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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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.UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW X Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Alamance
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 01-05
CDLF X Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: March 3, 2021 Date of Last Inspection: August 12, 2019
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Coble’s Sandrock, Inc. C&D Landfill 5833 Foster Store Road Liberty, NC 27298 GPS COORDINATES:
N: 35.95332 W: -79.53027 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Kent and Brenda Coble, Owners/Operators w. 336-565-4750 c. 336-264-4890 – Kent
c. 336-264-4893 – Brenda [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Coble’s Sandrock, Inc. Kent and Brenda Coble 5833 Foster Store Road
Liberty, NC 27298
PARTICIPANTS:
Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section (SWS) Kent Coble, Owner/Operator - Coble’s Sandrock, Inc. Brenda Coble, Owner/Secretary - Coble’s Sandrock, Inc.
Deanna Coble Martin, Scale House Operator - Coble’s Sandrock, Inc.
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate (PTO) Phase 3A issued September 2, 2020 Permit To Construct (PTC) Phase 3B issued in conjunction with PTO Life-of-Site Permit PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None
FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On March 3, 2021, Chuck Kirchner met with Kent and Brenda Coble, Drew Coble and Deanna Coble Martin to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the Coble’s Sandrock, Inc. C&D Landfill on Foster Store Road in Liberty, Alamance County. 1. The facility is a construction and demolition debris (C&D) landfill. 2. The facility also conducts a yard waste (YW) management operation, a postconsumer recycled asphalt shingles (PRAS) operation (T&P), a recycled materials recovery operation, and a mobile home deconstruction operation (T&P). 3. The facility crushes concrete, mines a pre-existing land clearing and inert debris (LCID) landfill, in future Phase 4, and has a Temporary Disaster Debris Staging Site (TDDSS). 4. The new life of site permit approves the operation of Phase 3A and the construction of Phase 3B.
5. The facility permit, site plan, and operations plan were discussed. 6. The facility is in operation Monday through Friday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm. 7. The facility is permitted to receive C&D, inert debris, land clearing debris (LCD), and (used) asphalt at the landfill area. 8. The facility is currently accepting C&D in Phase 3A. 9. The facility commonly receives material from: Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, and Randolph Counties.
10. The facility shall not accept yard trash. 11. The following are facility certified personnel: a. Brenda Coble, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, No. LF-2000112, exp. 12/13/21 b. Deanna Coble Martin, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, No. LF-2013072, exp. 11/07/22 c. Timothy E. Jackson, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, No. LF-2015015, exp. 03/24/21 12. The facility conducts ~ 4 waste screenings a month. Waste screening records were verified for July 15, 2019 through February 22, 2021. 13. The facility maintains a record of the amount of material received. The facility received 16,237.29 tons of C&D in 2020 and 1,842.49 tons of C&D from January 1, 2021 through March 1, 2021. The facility also received: 6,326.94 tons of concrete block, metal, mulch and concrete from January 1, 2020 through March 1, 2021. 14. The facility annual report (FAR) dated June 24, 2020 was received by the SWS. Tonnage received July 2019
through June 2020 is 17,411.89 tons. 15. The facility maintains a record of the amount of recyclable materials hauled-off. Records for January 1, 2020 through March 1, 2021 showed 6,326.94 tons hauled-off in that timeframe. 16. The amount of recyclable materials on site is estimated for cardboard = 0 lbs (just shipped out), scrap metal = 0 tons, concrete = 200 tons, crushed concrete (prepared for sale) = 0 tons, and mulch = 0 tons. No LCD was observed on site.
17. PRAS recycling has been reincorporated into the C&D landfill. 18. Mr. Coble stated that there is ~ 200 tons of concrete on site to be crushed/prepared for sale. 19. The working face appeared adequate, small and compact. 20. The facility maintains a weekly soil cover log recorded on a wall calendar. Records were verified for May 3, 2019 through February 24, 2021. 21. The facility shall cover solid waste with six-inches of soil when the waste disposal area exceeds one-half acre and at least once weekly. Solid waste shall not be visible when covered. 22. The landfill footprint is designated by edge of waste markers.

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
Solid Waste Section

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23. The facility maintains semiannual groundwater and surface water monitoring test records conducted by Municipal Engineering Services Co., PA and analyzed by Pace Analytical Services, Inc. Records for June 2019, June 2020 and October 2020 were verified. An exceedance was noted for each monitoring event. 24. The facility maintains quarterly methane monitoring records. Records for April 2019, July 2019, October 2019, January 2020, June 2020, September 2020 and October 2020 were verified. Stabilized levels of explosive gas were
not detected in levels in exceedance of the applicable regulations within any of the monitored locations. 25. The facility tests for hydrogen sulfide. Records mirror methane monitoring. No hydrogen sulfide gas was detected in any of the sampling events. 26. The facility is still borrowing soil from future Phase 6 area. 27. Mrs. Martin stated that the facility has accepted ~8 mobile homes in 2020. 28. The facility has a conditionally approved temporary disaster debris staging site (TDDSS) at the landfill for C&D
and vegetative material. The TDDSS number is: DS01-015. The site is currently inactive. 29. Three acres are allotted for the management of vegetative material associated with disaster debris within the undeveloped C&D landfill future Phase 5. 30. Demolition material associated with disaster debris shall be placed in the landfill, managed per the facility permit, operations plan, and the SWS rules. 31. The facility still has installed wooden posts and fencing encompassing an area of ~ 2.4 acres atop the Phase 1 landfill cap (primarily, the rear external side slope) to graze goats. Mr. Coble stated that the area along the side slope is difficult to mow with machinery. 32. The Snow Camp Volunteer Fire Department and/or the E.M. Holt Fire Department can be contacted to address an emergency at the facility. 33. The facility has all-weather access roads.
34. The facility is secured by a locked gate. 35. The facility has proper signage. 36. A CQA Report for Phase 3B will need to be submitted to the Solid Waste Section for approval prior to any waste being placed in Phase 3B. 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: March 5, 2021 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section