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Home My WebLink About0104_INSP_20220110FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 4 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF X LCID YW X Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Alamance Closed MSWLF HHW White goods X Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 01-04 CDLF X Tire T&P / Collection X Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: January 10, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: February 24, 2021 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Alamance County Austin Quarter Road Solid Waste Management Facility 2701 Austin Quarter Road Graham, NC 27253 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.93973 Long.: -79.29288 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Richard Hill, Solid Waste Director – Alamance County Landfill w. 336-376-8902 (press #5 then #4) c. 336-214-6565 f. 336-376-8937 richard.hill@alamance-nc.com FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Alamance County Landfill Richard Hill, Solid Waste Director 2701 Austin Quarter Road Graham, NC 27253 PARTICIPANTS: Richard Hill, Solid Waste Director – Alamance County Landfill Rodney Foust, Landfill Operation Superintendent – Alamance County Landfill Ben Clawson, Engineer – Municipal Engineering Services Co., PA (MESCO) Tommy Lager, Senior Construction Observer/Surveyor – MESCO Aaron Kaples, Project Manager – Baxter Johnson Contracting Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section STATUS OF PERMIT: Permit to Operate (PTO) issued December 10, 2015 Permit to Construct (PTC) issued in conjunction with PTO PTO expiration date December 16, 2020 Permit Renewal Application submitted on October 13, 2020 currently under review PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Partial Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 4 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS On January 10, 2022 Chuck Kirchner met with Richard Hill & Rodney Foust with Austin Quarter Landfill, MESCO staff and Baxter Johnson Contracting staff for a pre-construction meeting in advance of making repairs to the damaged base liner system in Phase 3. 1. In the summer of 2020, the facility began placing waste in an area in Phase 3, Cells 1A and 2A which had been under a rain cover since the construction was completed in 2006. The facility first started removing the rain cover and placing waste in the southwestern corner in Cell 1A. The base liner system in Cell 2A on the north side, along the access road, was discovered as damaged as the facility continued to remove the rain cover to place waste. The Solid Waste Section (Section) required an investigation of the damage to the base liner system and the submittal of a repair work plan for review and approval. 2. Based on the outcome of the investigation of the damaged base liner system, on September 14, 2021, the Section approved the Alamance County Repair Work Plan (FID1609269) to repair the damaged area in Cell 2A. The work plan and repairs were reviewed on-site during the pre-construction meeting. Please proceed reconstruction and replacement of the damaged baseliner system at the landfill in accordance with the approved plan. 3. Austin Quarter Landfill personnel have removed and stockpiled the existing protective cover and have removed and disposed of the damaged base liner. 4. Baxter Johnson Contracting will begin preparing the base layer by removing the top 12” of the existing cohesive soil and will stockpile it nearby. The bottom 6” lift of existing cohesive soil will be remixed and have water added to obtain soil moisture content. This will be repeated for the second and third 6” lifts. Testing will be conducted to verify repair plan requirements. Following this the liner and protective cover layer will be added per the repair plan. View of construction area where the damaged base liner materials have been removed. Photograph taken by Chuck Kirchner during the 1/10/2022 inspection. 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. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 3 of 4 5. The current working face is located southeast of the basin area (upper left corner of the picture below). The working face was small and compact. 6. Spray-applied Mortar Coating (SMC) has been sprayed on compacted waste to the west of the working face. Ensure SMC completely covers all exposed waste surfaces so that only the coating is observable. Photograph taken by Chuck Kirchner during the 1/10/2022 inspection. 7. Soil cover has been placed on most of the waste on the southwestern portion of the basin. A good soil cover will help reduce any vectors on site. Soil cover is required to be applied over all waste within a 7-day period. Photograph taken by Chuck Kirchner during the 1/10/2022 inspection. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 4 8. No windblown material was observed. 9. All liquids above and below the rain cover, as shown in the photograph above, are being treated as leachate and being pumped into the leachate collection system. 10. The landfill facility received 1” of rain on 1/9/2022. Three trucks are running continually taking the leachate to the City of Burlington WWTP. 11. Leachate tanks were observed this inspection. Each 30,000 gallon tank had ~5’ of leachate in them during this inspection. 12. Continue to repair any eroded rills on landfill areas that have intermediate or permanent cover and continue to seed and mulch until cap is stabilized with vigorous permanent grass cover. 13. The treatment and processing (T&P) area was observed to be in good condition during this inspection. Mr. Foust stated that the LCD material had recently been ground. 14. Mr. Hill stated that there was approximately 325 tons of LCD material currently in the T&P area. 15. Adequate buffers were observed around the LCD material on site. 16. Logging activities were observed on site during this inspection. 116.1 acres are being logged and will be re- seeded with trees in three to six months. The initial 17 acres logged are being cleared for a new cell according to Mr. Hill. 17. Waste screening records were observed on site during this inspection from June 10, 2020 through November 30, 2021. Waste screening appears to be done well. 18. Access roads were of all weather construction. The site entrance area and convenience area near entrance have been repaved and have new signage for traffic control. 19. The landfill recently purchased a new water truck for use at the landfill. Photograph taken by Chuck Kirchner during the 1/10/2022 inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: 336-776-9633 _ Chuck Kirchner Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: January 18, 2022 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] Copies: Ed Mussler, Section Chief – Solid Waste Section Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Sherry Stanley, Engineering Supervisor – Solid Waste Section Ming-Tai Chao, Environmental Engineer – Solid Waste Section