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Home My WebLink About4403_ROSCANS_2004A IMA NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Dexter R. Matthews, Director Division of Waste Management Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary August 23, 2004 Mr. Bobby Cogdill, Director Haywood County Solid Waste 278 Recycle Road Clyde, NC 28786 RE: Groundwater Assessment Monitoring Plan — Haywood County Francis Farm Landfill (Permit # 44-03) Dear Mr. Cogdill: The Solid Waste Section has received the proposed Groundwater Assessment Monitoring Plan for the Francis Farm closed landfill. Municipal Engineering Services Company P.A. submitted the plan on behalf of Haywood County. Before the review process can be completed and approval granted to proceed with implementation of the plan some additional information must be provided. Please respond to the following comments and concerns. A large measure of the proposed assessment of the contaminant release at the landfill is based on the installation of additional monitoring wells and piezometers on adjacent private properties. Because the county does not own these properties, permission from the owners will be necessary to gain access before any assessment activities on the properties are taken. Please provide the Solid Waste Section with information about how Haywood County pr poses to accomplish this action. In the event access is denied, how will the county proceed w4h the assessment? Fie assessment monitoring wells and six piezometers are proposed with locations identified on he plan map. Please provide technical rationale for the proposed locations and con rtetion specifications (e.g. proposed depths, etc.). If hydrogeologic work components sucfracture trace analysis, a lineament study, lithologic analysis, geologic mapping, or contaminant fate and transport mechanisms have been factors in deciding on the proposed well locations, submit those results for review. Before well locations are determined there should be a basic understanding of the relationship of the site groundwater flow regime to local and regional hydrogeologic features. 3. Please provide a schedule for implementation of the proposed plan. Because some of the detected contaminants are components of landfill gas, it may be worthwhile to explore the role that landfill gas plays in the current situation. The landfill has had a history of methane gas migration at concentrations exceeding the regulatory limit and remedial efforts have been made to correct the problem. Submit any monitoring results verifying that corrective actions have been effective in controlling methane migration and returning the landfill to compliance with respect to explosive gases. If methane concentrations have not been reduced to less than 5% at the compliance boundary additional steps will be necessary. Within thirty days of receipt of this letter please provide a response to the above questions and concerns. Include any additional pertinent information related to the site that may aid in expediting the review process. 1646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646 Phone 919-733-49961 FAX 919-715-36051 Internet http://wastenotnc.org An Equal opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer — Printed on Dual Purpose Recycled Paper Thank you for your cooperation with this important matter. If you have any questions, please call me at (919) 733-0692, extension 257. Sincerely, ?!ry�rRose Environmental Compliance Solid Waste Section xc: Mark Poindexter — Head, Field Operations Branch Brent Rockett — Western District Supervisor Jim Patterson — Waste Management Specialist_ Wayne Sullivan — MESCO C. Jack Horton — Haywood County NCDENR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section UNIT TYPE: (check all that apply to this audit with same Permit number) Lined LCID Yw Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: HAYWOOD NISWLF PERMIT NO.: 44-03 Closed X HHW white mein T&P FIRM IVI S W LF goods FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE CDLF TireT&P Tire Industrial DENIo SDTF Collection Monotill Landfill Date of Audit: 12/7/04 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Haywood County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Francis Farm Road Waynesville, NC 28786 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Bobby Co -dill, Haywood County Solid Waste Director Telephone: 82 8-627-8 042 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT): Bobby Cogdill, Director Haywood County Solid Waste Department 278 Recycle Drive Clyde, NC 28721 AUDIT PARTICIPANTS: Jim Patterson, NCDENR, Solid Waste Section Bobby Cogdill, Haywood County Solid Waste Department STATUS OF PERMIT: Closed PURPOSE OF AUDIT: Post Closure Inspection of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S) (citation and explanation): None Date of Last Audit: 5/28/04 You are hereby advised that, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 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. STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS (List all noted last audit): N/A FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 2 OTHER COMMENTS /SUGGESTIONS: (1) Landfill needs mowing in the spring and any small bushes or trees growing on the cap need to be removed. P se contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report. Phone: 828-296-4500 Regiona Representative/WtLIS Mailed on : 15 Dec 04 by hand delivery X US Mail Certified No. Distribution: original signed cony to facility — signed copy to compliance officer — email or cony to supervisor CC: Mark Poindexter, NCDENR, Field Operations Branch Head Brent Rockett, NCDENR, Western District Supervisor ALIT_71V NCDENR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section UNIT TYPE: check all that apply to this audit with same Permit number Lined LCID YW Transfer Compost SL.AS COUNTY: HAYWOOD MSWLF PERMIT NO.: 44-03 Closed X HHW White Incin T&P FIRM MSWLF oods FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE CDLF Tire TgP! Tire Industrial DENID SDTF Collection Monotill Landfill Date of Audit: 5/28/04 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Haywood County Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Francis Farm Road Waynesville, NC 28786 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Bobby Cogdill, Haywood County Solid Waste Director Telephone: 82 8-627-8042 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT): Bobby Cogdill, Director Haywood County Solid Waste Department 278 Recycle Drive Clyde, NC 28721 AUDIT PARTICIPANTS: Jim Patterson, NC Solid Waste Section Bobby Cogdill, Haywood County Solid Waste Department STATUS OF PERMIT: Closed PURPOSE OF AUDIT: Post Closure Inspection of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Date of Last Audit: 5/4/04 NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S) (citation and explanation): None You are hereby advised that, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-22, an administrative penalty of up to $5,000 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. STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS (List all noted last audit): N/A FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 2 OTHER COMNIENTS /SUGGESTIONS: (1) Landfill has been mown since last inspection. Haywood County requested this re -inspection based on the comment on the last inspection that the landfill needed mowing. