6709_INSP_20210408

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF X LCID X YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Onslow
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 6709-MSWLF-1997
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection X Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 8 April 2021 Date of Last Inspection: 31 March 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC

GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.80283 E: -077.54610

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Randall Vanover
910.989.2107

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
Attn: Division Head
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC 28540
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Michael Russell; Onslow County Solid Waste
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Life-of-Site Permit to Operate (PTO) 6709-MSWLF-1997 Onslow County Subtitle D Landfill Phases I-IV
and 6705-LCID-1991 Onslow County Landfill LCID Unit issued 16 October 2017. Life-of-site ends when the Facility
reaches its final permitted elevations or by 31 December 2057. Any significant site changes may require permit
modification. The owner or operator must contact the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division
of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section for coordination of significant site changes, including, but not limited to,
pertinent Site, Operation, and Waste Screening plans.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review to review corrective measures taken in response to a
fire event at the active working face.

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None applicable

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection; please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
section below.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This Facility is a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill with a separate Land-Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID)
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landfill, a white goods management area, a scrap tire collection area, an electronics recycling area, and a
pallet collection/grinding area.
2) This Facility is permitted to receive all Municipal Solid Waste, Construction & Demolition Waste, Yard
Waste, Land-clearing Debris, Scrap Tires, and White Goods generated within Onslow County.
3) Proper signage including the Facility permit number, accepted waste types, banned or excluded items, hours
of operation, and the emergency contact number is posted at the facility entrance.
4) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the Facility entrance.
5) The hours of operation are Monday through Saturday 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Three Holidays are observed:
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
6) The Facility access roads are of all-weather construction and are well maintained at this time.
7) This Facility maintains a separate area with roll-off containers for use by residential customers. This area is
well maintained with no overflow or windblown debris observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
8) This Facility is currently operating in Phase IV.
9) A fire was reported at the Facility working face at approximately 2:15 AM. Local firefighters and Facility
personnel responded to the event and the fire had been extinguished before my arrival. No flames or smoke
were observed at the working face during this Facility Compliance Inspection. The cause of the fire is
currently undetermined and still under investigation.
10) Plans are to continue monitoring this area throughout the day. If no further burning is observed, the area will
be covered with a posi-shell mixture containing extra mortar mix and then covered with compacted soil.
11) A temporary working face has been located well away from the location of the fire event. This temporary
working face will be closed at COB today and all disposal activities will be returned to the previous disposal
area.
12) The active working face was reviewed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. The working face is being
maintained in a compact and manageable size.
13) The waste type being disposed was reviewed. The waste type at the working face was MSW only and no
unpermitted materials were observed.
14) Windblown debris is collected and returned to the working face throughout the workday.
15) Windblown debris is being well managed at this time.
16) The western and northern sideslopes of Phase IV are in the process of being repaired and re-graded. *Please
continue working to properly maintain all outside slopes and to establish and maintain a cover crop suitable to
prevent erosion of your landfill cap system.
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17) The inactive areas of the landfill are maintained with a cover crop of native warm season type grasses.
18) No off-site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
19) Landfill Gas (LFG) is collected and plumbed to the on-site Enerdyne Power Systems Onslow Power
Producers, llc LFG-to-Energy plant.
20) Daily operations of the LFG-to-Energy Plant are conducted by Cube District Energy, llc.
21) Due to a mechanical issue with the generator engine, the LFG-to-Energy plant was not in operation during
this Facility Compliance Inspection. All LFG was being managed through the onsite flare.
22) The leachate collection system cleanouts are highly visible, readily accessible, protected, and well-maintained
at this time.
23) Leachate is treated and stored in on-site leachate containment tanks until pumped via force main to the City of
Jacksonville Wastewater Treatment Plant.
24) The leachate storage tank maintenance operations have been completed.
25) *Continued corrective measures are required as a result of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Regional Representative

Delivered on: 12 April 2021 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Michael Russell; Landfill Supervisor/Onslow County: [e-mail]

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