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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: Forsyth
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 3422-TP-
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
X
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: February 23, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Slater Industries Treatment and Processing Facility
945 Valleystream Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Date of Last Inspection: February 11, 2020
GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: 36.081585' Long.:-80.367539'
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Joe Slater, Owner
Telephone: [phone] (mobile)
Email address: ; slal terl(&triad.rr.com
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
5334 Shallowford Road
Lewisville, NC 27023
PARTICIPANTS:
Joe Slater, Owner/Operator — Slater Industries
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate Issued: July 26, 2005
Permit Renewal, Operations Plan Modification: November 10, 2010
Permit Renewal, Operations Plan Modification: November 17, 2015
Permit expired November 17, 2020 —permit renewal request currently under review.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
N/A
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. Photos included in this report were taken by Susan Heim during the inspection on February 23, 2021.
2. The facility is permitted to receive and process land clearing waste, concrete, brick, concrete block,
uncontaminated soil, gravel and rock, untreated and unpainted wood and wood pallets.
3. The facility was not operating during this inspection. The facility does not maintain standard operating hours,
and instead receives waste and dispenses product by appointment only.
4. The facility produces firewood, chipped wood for boiler fuel, mulch and crushed concrete and asphalt.
5. The facility's Permit to Operate and approved Operations Plan (dated April 2015) are maintained onsite and
were available for review, along with the current log of incoming waste and outgoing product. The Permit to
Operate expired on November 17, 2020; however, the permit renewal request is currently under review by the
Permitting Branch.
6. Mr. Slater stated that operations continue to be sporadic, based on the extremely wet weather and on his need to
provide support for his mother due to her medical issues.
7. Mr. Slater also stated that he had stopped accepting waste from the public, and limited incoming wood waste to
one customer. He further stated that he was accepting inert debris on a case -by -case basis and only in very small
quantities, due to the size of his existing stockpile.
8. A review of the 2019-20 Facility Annual Report indicated that the facility accepted 315 tons of wood waste and
110 tons of used concrete and asphalt during the reporting period.
Treatment & Processing Operations:
9. The site was wet due to heavy rain events that had been occurring over the past 60 days.
10. Facility access roadways are of all-weather construction. The entry road slopes steeply downhill from the public
roadway and was soft but navigable. Some areas of the site were not accessible by vehicle during the inspection.
11. Proper signage was observed at the entrance to the facility.
12. The facility is protected by perimeter fencing, berms, and cement barricades, and is secured by means of a gate
which is kept locked when the facility is not in operation.
13. The site is lower than the public roadway that borders it. Three large metal Quonset huts are located along the
toe of the slope that abuts the public roadway near the western property line. These buildings are used to house
equipment, supplies, a lumber kiln, and kiln -dried lumber that is produced on the facility's small sawmill. A
small office building where records are stored is adjacent to the center Quonset hut.
14. Required buffers are maintained using berms and concrete block walls placed at the setback along the north and
south property lines of the facility. The rear (eastern) property line is in a wooded area at least 300' from facility
operations.
15. The operations area is designed to direct stormwater runoff to a pond on the eastern side of the facility. The
pond itself was not inspected due to the extremely wet site conditions. However, stormwater control devices
appeared to be functioning properly, and stormwater was observed to be flowing through the drainage swale
that carries surface water from the north side of the operations area around to the east toward the pond. For the
most part, wood waste and inert debris stockpiles were free from ponding water. However, standing water was
visible around one pile of large logs near the center of the operations area. Please ensure that storm water is
diverted away from waste stockpiles. Water that comes into contact with waste is considered to be
leachate and must be contained onsite or properly treated prior to discharge from the site, as required by
15A NCAC 13B .0302(2).
16. A wide access road provides adequate space for facility equipment as well as emergency vehicles to reach all
areas of the site. The roadway was observed to be wet but navigable, except in the northeast corner of the
operations area where even access by foot was not practical.
17. Dust is controlled using water hoses. Water is available at several points around the site so that roadways and
operational areas can be sprayed down when necessary. Crushing and grinding equipment is fitted with spray
nozzles so that material can be dampened as it is processed if dust becomes a problem.
18. All available space in the operations area was observed to be in use for the storage of processed and
unprocessed wood waste and inert debris. Stockpiles appeared to range in height from approximately 8' to 15'.
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Division of Waste Management
NORTH CAROLINA
Solid Waste Section
19. Unprocessed land clearing debris was stored in piles throughout the site. Logs are sorted and stored separately
so they can be cut and split to produce firewood. Mr. Slater stated that the lumber market had almost come to a
halt, so he now produces firewood from even the highest quality logs that he receives.
20. A small stockpile of mulch was staged on the concrete loading area near the western side of the site near the
entrance road.
21. Stockpiles of used concrete were observed in several locations around the site. In addition, a large pile of used
asphalt was observed east of the entrance road.
22. No unacceptable materials were observed in the processed and unprocessed stockpiles of wood waste and inert
debris.
23. The site appears to have reached capacity for the storage of processed and unprocessed wood waste and
inert debris. In addition, the sizes of the concrete and asphalt stockpiles appeared to be unchanged since
the previous inspection on February 11, 2020.
Please note that the facility Permit to Operate, Attachment 3, Part I, general operating condition 11
states, "This facility shall be operated in such a manner that 75% of materials received shall be treated or
processed and distributed within 12 months of receipt." In order to maintain compliance with this permit
condition and with §130A-309.05(c), at least 75% of the material observed onsite during this inspection
must be removed from the facility by December 31, 2021. To view the text of the general statute, use this
link: httus://www.ncle2.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDFBvSection/Chanter 130A/GS 130A-
309.05.udf.
This interior roadway runs between a large pile of land clearing debris (right) and inert debris
(left). The roadway is of all weather construction and well -maintained so that it remains stable
and navigable despite being wet.
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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
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Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
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Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Ming-Tai Chao, Permitting Engineer — Solid Waste Section
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