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Home My WebLink About77001YWN_INSP_20220712FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 5 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW X Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: RICHMOND Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: YWN-77-001 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: July 12, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: May 20, 2022 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Richmond County Yard Waste Notification 191 Walter Kelly Dr, Rockingham, NC 28379 GPS COORDINATES: Lat: 35.014656 ° Long: -79.806254 ° FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Jerry Austin, Jr., Solid Waste/Recycling Director 910-997-8338, Jerry.austin@richmondnc.com Bryan K Leggett, Assistant Public Works Director 910-997-8338, bryan.leggett@richmondnc.com FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Richmond County YWN P.O. Box 368 Rockingham, North Carolina 28379 PARTICIPANTS: Bryan Leggett, Richmond Co. Andrew Hammonds, NCDEQ - SWS David Powell, NCDEQ - SWS STATUS OF PERMIT: YWN Renewal submitted 5/19/2022 RENEWAL required by June 1st of each Year. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Inspection – Follow Up Fire on 3/26/2022 STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: NA OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: NA FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 5 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 1. The purpose of this inspection was to conduct a follow up on the yard waste area after a fire was reported on 3/26/2022. Although the fire is pretty much out, but it still has hot spots. Transfer Station LOS Permit (7703T) has a yard waste section in its permit while that area is mostly addressed through this yard waste notification inspection. Yard waste area is still smoldering and smoking, although contained. The clean pallet waste and the mulched pallet waste was not burned previously but the fire has jumped over and burned it as well. Some new YW and pallets are being collected but separated further from what’s smoldering. A windrow has been managed to be made of a large amount separating the hot material from the unburned. Mr. Leggett explained that the mulch/compost/ash would be going to Uwharrie landfill as ADC once cool enough to put in trailer. View is of southwest side of YWN. Hotter windrow waste with ash. 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 3 of 5 Main windrow in center of YWN. Burned waste with ash in separated pile behind this one to the southeast Clean pallet waste stockpiled separate as well. Please remove plywood and dispose properly. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 5 2. It will take time for this waste to become cool and safe enough to work. When conditions allow, please remove to appropriate disposal sites. If the conditions change or worsen, please notify Mr. Powell/Section within 24 hours. The County may need to stop accepting pallet and yard waste until this problem can be resolved and normal operation can begin again. Operations should not be conducted outside the approved 2-acre area. Be looking for acceptable avenues for yard waste/ash disposal, in which those were discussed onsite during inspection. Be sure and document where the waste goes and that it is an approved site for that waste type. The older waste in the buffers and underneath the smoldering piles still needs addressing as well. Use this time to address all issues and fix the site back well so there will be less issues in the future, such as building an appropriate pad for operating. 3. In future, better placement and sizing of the windrow should be emphasized to minimalize one windrow from catching the others on fire. It is unknown if that would have helped in this fire but be sure and remember lessons learned during this event to try and prevent it from reoccurring in the future. Transfer Station Permit Attachment 3, Part (7), 21 - The permittee must store or stockpile the received waste or processed/ground material (such as mulch) in the following manner: a. Each windrow has the maximum height of 30 feet and the width of 50 feet at any time. b. Each windrow shall be maintained at least 25-foot clear distance or perimeter from drainage ditches and swales, around the processing area, and other stockpiles of raw wastes and ground material to allow for inspection, monitoring temperature, or firefighting. c. Each windrow shall be maintained at least 50-foot clear distance from property boundaries. 4. Edge of Waste (EOW) markers need to be reinstalled in correct locations. Be sure the accurately mark the 2 acre or less notification as well as comply with buffers. This will help identify any waste outside the approved are which needs to be removed from the buffer or outside the notification and disposed or put back into windrow/composting. 5. Upcoming ACI was discussed. Be sure and get all approvals, plans and maps and build according to what’s approved. A Pre-operational inspection will be needed before ACI can operate as well as certain conditions satisfied. It may be sometime before this can start taking waste and take some of the pressure off the YWN. YWN will still be needed for the waste that int allowed in the ACI. 6. Consult your engineering firm/consultant for ideas and check with the Sections Permit Engineer, Ming Chao, for approval before altering any process/plans. Ming Chaos’ contact number is (919) 707 – 8251 and ming.chao@ncdenr.gov. 7. Corrective measures are necessary as result of this inspection and should be met within 60 days receipt of this inspection. Failure to meet the conditions for compliance may result in Compliance Actions. A follow up inspection will be needed to confirm the corrective actions have been addressed. Given the nature of the situation and the corrective actions, it may take longer time, but 60 days should be a sufficient time frame for inspecting on progress and clean up started. If additional time is needed, please communicate with Mr. Powell and discuss before end of the deadline timeframe. Any changes to yard waste area, please contact Mr. Powell/Section within 24 hours. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 5 of 5 Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: 910-433-3350 _ David Powell Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: 7/19/2022 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] Copies: Drew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section