SLAS2720_INSP_20200319

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS X COUNTY: Currituck
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: SLAS-27-20
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: 03/19/2020 Date of Last Inspection: 10/25/2019

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Atlantic Sewage Control Swains Lane
GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.19767° E: -75.88223°
FACILITY CONTACT INFORMATION:
Name: J Bryan Smith Address: PO Box 2560 Kitty Hawk NC 27949 Telephone: [phone] Email address: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS: Jeffrey Bullard (DWM)
STATUS OF PERMIT: Active EXPIRES: 04/01/2019
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Routine / Follow up
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
• Rule violations for discharging non-septage materials on the permitted fields are unresolved as the practice is ongoing, (see NOV issued 11/18/2019 for this site).
• Rule violations for not maintaining the buffer at field 4 per the NMP (see NOV issued 11/18/2019 for this site) have not been resolved.
• Discharging septage outside of the permitted boundary of field 1 (see NOV issued 11/18/2019 for this site) is ongoing.
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: Violations of the following rules were observed during the 3/19/2020 inspection please see comments section on page 2 of this report.
A. 15A NCAC 13B .0842(a)(7) septage shall be applied to the surface of the land from a moving vehicle to
have no standing liquid or soil disturbance resulting from the waste flow after the discharge is
complete;
B. 15A NCAC 13B .0842(a)(12) all septage discharges, including aerial drift from discharges, shall be made within the permitted boundaries of the land application site; C. 15A NCAC 13B .0842(a)(17) approved nutrient management plans shall be followed;

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.

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1) An appropriate septage land application sign was present at the entrance to the site.
2) Access roads were passable
3) Some field markers were run over or missing. Any field markers knocked down or out of place need
to be replaced.
4) (See item B in the Observed Violations section), a Notice of Violation was issued for discharging
septage outside of the Field 1 western boundary.
5) (See item A in the Observed Violations section), a Notice of Violation was issued for discharging
septage onto fields 1,2 and 4 at a rate that left septage ponded on the surface of the field after the
application was complete.
6) (See item C in the Observed Violations section), the crop was not being maintained as described by
the NMP. No evidence of winter crop overseeding was observed on any field. The vegetation on
fields 1 and 2 was dominated by weeds. Soil surfaces in areas of some fields were impacted by past
applications of lime mud and heavy traffic resulting in poor crop stands and bare soil. All fields
require weed control. Traffic across the southern portion of the field 4 buffer and areas bordering
the road has destroyed vegetation and compacted the soil. Lime mud and traffic impacted areas
need crops restored. Vehicular traffic on fields should be minimized to what is necessary for land
application of septage and maintenance of the crop. The emerging summer crop (Bermuda) was
damaged or not present in many of the impacted areas described above.
7) pH of the discharge on field 4 was checked where results were inconclusive due to damaged pH test
strips.
8) No objectionable odors noticed.
9) Setbacks not checked.
10) Land application logs were not checked.

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

____________________________________________ Phone: [phone] .
Jeffrey Bullard, Environmental Specialist II Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ Regional Representative
Sent on: 5/19/2020 Email X Hand delivery US Mail Certified No.