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Home My WebLink About6705_INSP_20220601FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Onslow Closed MSWLF X HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 6705-MSWLF-1984 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Inspection: 1 June 2022 Date of Last Inspection: 31 March 2021 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Onslow County MSW Landfill 415 Meadowview Road Jacksonville, NC GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.79682 E: -077.54187 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Ben Warren 910.347.4717 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Onslow County Landfill Attn: Division Head 415 Meadowview Road Jacksonville, NC 28540 E-mail: benjamin_warren@onslowcountync.gov PARTICIPANTS: Michael Russell; Onslow County Solid Waste Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste STATUS OF PERMIT: Closed Unlined MSWLF PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None applicable OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: 1) 15A NCAC 13B .1627 (d)(1)(A) states “Following closure of each MSWLF unit, the owner or operator shall conduct post-closure care. Post-closure care shall …consist of the following: maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of any cap system, including making repairs to the cover as necessary to correct the effects of settlement, subsidence, erosion, or other events, and preventing rainwater that drains over land from or onto any part of the facility or unit from eroding or damaging the cap system;” Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below for details concerning the violation(s) listed above. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 6705_INSP_20220601 Page 2 of 5 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 1) This Facility is a closed MSW Landfill and a closed Asbestos Waste Disposal Site. 2) The site is secured by a locked gate at the Facility entrance. 3) Proper signage is posted at the entry gate stating the permit number and Facility contact information. 4) The Facility access road is of all-weather construction and appears well maintained at this time. 5) The Landfill Gas collection system appears well maintained at this time. 6) The closed Asbestos Disposal Area was reviewed. 7) The closed Asbestos Disposal Area is clearly marked and has a well-established cover crop of native warm season grasses which is mowed throughout the growing season as necessary. This area appears well maintained at this time. 8) Facility monitoring wells were reviewed. All reviewed wells were readily accessible, properly labeled, and secured with functioning locks. 9) This Facility manages Landfill Gas (LFG) through a collection system which is plumbed to the adjacent active Onslow County MSW Landfill, permit #67-09 for use at the onsite Onslow Power Producers/Cube District Energy llc LFG-to-energy plant. 10) Permanent, highly visible Edge-of-Waste (EOW) markers delineating the waste disposal boundary and are being maintained as required. 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 6705_INSP_20220601 Page 3 of 5 11) Overall, this Facility has a well-maintained cover crop of native warm season grasses. However, areas of sparse cover with erosion of the landfill cap system were observed throughout the landfill. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report (FCIR), plans need to be underway for the repair of these areas. All eroded areas should be filled with suitable soil and graded at a slope not greater than 3:1. All repaired areas and any areas with sparse cover should be seeded and mulched to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system. 12) Areas of seeping leachate were observed in several of the eroded areas and in various places on both the southern and northern outside slopes of the landfill. No leachate was observed leaving the permitted disposal footprint of the landfill. *Withing thirty days of receipt of this FCIR, please repair the landfill cap system in all seeping areas. The repaired areas should be graded at a slope not greater than 3:1, seeded, and mulched to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system. Please monitor all repaired areas for continued seeping. Any areas where leachate continues to seep should be addressed promptly to FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 6705_INSP_20220601 Page 4 of 5 prevent the release of leachate outside the permitted disposal boundary. 13) The landfill cover crop is in need of mowing. *Within thirty days of receipt of this FCIR, plans need to be underway for the mowing of the landfill cover crop. 14) Areas of differential settlement were observed in various areas on the southern outside slope of the landfill. *In order to promote the positive flow of surface waters from the landfill, plans should be underway for the filling and grading of all differentially settled areas throughout the landfill. These areas should be filled with suitable soil and graded at a slope not greater than 3:1. All repaired areas should be seeded and mulched to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system. 15) Considerable erosion was observed around the surface water control structure and downpipe leading from the southwestern sideslope. Several trees were also observed growing in and around this feature. *Within thirty days of receipt of this FCIR, plans should be underway for the removal of these, and any other trees found growing within the landfill disposal boundary and for the repair the erosion around this surface water control FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 6705_INSP_20220601 Page 5 of 5 feature. 16) *Corrective measures are required as a result of this Facility Compliance Inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report. Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: 252.948.3955 E-mail: ray.williams@ncdenr.gov Regional Representative Delivered on: 3 June 2022 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: andrew.hammonds@ncdenr.gov Michael Russell; Onslow County Solid Waste: michael_russell@onslowcountync.org C: \2022\Onslow\Facilities\67-05\Inspections\6705_INSP_20220601 NCDEQ DWM Laserfiche Online Document Management System: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/Browse.aspx?id=1437&dbid=0&repo=WasteManagement   Go Green! Thank you for helping NCDEQ be environmentally responsible.