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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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gUNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Guilford
Closed MSWLF X HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 41-03
CDLF X Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: February 11, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: May 11, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: City of Greensboro C&D Landfill – White Street Landfill [Phases I & II] 2503 White Street Greensboro, NC 27405 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 36.11628 Long.: -79.71717
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: David Deel, Solid Waste Disposal Manager w. 336-412-3959 c. 336-382-8366 [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
City of Greensboro Field Operations Department David Deel, Solid Waste Disposal Manager
2503 White Street Greensboro, NC 27405
PARTICIPANTS: Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section (SWS) David Deel, Solid Waste Disposal Manager – City of Greensboro Field Operations Department
Lewis S. Walker, Jr., Landfill Supervisor - City of Greensboro Field Operations Department Mike Szychowicz, Landfill Compliance Supervisor - City of Greensboro Field Operations Department Richard P. Lovett, Environmental Compliance Support Manager – City of Greensboro Field Operations Department
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate (PTO) issued December 21, 2017 Life of Site Permit PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On February 11, 2022 Chuck Kirchner with the Solid Waste Section met with David Deel, Richard Lovett, Lewis Walker and Mike Szychowicz with the City of Greensboro Solid Waste Department to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the White Street closed MSW, active C&D landfill and compost facility.
Facility Information 1. The City of Greensboro operates a construction and demolition debris (C&D) landfill atop a closed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill (Phase II, 41-03) adjacent to a closed unlined MSW landfill (Phase I, 41-03). The property also contains an active MSW landfill (Phase III, Permit # 41-12), a large type 1
solid waste compost (SWC) facility (41- 03), and a temporary disaster debris staging site (TDDSS, DS41-002). 2. The facility is open Monday through Friday 7:50 am to 4:50 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 1:00 pm. 3. The facility site plan, permit, and operations plan were discussed. 4. The area available for landfill operations is ~ 31 acres.
5. The facility is permitted to receive solid waste from Guilford County. 6. The facility is permitted to receive C&D, inert debris, land clearing debris (LCD), and (used) asphalt. 7. The facility shall not accept yard trash.
8. The facility does not accept scrap tires or white goods. C&D Records Review 9. The following employees are certified landfill managers: a. David Deel, Certified Manager of Landfill Operations, certification No. 93440, exp. 06/26/24
b. Lewis S. Walker, Jr., Certified Manager of Landfill Operations, certification No. 54260, exp. 09/26/24 c. John Bald, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2009087, exp. 12/4/2024 d. Eddie Briggs, Jr., Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2018012, exp. 2/22/2024
e. Ronnie Bullins, Jr., Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2018009, exp. 2/23/2024 f. Bernard Garner, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2011072, exp. 2/22/2024 g. Dustin L. Gordon, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2015012, exp. 3/24/2024 h. Timothy M. Graham, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2015013, exp. 3/24/2024 i. Michael Jordan, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2014003, exp. 2/22/2024 j. Shane E. Manley, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2020059, exp. 12/10/2023 k. Tony McKinney, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2018008, exp. 2/23/2024 l. Andrew Subotnik, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2018005, exp. 2/23/2024 m. Donald L. Van Eaton, Landfill Operations Specialist, certification # LF-2011081, exp. 2/22/2024
10. The facility maintains daily and monthly records of the amount of solid waste received. Throughput records were observed for July 01, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The facility received 67,218.82 tons. 11. The facility annual report (FAR) dated July 30, 2021 was received by the SWS. Facility throughput for July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 is 66,938.33 tons of C&D waste and 36,291.12 tons of compost material. Of compost and mulch in that time, 13,977.03 tons was sold to the public and 12,843.00 tons were given to the public. 12. The facility is required to conduct a minimum of one waste screening per day. Waste screening records were observed for January 2, 2021 through February 7, 2022. 13. Groundwater and landfill gas monitoring wells observed were accessible. 14. The Phase II landfill has 12 groundwater monitoring wells: II-1, II-2, II-3, II-4A, II-5, II-6, II-7, II-7B,
II-8, II- 12, MW-13, and MW-14.
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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15. The Phase I landfill has five groundwater monitoring wells: I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, and MW-13. 16. The facility has five surface water locations: SW-1, SW-2, SW-3, SW-4, and SW-5. 17. The facility maintains semiannual groundwater and surface water monitoring records submitted by Golder Associates NC, Inc., analyzed by Environmental Conservation Laboratories, Inc. (ENCO). Records for groundwater and surface water monitoring for Phase II dated July 22, 2020, February 12, 2021 and August 30, 2021 were observed. An exceedance is noted for each monitoring event.
18. The Phase II landfill is required to conduct additional monitoring per its corrective action plan (CAP). 19. The CAP requires that two poplar tree phytoremediation areas (north and south buffer areas) are maintained per the following: inspected twice a year per assessment log, inspected monthly for animal damage, mowing, and weed control, monitored natural attenuation (MNA) testing parameters conducted semiannually, BIOCHLOR modeling conducted semiannually, and a consistent landfill cap contour maintained.
