YWN-11-012 102009 Audit

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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
revised 1012212009 5:11 PM
FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
X
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: BUNCOMBE
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: YWN-11-012
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Audit: 10/20/09
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Azalea Road Facility
Date of Last Audit: N/A (proved 8/04/09)
Directions: Follow Azalea Road past the Azalea Park soccer fields approx. 1/2 mile. Turn right on Hardesty Lane, cross
bridge and take immediate right onto Hardesty Lane (no outlet). Take to end of road.
GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.573644 E:-82.487218
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Jerry Yates — 828-259-5459
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
City of Asheville, Streets Department
PO Box 7148
Asheville, NC 28802
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Andrea Keller — NCDENR Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active (site approved 08/04/09)
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Comprehensive
NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S):
None
You are hereby 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 Statute or Regulations. For the violation(s) noted here, you may 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.
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
1. On site for inspection. This inspection is the first site visit under the YWN-11-012 notification.
2. The Yard Waste Notification (YWN) approval letter states that the facility is approved to accept: untreated
and unpainted wood, silvaculture waste, and yard waste. During the audit, material had been placed in three
long windrows. It appeared as though the windrows contained decomposed/aged leaves with some grass and
brush clippings. Additionally, some small pieces of plastic/trash were visible throughout the piles — this

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material should be removed from your mulch piles and disposed of properly prior to releasing the mulch for
use/public use.
3. It was noted during the audit that the waste pile appeared to be mainly leaves, possibly from residential pickup
services. The Yard Waste Notification submitted to the Section (dated 07/30/09) stated that the composting
process involved windrowing of leaves with no additional grinding or treatment (unless brush is brought to the
facility, at which time grinding would occur). The signed YWN application stated that the site is governed
under 15A NCAC 13B .1406 (operational requirements) and thus the following applies:
Yard waste facilities shall follow the time and temperature requirements listed in 15A NCAC
13B .1406(10) for all yard trash feedstocks. The temperature requirements include the
compost process being maintained at or above 55 degrees Celsius (131 degrees F) for 3 days
and aerated to maintain elevated temperatures. Yard trash is defined within 130A-290(a)(45)
as solid waste consisting solely of vegetative matter resulting from landscaping maintenance.
Leaves from landscaping maintenance and grass clippings are considered yard trash.
Please contact Liz Patterson (919-508-8511) to discuss this process and address Item 12 on your YWN
form.
4. It was noted during the audit that surface water was visible between two of the windrows. Rule 15A NCAC
13B .1406 Operational Requirements (3) states: Surface water shall be diverted from the operation, compost
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The surface water was tannic (an indication of leachate seepage from curing mulch piles). This issue requires
attention from the site operators. Please contact me with questions or following resolution of this issue
(a follow-up inspection is required to verify compliance).
5. The YWN site is located on city property which contains several different workings areas and what appears to
be a maintenance equipment shed. Additionally, an active beneficial fill area is located southeast of the YWN
site. Beneficial fill, by definition (15A NCAC 13B .0562), includes inert debris strictly limited to concrete,
brick, concrete block, uncontaminated soil, and gravel. Additionally, the General Statutes 130A-294(m) states
that demolition debris consisted of used asphalt or used asphalt mixed with dirt, sand, gravel, rock, concrete,
or similar nonhazardous material may be used as fill. Please note (in photo below) that there was evidence of
fresh (un-used) asphalt being placed at this beneficial fill site.

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As this material is not considered inert, remove the visible un-used asphalt to a permitted disposal facility and
make whatever operational changes are required to avoid this type of disposal activity in the future.
Additionally, several plastic traffic cones were visibly embedded in the fill material. Please ensure that the
fill consists only of those materials allowed in the Rule and General Statute stated above.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
Phone: [phone]
Andrea Keller
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Delivered on: 10/22/09 by Hand delivery US Mail X Certified No. I _l
ec: Mark Poindexter, Field Operations Branch Supervisor
Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor
Donald Herndon, Compliance Officer
Michael Scott, Composting and Land Application Branch Manager
Wendy Simmons, Solid Waste Manage, City of Asheville