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report. Phone: 828-296-4500 q4,oRefg4itona[R—epreYentalivelTYPIS Mailed on : [ Click and We date 1 by hand delivery X US Mail I Certified No. L j Distribution: original signed copy to facility — signed copy to compliance officer — email or copy to supervisor CC: Brent Rockett Mark Poindexter DENR — Solid Waste Section Division of Waste Mgt. 585 Waughtown Street Solid Waste Section Winston-Salem, NC 27107 401 Oberlin Road Raleigh, NC 27605 August 11, 2004 Mr. Larry Rose Solid Waste Section Division of Waste Management North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 401 Oberlin Road, Suite 150 Raleigh, NC 27605 Re: Groundwater Assessment & Corrective Measures Haywood County Closed Landfill, Francis Fanns (permit 4 44-03) MESCO Proiect No. G04002.0 Dear Mr. Rose: Introduction On behalf of Haywood County, Municipal Engineering Company, P.A. (MESCO) has completed a groundwater assessment monitoring plan for the Francis Farms Closed Landfill located near Waynesville, North Carolina. This report is completed in response to concerns raised by the facility and the Solid Waste Section on the issue of possible leachate migration contaminating the aquifer in / both the south and north portions of the site. The purpose of this report is to make recommendations in order to improve the monitoring capability of the existing system, Through implementation of the proposed monitoring plan the nature, extent, and concentration of leachate migration should be able to be determined. Site Description Location The closed landfill is located approximately 2 miles northeast of Waynesville off of Francis Farms Road. The current landfill property line is located very close to the waste limit therefore the current monitoring wells are confined along the boundary. A small stream named Ratcliffe Cove Branch is the closest surface water, The branch flows in a western direction in which it meets with Racoon Creels which drains into Richland Creek north of Waynesville. The enclosed plate presents a general site plan with appropriate buffers, boundaries, and existing monitoring wells, proposed monitoring wells, and proposed piezometers, The area surrounding the facility is very sparsely developed and is mostly agricultural fields to the north and forest to the south. No residences or water supply wells are located between the landfill and Ratcliffe Cove Branch to the north but a single known residential supply well still exists north of Ratcliffe Cove Branch. At least 3 structures are located south of the property but it is unknown at this time if these structures utilize any type of well(s). PO Box 97, Garner, North Carolina 27529 (919) 772-5393 ®�®° PO Box 828, Morehead City, NC 28557 (252) 726-9481 PO Box 349, Boone, North Carolina 28607 (828) 262.1767 Conclusions and Recommendations A comprehensive assessment monitoring plan has been developed in an effort to delineate the limits and extents of the known contaminates originating from the closed landfill, The property currently owned by Haywood County is insufficient to conduct any explorations therefore it is imperative that rights to access adjoining property is procured prior to commencement of the study. All the recommendations are contingent upon having access to all properties surrounding the site. • Install five (5) monitoring wells (MW-6, MW-7, MW-8, MW-9, and MW-10) approximately 250 feet downgradient of the north boundary but south of the Blanton Branch stream. The locations of the proposed monitoring wells are shown in the enclosed drawing. These monitoring wells will be sampled simultaneously with the existing compliance wells during the first regularly scheduled assessment monitoring event. After the initial results are interpreted the county may petition for discontinuation of the sampling requirement for the present monitoring wells MW-lA, MW-2A, and MW-3A and begin to use the new monitoring wells instead. • Install three (3) piezometers (P-1, P-2, and P-3) south of MW-5. The locations are shown in the enclosed plate. These piezometers will be constructed identically to monitoring wells and will be sampled during the first regularly scheduled assessment monitoring. Water levels in these piezometers will be utilized to detennine the true direction of flow in the north portion of the property. These piezometers will potentially be converted into monitoring wells dependent upon the initial laboratory results. If the piezometers are indeed converted into monitoring wells the county may petition for MW-4 and MW-5 to be eliminated from the sampling requirement. • Install two (3) permanent piezometers (PZ-1, PZ-2, and PZ-3) within the existing property boundaries to the east and west of the waste boundary. These piezometers will be used as permanent water level reading sites in order to determine groundwater flow across the entire site. • Investigate the actual status of the private well located at the residence across Ratcliffe Cove Branch north of the site. If the supply well is indeed operational a single sample should be procured for the Appendix 1 list of parameters during the first assessment monitoring event. This is proposed to ensure that the DNAPLs have not migrated past Ratcliffe Cove Branch. In conclusion based upon the facts and observations presented to this point, we recommend that assessment monitoring continue and that improvements to the groundwater monitoring program be initiated. The landfill is scheduled for next sampling in August 2004, If you have any questions regarding this report, please contact either myself of Wayne Sullivan at (919) 772-5393. Sincerely, jAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CO., P.A. fohlntal Specialist 00 ...... .. .......... .. --- ..... ..... O ,ye.m d