SWCD-67-01, 040810

NCDENR
NOi CA MINA DE MENT OF
ENVIRONMENT ANd NATURA RESOURCES
FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
X
SLAS
COUNTY:Onslow
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: Demo
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
X
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Audit: 8 April 2010
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Szymanic Vermicompost
172 Stone Creek Road
Holly Ridge, NC 28445
GPS COORDINATES: N: N34.58488 E: W 77.46987
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Leonard M Szymanic
910.358.1806
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
172 Stone Creek Road
Holly Ridge, NC 28445
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Leonard M Szymanic; Szymanic Vermicompost
Elizabeth Patterson; NCDENR-Solid Waste
Michael E Scott; NCDENR-Solid Waste
Zi-Quang Chen; NCDENR-Solid Waste
Dennis E Shackelford; NCDENR-Solid Waste
Wes Hare; NCDENR-Solid Waste
Ray Williams; NCDENR-Solid Waste
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Vermicompost Demonstration Application Submitted for Approval
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Pre -op Inspection
NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S):
None; see comments below.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None applicable
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
1) This facility is a Vermicomposting Demonstration Project consisting of a flow -through reactor -type bin of
approximately one cubic yard in size, contained within an enclosed building.
2) Composting at this site shall be limited to the materials listed as ingredients in the application:
a. Yard Waste
b. Wood Shavings
c. Cardboard and shredded paper

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d. Horse and/or cattle manure
e. Vegetable waste
3) Measures should be taken to ensure that all leachate is contained and managed on -site to prevent impacts to
groundwater or surface waters.
4) This facility should be operated in such a way as to prevent any threat to the public health or environment.
5) Operation of this facility and all composting activities should be maintained in accordance with 15A NCAC
13B Section .1406 of the State Solid Waste Management Rules.
6) No compost generated at this facility may be removed from the site and distributed to the public until it has
been tested in accordance with 15A NCAC 13B Section .1407 of the State Solid Waste Management Rules
and the results approved by the Solid Waste Section.
7) To increase the efficiency of your compost process, it is recommended that you reduce the volume of bedding
in the bin and that you no longer mix the layers of waste during the compost process.
8) No violations were noted during this audit.
9) Digital photographs were taken during this audit, see photographs attached below.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
&y Williams; Environmenta[SeniorSpeciafist Phone: [phone].
Regional Representative
Delivered on : 22 April 2010 by: Hand delivery X US Mail Certified No. fI
cc: Mark Poindexter; Field Operations Branch Head/SWS: [e-mail]
Dennis E Shackelford; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Michael E Scott; Compost and Land Application Branch Head/SWS: [e-mail]
Donald Herndon; Chief Compliance Officer/SWS: [e-mail]
Wendy McNeil; FRO Administrative Services/SWS: [e-mail]
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Top of bin system

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Underside of bin system
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Compost product (castings) before screening and after screening