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Home My WebLink About11-08,052909 NOVAG;j NCDENR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section UNIT TYPE: Lined LCID YW Transfer X Compost sLAS COUNTY: BUNCOMBE MSWLF PERMIT NO.: 11-08T Closed EIFIW white Incin T&P FIRM MSWLF goods FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE CDLF TireT&P/ Tire Industrial DEMO SDTF Collection Monofill Landfill Date of Audit: 05/29/09 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Buncombe County Transfer Facility 190 Hominy Creek Road Asheville, NC 28806 Date of Last Audit: 02/20/09 GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.55725 E:-82.59429 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Steve Hunter, 828-250-6205 Jerry Mears: 828-250-5462 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT): Jerry Mears Buncombe County Solid Waste Department 85 Panther Branch Road Alexander, NC 28701 AUDIT PARTICIPANTS: Andrea Keller, NCDENR— Solid Waste Section (SWS) Steve Hunter, Buncombe County STATUS OF PERMIT: Permit issued: 8-6-2003 Review due date: 8-6-2008 Permit is in renewal process PURPOSE OF AUDIT: Partial Audit NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S): 15A NCAC 13B .0105(c) states that: vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation by whatever means, including but not limited to, highway, rail, and navigable waterway, of garbage, or refuse containing garbage, shall be covered, leakproof, durable, and of easily cleanable construction. These shall be cleaned as often as necessary to prevent a nuisance or insect breeding and shall be maintained in good repair. During the inspection, two waste hauling trailers (#1269 and #1270) were leaking from several locations (see comments #5 through #7 below). Buncombe Co. is in violation of 15A NCAC 13B .0105(c) in that on May 29, 2009, containers used for the collection and transportation of waste were leaking and in need of repair. FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 5 Buncombe Co. ordered repair kits within 24 working hours of the inspection. Repairs to waste containers have been completed. In addition, 15A NCAC 13B .0402(3) states that water that comes into contact with solid waste will be contained on - site or properly treated prior to discharge from the site. A NPDES permit maybe required prior to discharge to surface waters.. Buncombe Co. is in violation of 15A NCAC 13B .0402(3) in that on May 29, 2009, water that came in contact with solid waste (leachate) was not contained on site, nor treated prior to discharge from the site. Leachate discharged into the surface waters of Hominy Creek, just upstream of the French Broad River. (See comments #8 through #13 below). In order to achieve compliance, Buncombe Co. must, through site modifications and/or operational controls, insure that no future leachate release into the waters of the State can occur from transfer station operational activities. All work must be completed by August 14, 2009. 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. Current weather conditions were dry and sunny. Weather was wet and overcast for several days prior to the site inspection. 2. On site for partial audit with Steven Hunter, Transfer Station Manager. 3. Transfer station floor was clear, recently washed, and actively monitored by transfer station operators. 4. Little to no windblown materials noted, facility was well -maintained. 5. The county vehicles, used for waste transfer to the Buncombe County Landfill permit #11-07, pull around the right side of the building to the loading area in the lower back portion of the complex. Upon arrival to the facility, three transfer vehicles were parked to the south of the loading bay. As shown in the photos below, a continuous trail of liquid was flowing from beneath the vehicles, across the parking lot, and into the drain on the south edge of the pavement. The facility manager stated that the vehicles do not get washed down at this location (occasionally the outside of the back door will be sprayed down while the trucks are parked over the loading bay (pad with trench drain). FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 3 of 5 6. Upon inspection of the vehicles, the truck on the left (#1270) and the truck in the middle (#1269) were leaking from the following locations: #1 — leaking from the rear door (#1270) #2 — leaking from a hole under the left front of the trailer (#1270) #3 — leading from a hole under the left front of the trailer (#1269) FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 5 #4 — leaking from a hose under the right front of the trailer (#1269) 7. The leachate flow from locations #2 through #4 was constant and the drips from the back door lower seal at location #1 was generating a solid wet patch/flow beneath the trailer. Between the four leaking locations, approximately 1-2 gallons per minute were being generated. 8. From review of the transfer station Operational Plans and discussion with the site manager, the following information was determined: The loading area contains a pad surrounded by a trench drain for leachate collection. This drain system is tied in with the floor drains from the transfer station floor, and leads to the collection tank (to separate solids from liquids). The liquid from this tank pipes to the county wastewater treatment plant. The solid/sludge in the tank gets pumped out for disposal approximately once every two months. The Operational Plan section on leachate control did not discuss the exterior drain at the south edge of the parking lot. There was an assumption that this drain led to the sewer system. 9. It was also stated that as it was the end of the day, the trucks were fully loaded (with wet waste due to the previous week's weather conditions) and were going to be parked overnight at the transfer station prior to traveling to the landfill for waste disposal. 10. Following the site inspection, Jerry Mears was notified of the leaking vehicles and the questions surrounding the type of drain at the south side of the parking lot. He confirmed that the county was operating under the assumption that the drain was a sewer drain and not a stormwater drain. 11. The station operator on duty was notified that the trailers needed to be located within either the transfer station bay or on top of the pad with the leachate collection drain system overnight in order to halt flow of leachate to the drain. 12. By the following Monday (inspection was late Friday afternoon), repair kits to reseal the trailers had been ordered. Additionally it was communicated that the county had investigated the drain and that it was in fact a stormwater drain that led directly to Hominy Creek for discharge. FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 5 of 5 13. Since the inspection, the county has completed the repairs to the trailers and has communicated their intention to modify the drainage system in order to avoid future leachate release off site. Alterations to the drainage system that involve modifications to the parking lot and/or tie-in with the existing leachate controls should be approved by the Solid Waste Section (SWS) permitting group (Allen Gaither, 828-296-4703) and incorporated into the Operations Plan (as part of the ongoing permit renewal process). Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report. (signature) Phone: (828) 296-4700 Andrea Keller Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Mailed on: 6/12/09 by hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [7006 2150 0005 2458 91671 ec: Mark Poindexter, Field Operations Branch Supervisor Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor Donald Herndon, Compliance Officer Steve Hunter, B.C. Transfer Station Manager cc: Wanda Greene, Buncombe County Manager