20. A CAER report is required to be submitted to the SWS every 5 years as part of the CAP. CAER report last submitted on December 3, 2017 was made available for review this inspection. Mr. Deel stated the next CAER report is scheduled for December of 2022. 21. To check for landfill gas migration the Phase II and Phase I landfills have eight landfill gas monitoring wells: MGMW-1 through MGMW-8. Methane is also monitored at the compost shed, maintenance shop, landfill gas collection system building, maintenance buildings, and several surface point locations.
22. The facility maintains quarterly methane and hydrogen sulfide monitoring records. Landfill gas monitoring is conducted by facility personnel. Records were observed for Phase II and Phase I for December 11, 2020, January 25, 2021, April 20, 2021, July 26, 2021 and December 15, 2021. No exceedance of the methane
or hydrogen sulfide (H2S) lower explosive limit (LEL) is noted. 23. The facility uses two GEM5000 gas analyzer units to conduct quarterly landfill gas monitoring. Gas analyzer unit calibration records were observed. The GEM5000 s/n 504056 was last calibrated on
September 7, 2021 and the GEM5000 s/n 503928 was last calibrated on August 5, 2021. 24. The facility [Phase II and Phase I] has a landfill gas collection system. The landfill gas is used at an energy plant located at the facility or is flared off. About half the landfill gas is diverted to a facility owned by Petra for LFG to be
converted to electricity at a Gas to Energy Plant. This is an independently owned entity that pays the City of Greensboro for the LFG and space for the facility. 25. On January 5, 2015, the facility was issued a Division of Air Quality (DAQ) Title V permit No.
08830T09, expiration date September 30, 2024. 26. The facility has a stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, General Permit No. NCG120000, Certificate Of Coverage No. NCG120013. The NPDES Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit. 27. The facility maintains a weekly soil cover log. Records were observed for January 7, 2020 through February 1, 2022. Phase I & Phase II Site Inspection 28. The facility shall cover solid waste with six inches of soil when the waste disposal area exceeds one-half acre and at least once weekly. 29. The working face appeared small and compact. 30. Windblown material was observed this inspection. Moderate winds were present during this inspection and windblown material was probably from operations during the day. All windblown material shall be returned to the working face by the conclusion of each day. 31. The landfill cap (Phase II and Phase I) appeared maintained. 32. Erosion and sedimentation controls appeared to be in good order.
33. The facility has edge of waste markers installed. 34. During the inspection odor was not detected.
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Compost 35. The facility is permitted to conduct compost operations on Plat Numbers 1, 2, and 3 per December 17, 2017 Permit Condition Attachment I, Section VII.
36. The following employee completed compost training per 15A NCAC 13B .1406 (19): a. Rich Lovett, SWANA Certificate of Completion of the 40 Hour Compost Operations Training Course dated July 19-21, 2021.
37. Woody vegetation/high carbon to nitrogen ratio yard waste is ground for mulch. 38. High nitrogen to carbon ratio yard waste is composted. 39. Leaves are composted separately from other types of yard waste.
40. Facility operations are as follows: Plat No. 1 – materials receiving, yard waste grinding, and active yard waste composting, Plat No. 3 – yard waste compost curing, leaf accumulation and active composting, grinding, and leaf mulch production, and Plat No. 2 – overflow area and active composting. 41. At the time of the inspection, there were 10 active compost windrows on site and 2 wood mulch windrows. 42. Mr. Walker stated most of the compost is sold to the public and some mulch is sold for boiler fuel.
43. The active compost piles appeared well maintained and turned regularly. 44. Mr. Walker stated that compost is cured for 3 – 4 months. 45. The facility screens compost prior to being offered for sale.
46. The City of Greensboro leaf collection generally occurs from November through January. 47. The active compost process at Type 1 facilities shall be maintained at or above 55 degrees Celsius/131 degrees Fahrenheit for 3 days and aerated to maintain elevated temperatures. 48. The facility maintains active compost temperature records. Records for May 3, 2021 through February 7, 2022 were provided by Mr. Lovett. 49. There was an additional 7 windrows of LCID mulch near the convenience center. Mr. Walker stated that this material had come in from a recent tornado clean up and was currently being sold or given away as part of the normal compost operations. This area is not part of the Disaster Debris site and the TDSR (Temporary Debris Storage and Reduction Site) was never activated. 50. Additional LCID material was observed to be within permitted compost operations areas. 51. Mr. Walker stated that some of the logs in this area would be given away for firewood. 52. The facility appeared to maintain adequate fire lanes. 53. Continue to ensure stormwater in active compost areas does not accumulate along mulch. 54. During the inspection odor was not detected. General Comments 55. The facility has a water truck available for dust control. 56. The facility has proper signage. 57. Access roads are of all-weather construction.
58. The facility is secured by a locked gate. 59. In the event of an emergency the facility will call 911 for assistance.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _ Chuck Kirchner Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: February 23, 2022 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
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Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Lewis Walker, Landfill Compliance Supervisor – City of Greensboro, [e-mail] Richard Lovett, Environmental Compliance Support Manager – City of Greensboro,
[e-mail] Mike Szychowicz, Landfill Compliance Supervisor - City of Greensboro, [e-mail]