6709_INSP_20220816

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF X LCID X YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Onslow
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 6709-MSWLF-1997
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection X Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 16 August 2022 Date of Last Inspection: 6 June 2022
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC

GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.80283 E: -077.54610

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Tim Aunkst
910.989.2107

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
Attn: Division Head
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC 28540
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Tim Aunkst; Onslow County Solid Waste (Present for Post-Inspection Review Meeting only)
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Life-of-Site Permit to Operate (PTO) 6709-MSWLF-1997 Onslow County Subtitle D Landfill Phases I-IV
and 6705-LCID-1991 Onslow County Landfill LCID Unit issued 16 October 2017. Life-of-site ends when the Facility
reaches its final permitted elevations or by 31 December 2057. Any significant site changes may require permit
modification. The owner or operator must contact the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division
of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section for coordination of significant site changes, including, but not limited to,
pertinent Site, Operation, and Waste Screening plans.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (2)(b) states “Except as provided in Sub-Item (c) of this Item, the owners or operators
of all MSWLF units shall cover disposed solid waste with six inches of earthen material at the end of each
operating day, or at more frequent intervals if necessary to prevent the escape of waste and the attraction of
vectors and scavenging, and to minimize fires and the generation of odors.” Unresolved
2) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (7) states “Erosion and sedimentation control requirements. Erosion control measures
consisting of vegetative cover, materials, structures, or other devices shall be utilized to prevent silt from
leaving the site and to prevent on-site erosion, and shall comply with 15A NCAC 04, which is incorporated
by reference including subsequent amendments and editions.” Unresolved
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3) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (11) states “Windblown waste requirements. Methods such as fencing and diking
shall be provided within the area to confine solid waste that is subject to be blown by the wind. At the
conclusion of each operating day, all windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and
disposed of by the owner or operator.” Unresolved

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (2)(b) states “Except as provided in Sub-Item (c) of this Item, the owners or operators
of all MSWLF units shall cover disposed solid waste with six inches of earthen material at the end of each
operating day, or at more frequent intervals if necessary to prevent the escape of waste and the attraction of
vectors and scavenging, and to minimize fires and the generation of odors.”
2) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (7) states “Erosion and sedimentation control requirements. Erosion control measures
consisting of vegetative cover, materials, structures, or other devices shall be utilized to prevent silt from
leaving the site and to prevent on-site erosion, and shall comply with 15A NCAC 04, which is incorporated
by reference including subsequent amendments and editions.”
3) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (11) states “Windblown waste requirements. Methods such as fencing and diking
shall be provided within the area to confine solid waste that is subject to be blown by the wind. At the
conclusion of each operating day, all windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and
disposed of by the owner or operator.”

Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below for details concerning the violation(s) listed above.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This Facility is a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill with a separate white goods management area, a scrap tire
collection area, an electronics recycling area, and a pallet collection/grinding area.
2) This Facility is permitted to receive all Municipal Solid Waste, Construction & Demolition Waste, Yard
Waste, Land-clearing Debris, Scrap Tires, and White Goods generated within Onslow County.
3) Proper signage including the Facility permit number, accepted waste types, banned or excluded items, hours
of operation, and the emergency contact number is posted at the facility entrance.
4) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the Facility entrance. The gate was open upon my arrival
and Facility personnel were on site during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
5) The hours of operation are Monday through Saturday 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Three Holidays are observed:
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
6) The Facility access roads are of all-weather construction and are well maintained at this time.
7) The White goods/Scrap Metal, Electronics, and Scrap Tire Recycling Element was reviewed during this
Facility Compliance Inspection.
8) All recyclable electronics are placed on the concrete pad under the shelter and maintained there until
transported to the recycling Facility. All recyclable electronics are palletized and secured with shrink wrap for
transport.
9) All scrap tires are being maintained and managed on the concrete pad at the metal recycling element. Scrap
tires are maintained in a concrete bunker and covered at the end of the workday until placed into containers
for transport to the landfill working face for shredding and disposal.
10) All collected white goods and scrap metal are being maintained on the concrete pad.
11) Refrigerant containing white goods are maintained in an upright condition until the refrigerant is
removed/collected for recycling.
12) This Facility maintains a separate area near the scalehouse with roll-off containers for use by residential
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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customers. This area is well maintained with no overflow or windblown debris observed during this Facility
Compliance Inspection.
13) Landfill Gas (LFG) is collected and plumbed to the on-site Onslow Power Producers/Cube District Energy llc
LFG-to-energy plant.
14) Daily operations of the LFG-to-Energy Plant are conducted by Cube District Energy, llc.
15) The LFG-to-Energy plant was in operation during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
16) The leachate collection system cleanouts are highly visible, readily accessible, protected, and well-maintained
at this time.
17) Leachate is treated and stored in on-site leachate containment tanks until pumped via force main to the City of
Jacksonville Wastewater Treatment Plant.
18) The leachate containment tanks and management system appear well-maintained at this time.
19) This Facility is currently operating in Phase IV.
20) This Facility maintains an ARJES VZ950 Titan mobile shredder in an area adjacent to the working face for
processing bulky wastes such as furniture, mattresses, construction and demolition wastes, and tires. These
wastes are processed through the shedder before being disposed in the landfill. Portions of the incoming
vegetative waste stream are redirected from the Onslow County Landfill LCID, permit #67-05 and
ground/chipped and used as temporary road base at the active working face or mixed with soil for cover on
the outside slopes of the landfill. *Please ensure that all waste processed through the shredder is transported to
the working face for disposal in a timely manner. All incoming MSW waste should be properly disposed at
the working face daily. No processed waste, except for scrap tires, can be stockpiled overnight. Unprocessed
stockpiled bulky waste must be tarped overnight. The Approved Shredder Operations Plan should be
reviewed to ensure compliance with this element of your Facility Operations. This document can be found
here:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/DocView.aspx?id=1601631&dbid=0&repo=WasteManagement
21) The inactive areas of the landfill (Phases I-III) are maintained with a cover crop of native warm season type
grasses. These areas are mowed throughout the growing season as needed. Areas of sparse cover were
observed throughout the inactive areas of the landfill. *Within thirty days of receipt of this FCIR, please
seed and mulch these areas to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system.
22) Areas of sparse cover and erosion of the landfill cap were observed on the western outside slope of Phase IV.
Some areas have eroded the cover sufficiently to expose waste. *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 all
areas with sparse cover should be seeded and mulched to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion
of your landfill cap system.
23) Areas of seeping leachate were observed in several of the eroded areas on the western outside slope of Phase
IV. No leachate was observed leaving the permitted disposal footprint of the landfill. *Within 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
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leachate continues to seep should be addressed promptly to prevent the release of leachate or the migration of
leachate outside the permitted disposal boundary.
24) The northern outside slope has been compacted, covered, and graded. No groundcover suitable to prevent
erosion the landfill cap system has been established and large areas of erosion were observed during this
Facility Compliance Inspection. Facility personnel were on site removing eroded cover material deposited in
the surface water ditch at the northern toe of the landfill. *Within thirty days of receipt of this FCIR, please
repair all eroded areas. Please seed and mulch all repaired areas and the entire northern outside slope to
establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system.
25) Neither the top lift of Phase IV or the active working area appear to have been adequately covered in
accordance with the requirement for daily cover. *Within thirty days of receipt of this FCIR, please ensure
that this area is sufficiently compacted and adequately covered. Moving forward, please ensure that no
exposed waste can be observed upon completion of daily cover and/or migration of the active working face to
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another area of the landfill.
26) The waste type being disposed was reviewed. The waste type at the working face was MSW only and no
unpermitted materials were observed.
27) Windblown debris was observed on the outside slopes of the landfill and in several areas outside of the
Facility access road. *Please ensure that all windblown debris is collected and returned to the working face at
the end of each workday or throughout the workday as necessary.
28) *Continued corrective measures are required as a result of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Regional Representative

Delivered on: 22 August 2022 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Michael Russell; Landfill Supervisor/Onslow County: [e-mail]

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