0703T_INSP_20210406

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID
T&P YW
Collection Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Beaufort
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 0703T-TRANSFER-2012
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 6 April 2021 Date of Last Inspection: 25 March 2021

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Beaufort County Transfer Station
500 Flanders Filters Road
Washington, NC

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.59349 E: -077.11308

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Nicky Hopkins
252.644.3207

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Republic Services of North Carolina, LLC
450 Flanders Filter Road
Washington, NC 27889
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Nicky Hopkins; Republic Services, Inc
Seth Rodman; Republic Services, Inc
Attendants on site; Trio Legacy
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Life-of-Site Permit to Operate issued 24 February 2017.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall maintain and operate
the site in accordance with the operations plan incorporated into the permit by Rule .0404(d) of this
Section…” Unresolved
2) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (6) states “Erosion and Sedimentation Control Requirements. The site shall
comply with 15A NCAC 04, and the owner or operator shall utilize erosion and sedimentation control
measures that prevent sediment from leaving the site and prevent on-site erosion.” Unresolved
3) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) states “Windblown waste: Site staff shall conduct daily inspections for
windblown waste on the site property. Windblown litter from site operations discovered during the daily
inspections or observed on adjacent properties shall be picked up and containerized for disposal by the end of
each operating day, unless the landowner of the adjacent property denies access to site staff. The site shall
prevent waste from being blown outside the waste handling areas by the wind…” Resolved
4) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) (c) states “preventing waste from leaving the site using methods such as
fencing, netting, or diking.” Resolved
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OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .0104 (a) states “The owner or occupant of any property, unless exempted from the rules of
this Subchapter in accordance with G.S. 130A-294(b), shall be responsible for the sanitary storage of all solid
waste accumulated on the property.”
2) 15A NCAC 13B .0104 (d) states “All solid waste shall be stored using safe and sanitary practices for the
preservation of the public health and welfare and the environment that prevents the generation of leachate, the
attraction of vectors, the release of odors, and the release of waste or leachate to the environment.”
3) 15A NCAC 13B .0402 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall comply with the
conditions of the permit issued by the Division. In the event of noncompliance with the permit, the owner or
operator shall minimize the release of waste, leachate, or contaminants to the environment, and shall prevent
adverse impacts to human health or the environment.”
4) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall maintain and operate
the site in accordance with the operations plan incorporated into the permit by Rule .0404(d) of this
Section…”
5) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (6) states “Erosion and Sedimentation Control Requirements. The site shall
comply with 15A NCAC 04, and the owner or operator shall utilize erosion and sedimentation control
measures that prevent sediment from leaving the site and prevent on-site erosion.”
6) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (11) states “Site Cleaning and Maintenance: Unless otherwise stated in the site
permit, all waste shall be removed from the tipping floor, the truck loading bays, and from behind push walls
by the end of each day of operation and disposed of in accordance with this Subchapter. The tipping floor,
push walls, and truck loading bays shall be cleaned with a pressure washer no less than once per month. The
remaining areas of the site building including side walls and any material storage areas outside of the building
shall be cleaned with a pressure washer no less than twice per year. Wash water generated from cleaning
waste handling areas shall be contained and treated as leachate. Cleaning and maintenance records shall be
maintained and made available to the Division upon written request.”

Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below for details concerning the violations listed above.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This is a Solid Waste Transfer Facility and is permitted to receive Solid Waste as defined in NCGS 130A-
290(a)(18)(a).
2) Hazardous waste, yard trash, 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, infectious waste,
animal carcasses, radioactive waste, septage, fluorescent and high-intensity discharged lamps,
ashes/incinerated residues, and wastes banned from disposal in North Carolina by NCGS 130A-309.10(f) are
prohibited from being accepted at this Facility.
3) This Facility is permitted as a Solid Waste Transfer Facility; all operations shall be in accordance with the
North Carolina Solid Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13B; Article 9 of the Chapter 130A of the North
Carolina General Statutes.
4) This Facility may receive Solid Waste generated within Beaufort, Bertie, Craven, Chowan, Hyde, Martin,
Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.
5) All received waste is transported to either the East Carolina MSW Landfill, permit #08-03 in Windsor, Bertie
County, NC; the Upper Piedmont Regional Landfill, permit #73-04, in Rougemont, Person County, NC; or
the Brunswick Waste Facility, permit #583 in Lawrenceville Virginia.
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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6) Daily operations at this Facility are conducted by contract with Trio Legacy, LLC of Pantego, NC.
7) 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.
8) The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 7:00 AM to 3:45 PM and Saturday 7:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
Three Holidays are observed: New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
9) The Facility access road does not appear to have been graded in some time. *Please ensure the facility access
road is properly maintained by periodic grading and filling of eroded areas/potholes.
10) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the facility entrance. The gate was unlocked and open
upon my arrival. Facility attendants were on site during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
11) Scrap tires are placed in a roll-off container for direct haul to the tire management facility.
12) A roll-off container is maintained on-site adjacent to the paved turnaround for scrap metal and white-goods
removed from the waste stream.
13) Leachate is collected on-site and stored in an underground tank which is pumped down and hauled for
treatment as needed.
14) An excess volume of waste was observed stored on the tipping floor and outside of the Facility on the paved
turnaround. *All waste should be maintained inside the covered transfer station on the tipping floor. At no
time should waste be deposited or stored outside of the covered facility.
15) This Facility was required to cease receipt of waste due to the volume of waste present on site. *Moving
forward, at any time the volume of waste stored on site meets the storage limit of the transfer station, receipt
of incoming waste should cease until the waste on site can be placed into transfer trailers.
16) The waste type was reviewed; no unpermitted wastes were noted during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
17) Facility personnel were onsite collecting windblown debris during this Facility Compliance Inspection. The
windblown debris that was observed along both sides of the access road and in the wooded areas adjacent to
the access road in the previous Facility Compliance Inspection Reports (please see FCIR
0703T_INSP_20210323 and FCIR 0703T_INSP_20210325) has been collected and disposed in the transfer
station as required. *Please continue to ensure all windblown debris is collected and properly managed at the
end of each workday.
18) The windblown debris that was noted in the previous Facility Compliance Inspection Reports (please see
FCIR 0703T_INSP_20210323 and FCIR 0703T_INSP_20210325) as accumulated along the perimeter fence
and in the wooded area beyond the perimeter fence to the rear of the transfer station has been collected and
disposed in the transfer station as required. *Please continue to ensure that all windblown debris is collected
at the end of each workday, or more often if needed, and properly disposed.
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19) Areas of erosion were observed along the foundation of the transfer station near the loading bay entrance and
exit. *Please fill, grade, seed and mulch these areas to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion.
20) An adequate number of transfer trailers are not currently being maintained on site to properly manage the
volume of waste received during operating hours. Eight full trailers and no empty trailers were observed
during this Facility Compliance Inspection. *Moving forward, please ensure that an adequate number of
trailers are maintained on site to properly manage the volume of waste managed by this Facility.
21) *In order to ensure uninterrupted operations in the future, the Facility Contingency Plan should be revisited
and updated to adequately address operations for this site.
22) *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: 13 April 2021 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

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cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Jason Watkins; Field Operations Branch Head/SWS: [e-mail]
Matt Einsmann; Environmental Manager/Republic Services: [e-mail]

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