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Home My WebLink About9224_INSP_20220607FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 4 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: WAKE Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9224-MWP-2012 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: June 7, 2022 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: GFL Raleigh C&D Processing Facility 2318 Garner Road Raleigh, NC 27610 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.74673 Long.: -78.63558 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Donald Plessinger, General Manager, 919-557-9583, Donald.Plessinger@gflenv.com Carlos Sarria, Operations Manager, 919-836-2776, c: 919-868-2719, carlos.sarria@gflenv.com FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Donald Plessinger, General Manager GFL Environmental Inc 421 Raleigh View Road Raleigh, NC 27610 PARTICIPANTS: Tim Davis, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section Amanda Thompson, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section Carlos Sarria, Operations Manager, GFL Environmental STATUS OF PERMIT: PTO issued September 14, 2021, expires February 19, 2024 Permit renewal should be submitted to the Section no later than August 19th, 2023 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Compliance Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None 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 2 of 4 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS The facility is a reclamation and transfer facility for construction and demolition (C&D) debris. The facility was issued a Title V Air Permit (#10690G00) on July 19, 2021, but the proposed air curtain incinerator was never constructed nor put into use. The facility was granted approval to rescind the permit by NCDEQ on April 5, 2022. 1. The facility is permitted to receive C&D debris, inert debris, used asphalt, and source separated wood pallets and cardboard from Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson and the municipalities contained within those counties. The facility reclaims wood, concrete, metal, cardboard, and asphalt shingles from C&D debris. All C&D waste that is not recycled is currently being transported to the Brownfield Road C&D Landfill (Permit# 9231-CDLF-2012) in Holly Springs for disposal. Waste must only be transported to facilities whose service area includes the generation source. 2. The facility is in operation Monday through Friday, 7:00am - 4:00pm. When not in operation, the facility is secured by a locked gate. The facility has proper signage. 3. The facility permit and operations plan were available and reviewed with the Operations Manager. Ensure current operations plan is printed and posted and all NCDEQ contact information is updated and accurate. 4. Waste screenings were reviewed and up to date. Screenings are performed through random inspections of incoming loads. 5. The following are facility certified personnel: a) Carlos Sarria, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2005062, exp. 11/18/2023, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, LF-2013045, exp. 6/21/2022 b) Thomas Goff, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, LF-2018067, exp. 11/16/2024 c) Belinda Jarboe, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, LF-2014030, exp. 5/9/2023 6. The maximum amount of waste material and recyclable product permissible on the facility property at any time is 15,000 tons. The facility is currently receiving an average of 200-300 tons per day. All material is typically processed the same day it is received. Waste remaining on the tipping floor after hours must be only of an amount sufficient to begin sorting operations the next day and must be covered by a tarp. Ensure the facility utilizes a tarp large enough to completely cover any waste remaining overnight. 7. The tipping floor/operations concrete pad does not provide leachate containment. If leachate is observed, it shall be contained and properly disposed of. During this inspection a pothole/large crack containing standing water was observed in the concrete operations pad. The concrete pad in waste management areas must be adequately maintained. Cracks in the concrete that would allow surface water or leachate to enter the ground must be promptly repaired. If cracks have gone unrepaired for an extended length of time, the subsurface soils may need to be evaluated. Also, water was observed draining from the concrete pad and accumulating in a low-lying area below the wood and concrete waste piles. Ensure all potholes and cracks in the tipping floor are repaired and all standing water is treated as leachate and properly disposed of. 8. Concrete barriers are being used to create bays for unloading of different sized vehicles. This system improves safety for customers unloading smaller vehicles such as pick-up trucks. 9. This facility includes a C&D waste sorting line which is not currently in use. Mr. Sarria stated the sorting line has not been in use since the start of the pandemic due to overall reduction in waste intake. Material separation is done by grapple. 10. The segregated wood and concrete piles at the time of this inspection appeared to be of manageable size. Tires are removed from incoming waste loads and stored in a trailer within a covered bay underneath the sorting line. Once the trailer is full, it is hauled offsite for proper disposal. 11. Windblown waste is being properly managed. 12. During this inspection, two monitoring wells were observed along the right side of the access road and west of the scale house. Mr. Sarria stated that he did not know their purpose and did not think they were actively being sampled. Ensure these monitoring wells are identified as to their purpose, and if no longer in use, ensure they are properly abandoned. 13. Digital photographs were taken during this inspection. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 3 of 4 Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: 919-707-8290 _ Tim Davis timothy.davis@ncdenr.gov Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: June 17, 2022 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] Copies: Andrew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Amanda Thompson, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 4 Digital photographs taken by Amanda Thompson on June 7, 2022. View of facility grounds. View of C&D waste sorting line (not currently in use). View of pothole/crack in concrete slab containing water. View of water from slab accumulating in low-lying area. View of segregated wood and concrete waste piles. View of monitoring wells.