review:
27. All required facility records are kept on file in the landfill office and are available for review upon request.
Copies of some records were provided via email following the inspection, as requested. Other records were
reviewed on the porch outside of the office.
28. Monthly training is conducted for solid waste staff dealing with landfill operating procedures, equipment
operation and safety, and regulations that govern solid waste operations. Training records for the period January
1 through August 31, 2020 were reviewed and verified. In July, the county conducted a leachate tank
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spill/release emergency drill to ensure staff preparedness in the event of such an occurrence.
29. Leachate tank inspections are conducted weekly, and records of these inspections covering the period from
January 1 through August 31, 2020 were reviewed and confirmed.
30. The facility monitors groundwater and surface water and tests leachate semi-annually, as required. The last two
monitoring reports were reviewed online and verified after the inspection. Sampling events covering the closed
unlined Holly Grove Landfill (permit # 2902), the closed C&D landfill, and the closed lined Phase 1 landfill
occurred September 16-20, 2019 and March 9-12, 2020. Sampling events for the active Phase 2 occurred on
these same dates, with an additional sampling on June 15, 2020 to collect samples from wells that had been
considered dry in March.
31. Landfill gas is monitored quarterly for the closed Phase 1 landfill, the closed C&D landfill, and the active Phase
2 landfill, as required. Three sampling events had occurred since the previous inspection on September 12,
2019. Sampling took place on November 15, 2019, March 11, 2020, and June 15, 2020. Reports covering these
three monitoring events were reviewed online and verified.
32. Leachate is pumped and hauled from the landfill to the City of Lexington's wastewater treatment plant for
disposal. The facility records the number of truckloads hauled and matches these records with the city's
monthly billing statements. In this way, the volume of leachate can be cross-checked. Leachate disposal records
for the period January 1 through August 31, 2020 were reviewed. For the month of April, 139,181 gallons of
leachate were hauled from the active Phase 2 landfill and 214,500 gallons were hauled from the closed Phase 1
landfill.
33. Tonnage records for the period July 1 through August 31, 2020, as reported in the FY 2019-20 facility annual
report, indicated that the facility accepted a total of 151,981.07 tons of MSW. This averages approximately
12,665 tons of waste received per month. In addition, the facility accepted 387.62 tons of inert debris, 85.59
tons of televisions and computer equipment, 98.14 tons of white goods; 549.99 tons of scrap metal; and,
2,258.17 tons of scrap tires during this fiscal year.
34. The county currently contracts with New River Tire Recycling for scrap tire disposal; with Rapid Recovery for
CFC removal from white goods; and, with E-Cycle Secure for computer and television recycling. Mr.
Brushwood noted that the county no longer accepts other electronics or electrical devices for recycling.
35. The facility conducts waste screenings as specified in the approved Operations Manual (revised March 2018).
Random waste screening records from the period July 1 through September 15, 2020 were reviewed and found
to be complete, including information about the disposition of any unacceptable wastes that were identified in
the screening process.
36. A random sampling of scrap tire certifications from July 1 through September 15, 2020 were reviewed and
found to contain all of the required information and appropriate signatures.
37. Current certifications were on file for the following staff members:
• Steven Sink — SWANA Manager of Landfill Operations — expires 7/30/2023;
• Tim Phelps — NCSWANA Landfill Operations Specialist — expires 11/12/2022;
• Stacy Craven — NCSWANA Landfill Operations Specialist — expires 11/12/2022;
• Kevin Bredow — NCSWANA Landfill Operations Specialist — expires 11/12/2022;
• Scott Warren — NCSWANA Landfill Operations Specialist — expires 1 l/12/2022;
• Charlie Brushwood — SWANA Manager of Landfill Operations — expires 3/31/2021.
38. The cover log for the period January 1 through August 31, 2020 was reviewed. Please ensure that the log
clearly states the specific dates on which the entire landfill is adequately covered with 6" of soil so that
the required weekly coverage can be demonstrated.
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The working face was well compacted and sized to be easily managed by the two equipment operators on the landfill.
Cover soil is piled strategically around the operating area to dress the edges throughout the day and confine the waste.
Cell 3 construction is underway (right). The roadway exiting the tipping area can be seen at left, with the working face
in the background.
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Above: A view of the south side of the operations area during the
inspection. Waste has been churned up and exposed.
Right: Tim Phelps provided this photo of the same area following the
inspection showing that adequate cover has been applied.
Above: Exposed waste on the northwest end of the operations area
observed during the inspection.
Right. Tim Phelps provided a photo of the same area following the
inspection showing that the waste had been covered as required.
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Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
Digitally signed by Susan
Heim
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Date: 2020.09.23 11:01:43
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Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Phone: [phone]
Sent on: September 23, 2020 to
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Charlie Brushwood, Davidson
Co.
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Ming-Tai Chao, Permitting Engineer — Solid Waste Section
Steven Sink — Davidson County Integrated Solid Waste Management
Tim Phelps — Davidson County Integrated Solid Waste Management
Stacy Craven — Davidson County Integrated Solid Waste Management
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