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OPERATING PROCEDURES
SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION
YANCEY - MITCHEL.L COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
JOHN T. COXEY, P.E.
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ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
94206.01
JULY, 1994

to WASTE ACCEPTANCE AND DISPOSAL
This facility will receive solid waste as defined in 15A NCAC 13B.01 01 (36), except that
hazardous and liquid wastes are prohibited from acceptance at this facility.
Signs providing information on disposal procedures, hours of operation and the facility
permit number will be posted at the site entrance. The signs will also state that no
hazardous or liquid waste will be received at this facility.
The Solid Waste Transfer Station will be located within the existing new landfill. Chains
and/or gates will be used to secure the transfer station when it is closed for public use.
Full time personnel will be on duty at all times while the transfer station is open to the
public to ensure compliance with operational requirements.
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Ila DISPOSAL OF WATER IN CONTACT WITH SOLID
WASTE
All water that comes in contact with solid waste at this facility will be contained and
collected at the facility through the use of drainage structures and a wastewater holding
tank. This facility has been issued a pump and haul permit by Division of Environmental
Management for transporting wastewater from the holding tank to either the Town of
Burnsville or Town of Spruce Pine wastewater treatment facilities.
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Ill. FIRE CONTROL
There will be a yard hydrant at the facility for control of minor fires. Any fire can be
effectively extinguished by the numerous volunteer and municipal fire departments in both
Yancey and Mitchell Counties.
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IV. LITTER, ODORS, VECTORS, AND WATER
The potential problem of blowing litter will be minimized by the fact that the solid waste
will be collected and stored in a partially enclosed transfer station building and emptied
on a daily basis. Any refuse which might be blown out of the station will be collected by
transfer station personnel who will police the area as required on a daily basis.
Odors should pose no problem due to the frequency which the solid waste will be
removed and transferred to Palmetto Landfill.
Vectors, such as rodents and flies, will be controlled by the frequent removal of solid
waste from the station. Policing of the area for windblown refuse will be performed at the
conclusion of each day of operation. Should a problem with rodents, flies or other insects
become apparent, a professional exterminator will be contacted.
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