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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
X
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: Forsyth
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 3409-TP
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
X
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: October 6, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Overdale Road Yard Waste Facility
4010 Old Milwaukee Lane
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
GPS COORDINATES (decimal decrees): Lat.: 36.039524'
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Jan McHargue, Assistant Utilities Director/Solid Waste
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
P. O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Date of Last Inspection: October 30, 2020
Long.: 80.226216 °
PARTICIPANTS:
Adam Rickett, Special Projects Supervisor — City/County Utilities
George Tilley — City/County Utilities
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate Large Type 1 Compost Facility Issued: 1992
Permit to Operate Large Type 1 Compost Facility Renewed: May 4, 1999
Permit to Operate Large Type 1 Compost Facility Renewed: November 30, 2004
Permit to Operate Large Type 1 Compost Facility Renewed: October 2010
Permit to Operate LCID T&P Facility Issued: October 19, 2015
Permit to Operate LCID T&P Facility Issued: December 11, 2020; expires: October 6, 2025
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
N/A
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None
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.
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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
NORTH CAROLINA
Solid Waste Section
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. Photos included in this report were taken by Susan Heim on October 6, 2021 during this inspection.
2. This facility serves as the yard waste treatment and processing site for Forsyth County. The facility is permitted
to receive wood waste, including yard waste; unpainted and untreated wood waste and wood pallets; woody
waste from disaster debris management and land clearing activities; and, leaves and grass clippings.
3. Composting is no longer a permitted activity at this facility, effective with the treatment and processing permit
issued October 19, 2015.
4. The City of Winston-Salem contracts with Wallace Farms, Inc. to manage operations at the facility. Wallace
Farms provides a site supervisor who serves as the facility's operations manager and is on duty during operating
hours. A City/County Utilities staff member is also onsite during operating hours and serves as the scale house
operator.
5. Copies of the facility Permit to Operate and the approved Operations Plan are kept on file in the scale house and
are available for review upon request.
6. A review of the facility annual report for FY 2020-21 indicated that materials received at the facility totaled
30,310.65 tons.
7. Mr. Rickett provided tonnage records of waste received at the facility during the current fiscal year via email
following the inspection. Monthly tonnage was recorded as follows: July 2021 — 2,167.64 tons; August 2021 —
2,496.99 tons. Figures for September 2021 had not yet been compiled for the facility operating record.
8. The site is surrounded by a chain link fence and is secured by two locking gates which prevent unauthorized
access. The entry gate is located in the northwest corner of the site. The second gate is located in the southeast
corner of the site and is used, only when needed, for tractor trailer access.
9. Proper signage was observed at the entry gate. Inside the facility, brightly colored informational/directional
signs are strategically placed to assist customers in finding the correct location for unloading specific materials.
10. The facility was observed to be clean and well -maintained.
11. All incoming and outgoing loads are weighed and recorded. Preliminary waste screening takes place at the scale
house, where the operator uses a closed-circuit camera system to inspect incoming loads prior to directing them
to the appropriate tipping location.
12. The entire site is paved, and access roadways were found to be in good condition. However, the areas of broken
and missing pavement that were noted in the operations areas during the previous inspection on October 30,
2020 appeared to have increased in size. Mr. Rickett stated that stone is applied to the worn areas as needed to
maintain the operations pad. No ponding water was observed in or around the piles of wood waste. Mr. Rickett
stated that bids had been received for repaving the operations areas, but prices had been higher than anticipated.
He added that City/County Utilities staff are currently working on a plan to incorporate the project into the
operating budget.
13. A roll -off container is used to collect unacceptable waste that is separated from incoming loads. The container is
taken to Hanes Mill Landfill (Permit # 3402) as necessary to properly dispose of the waste.
14. Grinding operations were underway during this inspection. An excavator was feeding wood waste into a large
tub grinder, while two loaders were working to ferry the unprocessed material to the operations area and to
stockpile the processed material as it left the grinder.
15. Please ensure that the ground wood waste stockpile meets the size restrictions of 30' high and 50' wide, as
set forth in the current, approved Operation Plan.
16. Processed wood waste is loaded into trailers and transported to the Wallace Farms facility in Davie County
(permit # 30-04) for further processing and composting.
17. Mr. Rickett stated that the permanently installed horizontal grinder on the east side of the site is not currently in
use.
18. Fire extinguishers are installed in each piece of equipment that operates at the facility, and water is accessible
through a hose bib located in the operations area.
19. Storm water disperses and sheet flows across the site. An asphalt berm, situated near the top of the driveway
leading to the back (southeastern) gate, slows the flow of surface water and directs it to the grassy area along
the southern property line. No evidence of erosion or sedimentation was visible during this inspection.
20. The facility appeared to be in compliance with required setbacks.
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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
NORTH CAROLINA
Solid Waste Section
21. Uncontaminated wood pallets are separated from other wood waste and stockpiled near the southeastern corner
of the property.
22. No unacceptable waste was observed at the facility.
A view of the grinding operations taking place on the north side of the facility.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
Digitally signed by Susan
Heim
DN: cn=Susan Heim, o=Solid
Waste Section, ou=Field
Operations Branch,
email=susan.heim@ncdenr.
gov, c=US
'Date: 2021.10.12 15:17:07
-04'00'
Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Phone: [phone]
Sent on: October 12, 2021 to
X
Email
Hand delivery
US Mail
Certified No. [ ]
Jan McHargue.
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Gordon Dively, Solid Waste Operations Manager — Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities
Adam Rickett, Special Projects Supervisor— Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities
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