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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: Burke County
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 12-05T
Closed
IIIIW
White
Incin
T&P
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
Tire T&P
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Audit: September 19, 2012
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Date of Last Audit: July 9, 2012
Burke Co. John's River Waste Management Facility
Burke County Transfer Facility
2500 Marsh Trail
Morganton, NC, 28680
GPS COORDINATES:
N: 35.78712' E:-81.64333'
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Carson Fisher, Phone [phone]
Greg Watts, Phone: [phone]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT):
Bryan Steen — Burke County Manager
Box 219
Morganton, NC. 28680-0219
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Bill Wagner, Environmental Senior Specialist, Solid Waste Section, Division of Waste Management
David Penley — Burke County
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Site Active Permit Expires 10/01/13
OPERATIONS PLAN:
November 1997, Revised August 2008 (DIN 5821)
PERMIT HITORY:
TRANSFER FACILITY PERMIT NO: 12-05T
ISSUANCE DATE
Document ID No. (DIN
Original Issue: Permit to Construct
July 1, 1997
5921
Permit to Operate
Aril 1, 1998
5922
Permit to Operate
February 20, 2007
1015
Permit to Operate
October 1, 2008
5925
OTHER PERMITED ACITIVITIES:
• White Goods Collection operated in accordance with NCGS Article 9, Part 2D
• Scrap Tire collection operated in accordance with 15A NCAC 13B .1 107
• Yard Waste operated in accordance with 15A NCAC 13B .1400

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Follow-up Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOALTIONS:
Violations Observed on July 9, 2012
1. RESOLVED: Violation of 15A NCAC 13B. 0402 for the failure to ensure that the transfer trailer loading area (a.k.a.
"receiving bay") was maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times. This violation has been resolved.
(Photo # 1)
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS
None.
All photos by taken by Bill Wagner on 9/19/12:
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1. Facility staff cleaning the receiving bay filled during a
lull in the day's operations. Photo taken on 9/13/12
3. Trench drain at the entrance to the tipping floor of the
transfer station — very clean and well maintained. Photo
taken on 9/13/12
2. Looking at the very clean interior walls of the
transfer station. Photo taken on 9/13/12
4. Trench drain at the east end of the receiving bay of the
transfer station — partially clogged with debris and in
need of cleaning. Photo taken on 9/13/12

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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In order to correct the violations above and to maintain compliance with the above rules and permits conditions moving
forward, within 30 days of the receipt of this report, the facility in conjunction with its contractors and/or subcontractors
shall develop and implement (at the minimum) an inspection, maintenance and storage plan for all trucks, trailers,
and/or other waste hauling and storage containers at this facility. A copy of this plan be maintained as part of the
operating record and made available upon request by Section staff. In addition, the plan must be incorporated into the
facility operations plan during the next permit action.
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. If the violation(s) noted here continue, 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. Hours of operation: M-F: 7AM — 4PM Sat: 7AM — 1PM
2. Garbage Disposal Services, Inc. (GDS) is under contract with Burke County to haul municipal solid waste from the
Burke County Transfer station to the Foothills Landfill in Lenoir, NC which includes providing the waste transfer
trailers; moving the waste trailers in and out of the receiving bay of the transfer station; and hauling the waste from
the transfer station to the Foothills Landfill in Lenoir, NC. GDS has subcontracted K.R. Drenth Trucking, Inc. to
meet the conditions of GDS's agreement with Burke County.
3. The transfer station is permitted to receive municipal solid waste that has been generated from within Avery,
Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland Lincoln, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford and Yancey Counties.
4. Wastes must be transported to the Foothills Municipal Solid Waste landfill in Lenoir, Caldwell County.
5. The transfer station is currently taking in an average of approximately 250 tons of municipal waste per day.
6. Residential tipping fee at the transfer station is $59.12 per ton. Commercial / industrial tipping fee is $58.00 per
ton.
7. Used oil and used oil filters collection receptacles are located on the asphalt apron in front of the transfer station.
8. Leachate from the tipping floor is collected in a floor drain that runs across the entire front of the Transfer Station.
(Photo #3) This drain was clean and well maintained.
9. Leachate from the receiving bay is collected in a floor drain the runs across the width of the east end access. (Photo
#4) This drain was partially clogged with debris and needs to be cleaned.
10. Both of these floor drains feed into gallon underground storage tank that is located off the SE quadrant of the
transfer station. According to the September 2008 Revised Operations Plan (DIN 5821) prepared by Joyce
Engineering, Inc. the leachate holding tank has a capacity of 5,000-gallons.
11. The leachate is pumped out and hauled to the City of Morganton's Wastewater Treatment plant by Honeywell
Septic of Morganton. (4068 Bel Aire Dr., Morganton, NC 28655, 828-433-7867)
12. The interior walls of the transfer station and the tipping floor are very clean and well maintained. (Photo #2)
13. Waste screening records were reviewed. Random waste screening is done once or twice a week.
5. Looking at the (W) side of the transfer station: Note
the two vertical drain pipes for removing rain water from
the roof. (Entrance to the receiving bay is to the right.)
6. Looking at the (N) across the entrance to the receiving
bay. Note the pooled stormwater runoff at the edge of the
receiving bay.

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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14. Wastes were being received during the inspection.
15. Wind-blown litter was very well controlled.
16. There is a 2-inch water hose on site for fire control. The Chesterfield volunteer fire department also provides fire
response for the facility.
17. The tipping floor was in good condition — no cracks and no worn concrete.
18. During heavy rains the surface water runoff from the roof of the transfer station; the asphalt apron to the
tipping floor; and from the asphalt road to the receiving bay entrance accumulates to the point where it floods
the receiving bay with several inches of water. (Figure 1)
The east end of the receiving bays is down gradient from the west end. This stormwater flooding can easily
overwhelm the leachate holding tank. Burke County should develop and implement a plan to control and divert
stormwater runoff from entering the transfer station receiving bay.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
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Bill Wagner
Environmental Senior Specialist
Mailed on 9/24/12 by X Electronic Mail X US Mail Certified No.
ec: Jason Watkins, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Mark Poindexter, Field Operations Branch Head — Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer — Solid Waste Section
H. Carson Fisher, P.E. — Burke Co. General Services Director / County Engineer