1912_INSP_20201203

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Chatham
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 1912-TP-2020
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: December 3, 2020 Date of Last Inspection: April 7, 2020
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility 13415 US 421 South Goldston, NC 27252 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.568367 Long.: -79.300286 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Bobby Branch, Operator
919-708-8465 [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility Attn: Bobby Branch, Operator 2111 S. Main Street Goldston, NC 27252
919-708-8465
PARTICIPANTS: Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section (SWS) Bobby Branch, Owner/Operator – Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility Amy Hildreth – Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate (PTO) issued March 2, 2020 Permit expires on March 2, 2025 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Video 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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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On December 3, 2020, Chuck Kirchner, met with Bobby Branch and Amy Hildreth to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility located at 13415 US 421 South in Goldston, Chatham County.
General Facility and Permit Information
1. The facility was permitted on March 20, 2020 as a mixed waste processing facility. This is the original issuance of this permit. 2. The facility permit is not in effect until it is recorded with the Chatham County Register of Deeds and notification of recordation is provided to the Solid Waste Section. 3. The facility plans to be in operation Monday through Friday 7:00 am – 4:00 pm, however, the facility is not accepting waste currently at the owner’s discretion.
4. The T&P facility is designed to handle a maximum average rate of 400 tons per day. 5. The facility is permitted to receive construction and demolition debris waste resulting solely from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on pavement, buildings, or other structures. The facility is also approved to accept land clearing debris, wooden pallets, yard trash, clean soil, and cardboard. 6. The following, at a minimum, must not be accepted for disposal at the facility; hazardous waste, liquid wastes, regulated medical waste, sharps not properly packaged, regulated-asbestos containing material as defined in 40
CFR 61, PCB waste as defined in 40 CFR 761, and wastes banned from disposal in North Carolina by G.S. 130A-309.10(f). 7. C&D waste must only be deposited on the designated tipping floor, directly into a transfer container, or directly into a recycling container. 8. C&D waste placed on the tipping floor must be sorted each operating day, and no waste shall remain on the tipping floor pad after operating hours. Only an amount of waste sufficient to begin sorting operations the next day may be left on the tipping floor. 9. Except for wood, concrete and clean soil, recoverable materials must be placed in containers. Recovered
materials placed in containers must be removed from the site once the container is full, unless otherwise approved by the Section. 10. Seventy-five percent (75%), by weight or volume, of the recovered material stored at the facility at the
beginning of a calendar year commencing January 1, must be removed from the facility through sale, use, or reuse by December 31 of the same year. In other words, for something to be counted as a “recovered material”, 75% of that material that was at the facility on January 1 must be removed from the facility by December 31 of
the same year. 11. The facility must be operated such that recovered material, and any products or by-products, are not discharged, deposited, injected, or dumped, spilled, leaked, or placed in or on any land or water, so that the material or by-
products may enter other lands or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters including groundwater, or otherwise enter the environment or pose a threat to public health and safety. 12. Mr. Branch has installed a storm water pipe under the lower section of the transfer station to direct storm water away from the facility entrance to a storm water channel past the access road behind the building. Diversion appears to be installed very well and stable. 13. Waste and recovered material must be maintained in reasonably sized piles with adequate fire breaks and lanes. Lanes shall be large enough to allow fire equipment to access all sides of the pile. 14. Wood material and mulch must be stored in piles no larger than 30 feet high and 50 feet wide, unlimited length
within the approved site boundaries. Adequate spacing between piles must be maintained to allow vehicle access in the event of a fire. Mulch and ground material containing yard waste must not be distributed to the public unless it has been composted in accordance with Rule .1406 15. The tipping floor and transfer trailer loading area must be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition and must be cleaned daily. 16. Tipping floor was observed free of any waste material during this inspection.

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17. Effective vector control measures must be applied at all times to control any potential vectors including flies, rodents, insects, and other vermin. 18. Windblown materials must be collected by the end of the day and no windblown material may be allowed to leave the facility boundary.
Records Review 19. The following are certified personnel: a. Amy Hildreth, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, No. TS-2020067, exp. 8/26/23 b. Bobby Branch, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, No. TS-2020061, exp. 8/26/23 c. Elizabeth Branch, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, No. TS-2020060, exp. 8/26/23 d. Jonathan Matthews, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, No. TS-2020065, exp. 8/26/23 e. Pablo Grandados, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, No. TS-2020066, exp. 8/26/23 20. The facility has a Division of Air Quality (DAQ) Title V permit, number 10656G00, issued 6/19/20 – expiration
5/21/25. 21. Mr. Branch stated the site did not require a Sediment and Erosion Control plan. Site was an existing brick facility that has been re-purposed according to Mr. Branch.
22. The facility shall provide stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, General Permit Number, Certificate of Coverage Number and effective/expiration dates of the General Permit or an exemption letter to the Section.
23. The facility permit and site operations plan were made available for review during this inspection. 24. A certified attendant must be present to oversee the loading and unloading of waste when the facility becomes operational.
25. The permittee must develop, and use, a training and screening program at the facility for detecting and preventing unauthorized wastes from being accepted at the facility. At a minimum, the program must include: Random inspections of incoming loads, records of all inspections, training of personnel to recognize excluded waste types and development of a contingency plan to properly manage any identified hazardous, liquid, or other excluded or unauthorized wastes. The plan must address the identification, removal, storage, and final disposition of these wastes. Waste screening records must be available for review by the Section upon request. General Comments 26. Waste transported from this facility for disposal must go to a landfill that is permitted to receive this type of waste specified and whose service area includes the origin of the waste.
27. Continue to seed and mulch remaining disturbed areas including ditch lines until all remaining disturbed areas are stabilized with permanent grass cover sufficient to restrain erosion.
28. Access roads are constructed of all-weather material and shall be kept in adequate condition to prevent sediment from being tracked onto public roadways.
29. The facility is secured by a locked gate. 30. The facility has a proper sign. 31. The permittee must not knowingly dispose of or accept for transfer for subsequent disposal, any waste from a
city or county that that city or county, by ordinance, has prohibited from being disposed of or requires that type of waste to be recycled. For instance, the facility cannot accept cardboard from a county in which that county has banned the disposal of cardboard. Alternatively, the facility must recycle cardboard generated within that
county and not dispose of it if the county requires recycling of cardboard.
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32. The permittee must always properly operate and maintain all facilities, equipment and systems within the conditions of the permit. Proper operation and maintenance include effective performance, adequate funding and adequate operator staffing and training. Adequate laboratory and process controls to include appropriate quality assurance procedures shall be followed.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _
Chuck Kirchner Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: December 14, 2020 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Ben Jackson, Environmental Project Engineer – Solid Waste Section Vance Moore, Engineer – Garrett and Moore, Inc. [e-mail]
Amy Hildreth, Pinnacle Waste Goldston Facility - [e-mail]