6709_INSP_20211027

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF X LCID X YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Onslow
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 6709-MSWLF-1997
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection X Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 27 October 2021 Date of Last Inspection: 8 April 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC

GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.80283 E: -077.54610

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Randall Vanover
910.989.2107

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
Attn: Division Head
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC 28540
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Michael Russell; Onslow County Solid Waste
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Life-of-Site Permit to Operate (PTO) 6709-MSWLF-1997 Onslow County Subtitle D Landfill Phases I-IV
and 6705-LCID-1991 Onslow County Landfill LCID Unit issued 16 October 2017. Life-of-site ends when the Facility
reaches its final permitted elevations or by 31 December 2057. Any significant site changes may require permit
modification. The owner or operator must contact the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division
of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section for coordination of significant site changes, including, but not limited to,
pertinent Site, Operation, and Waste Screening plans.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None applicable

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection; please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
section below.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This Facility is a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill with a separate Land-Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID)
landfill, a white goods management area, a scrap tire collection area, an electronics recycling area, and a
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pallet collection/grinding area.
2) This Facility is permitted to receive all Municipal Solid Waste, Construction & Demolition Waste, Yard
Waste, Land-clearing Debris, Scrap Tires, and White Goods generated within Onslow County.
3) Proper signage including the Facility permit number, accepted waste types, banned or excluded items, hours
of operation, and the emergency contact number is posted at the facility entrance.
4) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the Facility entrance. The gate was open upon my arrival
and Facility personnel were on site during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
5) The hours of operation are Monday through Saturday 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Three Holidays are observed:
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
6) The Facility access roads are of all-weather construction and are well maintained at this time.
7) This Facility maintains a separate area with roll-off containers for use by residential customers. This area is
well maintained with no overflow or windblown debris observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
8) This Facility is currently operating in Phase IV.
9) Erosion of the landfill cap was observed in various area on the western and northern sideslopes of Phase IV.
*Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please repair all eroded areas.
These areas should be filled with soil, graded at a slope not greater than 3:1, and seeded and mulched to
establish a cover crop suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system.
10) The active working face was reviewed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. The working face is
currently being maintained over a larger area than can be effectively managed. *Please work to maintain the
active working area in a compact and manageable size.
11) The waste type being disposed was reviewed. The waste type at the working face was MSW only and no
unpermitted materials were observed.
12) Windblown debris is collected and returned to the working face throughout the workday.
13) This Facility maintains an ARJES VZ950 Titan mobile shredder in an area adjacent to the working face for
processing bulky wastes such as furniture, mattresses, construction and demolition wastes, and tires. These
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wastes are processed through the shedder before being disposed in the landfill. Portions of the incoming
vegetative waste stream are redirected from the LCID element and ground/chipped and used as temporary
road base at the active working face or mixed with soil for cover on the outside slopes of the landfill.

14) The inactive areas of the landfill (Phases I-III) are maintained with a cover crop of native warm season type
grasses. These areas are mowed throughout the growing season as needed.
15) No off-site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
16) Landfill Gas (LFG) is collected and plumbed to the on-site Enerdyne Power Systems Onslow Power
Producers, llc LFG-to-Energy plant.
17) Daily operations of the LFG-to-Energy Plant are conducted by Cube District Energy, llc.
18) The LFG-to-Energy plant was in operation during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
19) The leachate collection system cleanouts are highly visible, readily accessible, protected, and well-maintained
at this time.
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20) Leachate is treated and stored in on-site leachate containment tanks until pumped via force main to the City of
Jacksonville Wastewater Treatment Plant.
21) The leachate containment tanks and management system appear well-maintained at this time.
22) The LCID Landfill was reviewed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
23) No unpermitted materials were observed at the LCID working face during this Facility Compliance
Inspection.
24) All LCID Landfill sideslopes are being maintained at a slope not greater than 3:1 and a cover crop of warm
season grasses has been established on all non-active areas of the LCID landfill.
25) The LCID cover crop is well maintained and no areas of erosion were observed during this Facility
Compliance Inspection.
26) The White goods/Scrap Metal, Electronics, and Scrap Tire Recycling Element was reviewed during this
Facility Compliance Inspection.
27) All recyclable electronics are placed on the concrete pad under the shelter and maintained there until
transported to the recycling Facility.
28) All scrap tires are now being maintained and managed on the concrete pad at the metal recycling element.
Scrap tires are maintained in a concrete bunker and covered at the end of the workday until placed into
containers for transport to the landfill working face for shredding and disposal.
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29) All collected white goods and scrap metal are being maintained on the concrete pad.
30) Refrigerant containing white goods are being maintained in an upright condition and separate from non-
refrigerant containing white goods and other recyclable metals. *Please ensure that all refrigerant containing
white goods are clearly marked as having been cleared with the date of collection when the refrigerant is
removed/collected for recycling.
31) *Corrective measures are required as a result of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Regional Representative

Delivered on: 29 October 2021 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Michael Russell; Landfill Supervisor/Onslow County: [e-mail]

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