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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
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Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: Davie
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: Not Applicable
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FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
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TireT&P
Tire
Industrial
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SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: 3/30/2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Anderson Aggregates
872 Main Church Road
Mocksville, NC 27028
Date of Last Inspection: 1/14/2020
GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: 35.93705 Long.:-80.57625
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Chris Anderson
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above
PARTICIPANTS:
Chris Anderson, Anderson Aggregates
Heath Little, Anderson Aggregates
Deb Aja, NCDEQ — Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Sherri Stanley, NCDEQ — Permitting Branch Head — Solid Waste Section
Jordan Russ, NCDEQ — Engineering Project Manager — Solid Waste Section
Kim Sue, NCDEQ — Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
A permit application for a solid waste treatment and processing facility was submitted to the Section on August 3, 2018.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Operational Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
1. UNRESOLVED: 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .0201(a) states: "No person shall treat, process,
store, or dispose of solid waste or arrange for the treatment, processing, storage, or disposal of solid waste except
at a solid waste management facility permitted by the Division for such activity, except as provided in G.S. 130A-
294(b). "
Anderson Aggregates, LLC continues to process and store solid waste (medium density fiber board waste, plywood,
oriented strand board, painted materials, and other industrial process wastes, and plastic strapping) at a facility other
than a solid waste management facility permitted by the Division for such activity, as cited in the Notice of
Violation (NOV) dated July 24, 2018.
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2. UNRESOLVED: 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .0201(b) states: "No person shall cause, suffer,
allow, or permit the treatment, storage, or processing of solid waste upon any real or personal property owned,
operated, leased, or in any way controlled by that person without first having been issued a permit for a solid waste
management facility from the Division authorizing such activity, except as provided in G.S. 130A-294(b). "
Anderson Aggregates, LLC continues to store and process solid waste (medium density fiber board waste, plywood,
oriented strand board, painted materials, and other industrial process wastes, and plastic strapping) on property owned
and operated by Anderson Aggregates, LLC without having been permitted by the Division for such activity, as cited
in the NOV dated July 24, 2018.
3. UNRESOLVED: 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .0201(c) states: "No solid waste management
facility shall be established, operated, maintained, constructed, expanded, or modified without a currently valid permit
issued by the Division for the specified type of disposal activity. It is the responsibility of every owner and operator of
a proposed solid waste management facility to apply for a permit for the facility. The term "owner" shall include record
owners of the land where the facility is located or proposed to be located and holders of any leasehold interest, however
denominated, in any part of the land or structures where the facility is located or proposed to be located. "
Anderson Aggregates, LLC continues to operate and maintain a solid waste management facility without a currently
valid permit issued by the Division as cited in the NOV dated July 24, 2018.
STATUS OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS REQUIRED:
Following the issuance of NOV letters to Anderson Aggregates, LLC on March 9, 2018 and June 24, 2018, regarding
facility violations, subsequent meetings and conversations via phone and email with Mr. Anderson and facility staff
established necessary steps to be undertaken to resolve the violations, which included submittal of a permit application
and interim operational conditions to allow the facility to operate during the permit review period. Section staff
conducted follow-up inspections of the site on April 18, 2019 and April 24, 2019 and found that the facility was out of
compliance with the interim operational conditions approved on November 2, 2018. A Notice of Continuing Violation
(NOCV) was issued to Anderson Aggregates, LLC on June 5, 2019. The NOCV required that Anderson Aggregates, LLC
to take the following corrective actions:
1. "Immediately cease receiving all waste materials at the facility until a permit is issued or the facility is
authorized to return to operation by the Section".
The facility continues to receive wastes. During the inspection, newly received engineered wood waste, plywood,
oriented strand board (OSB), medium density fiberboard (MDF) and industrial wood waste was observed pushed up
against the pile of old material.
2. "The mixed waste pile (including any that may be fully or partially buried) behind the sawmill must be
removed from the site and disposed of at a Municipal Solid Waste landfill permitted by the Division of Waste
Management. Submit all solid waste management facility receipts where the waste is disposed to: Kim Sue,
Environmental Senior Specialist, 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301, Mooresville, NC 28115,
[e-mail]".
During the inspection the mixed waste pile was observed to have been removed from behind the sawmill; however,
no solid waste management facility disposal receipts have been received by the Section.
3. "Make any necessary repairs to the ditch along the rear of the operations area to ensure no storm and/or
wastewater is being released from the site".
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During the inspection leachate/wastewater was observed flowing from the ditch to the stormwater pond,
overflowing the riprap outlet in the stormwater pond, and flowing onto the adjacent property located at 812 Main
Church Rd (parcel number G40000003309).
