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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management
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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Edgecombe
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 3303-COMPOST-2010
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: March 24, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: September 21, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Eastern Composting, LLC
8487 Battleboro – Leggett Rd.
Battleboro, North Carolina 27809
GPS COORDINATES: N: 36 °03307 E: - 77 °74621 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Name: Jason Smith Joel Boseman Todd Johnston
Telephone: [phone] 252-446-3636 252-985-8882 Fax: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Jason Smith – Facility Manager Eastern Composting, LLC P.O. Box 460
Battleboro, North Carolina 27809
PARTICIPANTS: Jason Smith – Facility Manager
John College – NCDEQ-DWM-SWS-FOB
STATUS OF PERMIT: Active. Issued on August 19, 2016. Site is recorded in the Edgecombe County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, Book
1324, Page 396. Edgecombe Co. Parcel number is 387313920000.Total property is 319.4 acres. The actual compost operation is approximately 27 acres. This Permit to Operate (PTO) expired March 04, 2020. John College Searched the Laserfiche database and no renewal documents or new PTO found. Mr. Smith is in contact with DWM permitting staff.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Facility Compliance Inspection of a Large Type IV Compost Facility.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
01 – Per Last Inspection: The Permit to Operate (PTO) for this facility is a Large Type 4 Compost Facility and was issued on August 19, 2016 and expired on March 04, 2020. No later than November 04, 2019, Permittee must have submitted a request for a permit review and must update pertinent facility plans. On the last inspection, Jason Smith told John College the permit renewal information has been sent in. John College instructed Jason Smith to contact the permitting section to check on this permit’s status on the last inspection report dated December 11, 2020. No new permit or renewal documents were found in Laserfiche by John College on April 21,
2021. Covid-19 may have slowed the PTO process. Keep operating under your August 19, 2016 PTO, but also keep checking with permitting staff on the status of the renewal of your PTO. Mr. Smith is in contact with DWM permitting staff. 02 - Facility has several signs with required information. 03 - Facility has fencing and locking gates/cables for security.
04 - Roads are made of All-Weather construction and maintained well. 05 - All windrows (Stored feedstock, Active compost & Finished product) do not exceed size requirements. 06 - Facility has a partial windrow stockpiled at the front being used for land application. 07 - Active windrows are being turned and some finished compost is being moved to the front for land application. 08 - No leachate issues noted during this inspection. 09 - Leachate pond has plenty of freeboard. Transferred to the City of Rocky Mount WWTP. Permit (WQ0033492)
from DWR on-site and reviewed. Permit expires 3/31/2022. Renewal has been submitted. 10 - There continues to be very little of non-conforming waste left into the feedstock piles or the active compost piles. 11 - Temperature records were reviewed during this partial facility inspection and found to be up to date and meeting the requirements. Facility has the aeration intervals are on the temperature record and were also reviewed and foud to be up to date. Moisture levels were not reviewed. 12 - Calibration of temperature probe records were not available during this partial facility inspection. Facility has
purchased 2 new probes. Receipt was available and reviewed. Facility can calibrate probes with the ice water method. 32 degrees. 13 - All Finished product is permitted to be land applied. 14 – Compost analysis were available and reviewed. Last dated analysis was 8/25/2021. 15 - Digital pictures were taken during this inspection and some are attached to this report. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _ Email: [e-mail] Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: March 25, 2022 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
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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Copies; * Andrew Hammonds, DWM Eastern District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
• Signage

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• Stored finished compost pile being used for land application

• Curing compost windrow on concrete pad.

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• Closed loop leachate pond.

• Ground feedstock.