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
1. 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 13B .0103(e) states: "No person shall dispose or cause the disposal of
solid waste in or on waters in a manner that results in solid waste's entering waters or being deposited upon lands of
the state. "
Christopher Wayne Anderson and Anderson Aggregates, LLC violated this Rule in that on April 18, 2019, April 24,
2019, October 16, 2019, and January 14, 2020, leachate was observed in a ditch on the north side of the property. The
leachate flowed from the ditch into a stormwater pond and from the stormwater pond flowed north onto the adjacent
property (parcel number G40000003309) for approximately 288 feet, then flowed slightly west for approximately 201
feet, where it then flowed into an unnamed tributary to Elisha Creek.
Christopher Wayne Anderson and Anderson Aggregates, LLC are in violation of this Rule in that on March 30, 2021,
leachate was observed in a ditch on the north side of the property. The leachate flowed from the ditch into a
stormwater pond and from the stormwater pond flowed north in a ditch onto the adjacent property (parcel number
G40000003309), owned by Interstate Forestry, LLC and in an area of the property operated as YWN-30-007. The
leachate continued to flow through a ditch and was discharged to a sediment basin with a point of discharge.
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.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. Prior to the issuance of the NOCV dated June 5, 2019, the facility was allowed to operate in accordance
with an interim operations plan, approved on November 2, 2018, while a treatment and processing permit
application was under review. Due to the failure of Anderson Aggregates, LLC to operate in accordance
with the interim operations plan, the facility was required to stop receiving waste until a permit was obtained from
the Division. The permit application review could not be completed without requested information. Multiple
requests for information were made by the Section. On August 21, 2018, the Section sent Mr. Anderson an e-mail
detailing the information required to complete financial assurance piece of the Section's permitting process. On
August 23, 2018, Mr. Watkins sent an e-mail to Mr. Anderson and Anderson Aggregates, LLC reiterating the
information that had not yet been provided to the Section in order to evaluate future operations at the site and
further process the permit application.
2. Based on the management of the facility since 2018, this facility is not a Yard Waste Notification facility and
should not continue to submit annual notifications to the Solid Waste Section. The facility is subject to the
permitting requirements of 15A NCAC 13B .0300 Rules for Treatment and Processing Facilities.
3. No vegetative wood waste was observed on -site and vegetative waste is not being received.
4. The facility has removed all equipment associated with the sawmill and is currently using the building to process
various shipping crates and wooden spools with fiber optic cable. Cardboard, metals, plastics, and fiber optic
materials are removed for disposal or further recycling.
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5. Mr. Anderson stated that the tub grinder on -site is out of commission and is not going to be repaired. He hires a
contractor quarterly to grind material and load it into trailers to be shipped for boiler fuel, with the last grind
conducted in mid -December. The ratio for grinding is 3 (new engineered wood waste) to 1 (older engineered wood
waste).
6. The interim operations plan required that more material be removed from the site than taken in. He also stated that
the older waste extended into the center of the site to where they load trailers. Mr. Anderson stated that it would
take another 2.5 years to grind the remaining old waste at the rate he is processing waste. A row of new waste was
stockpiled along the old waste. Mr. Anderson explained that one -part old waste is added to three parts new waste
when the material is ground. This is not in compliance with the interim operations plan.
7. A range finder was used to determine the size of the stockpiled old waste on -site. The older waste covered an area
of approximately 99 yards by 28.5 yards; approximately 0.58 acres. The old waste ranges from three feet to ten feet
high.
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Solid Waste Section
The ditch carrying leachate from the waste was observed. The leachate flow began on the NE side of the old waste
pile, continued under the access roadway in a westerly direction. From the other side of the access roadway, the
flow continued through a ditch, constructed through ground wood waste to a stormwater pond, located in the NW
corner of the property. The leachate filled the pond, overflowed the rock outlet and continued off -site onto the
adjoining property to the north. In a site meeting on January 14, 2020, Ms. Aja had informed Mr. Anderson of the
leachate running off -site and Mr. Anderson had acknowledged that it was leachate. Again during this inspection,
Ms. Aja informed Mr. Anderson of the leachate being discharged off -site via the ditch.
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9. Leachate was actively overflowing the outlet of the stormwater pond and flowing off -site. A new ditch was
constructed below the stormwater pond, redirecting flow to a sediment basin located on the adjacent property. The
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Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
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Date: 2021.05.1916:0491-04'00' Phone: [phone]
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Regional Representative
Sent on: Chris Anderson
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Certified No.[
May 19, 2021
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head — Solid Waste Section
Sherri Stanley, Permitting Branch Head — Solid Waste Section
Jordan Russ, Engineering Project Manager — Solid Waste Section
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