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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Rockingham
Closed MSWLF HHW X White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 7903-TRANSFER-1991, 7903-HHW-2013
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: August 17, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: August 19, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: City of Eden MSW Transfer and HHW Collection Facility 123 Mebane Bridge Road
Eden, NC 27288 GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: 36.476696° Long.: -79.740287° FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Dusty Curry, City of Eden Solid Waste Superintendent Telephone: [phone] (mobile)
Email address: [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
City of Eden Municipal Services Department Solid Waste Division 1050 Klyce Street Eden, NC 27288
PARTICIPANTS: Dusty Curry, Solid Waste Superintendent – City of Eden Robert Pike, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section STATUS OF PERMIT:
Transfer Station Life of Site Permit issued August 26, 2020 HHW Permit Renewal issued August 26, 2020, expires August 22, 2025 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None. OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None.
FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility consists of a transfer station (permit # 7903T-TRANSFER-1991) and permanent HHW collection facility (permit # 7903-HHW-2013) for the City of Eden. 2. The Transfer Station is not open to the public and only receives waste from city trucks that collect household waste. The HHW is open to City of Eden residences only and is permitted to only collect paint. 3. A recycling convenience center is located on site next to the HHW collection area. The facility allows residents to drop off separated residential recyclable material including cardboard, plastic bottles, aluminum cans, mixed paper, plastic bags, used motor oil, oil filters, and used cooking oil. Televisions and computer equipment are not accepted at the site and residents are directed to take electronics to the Rockingham County Landfill (permit # 7904). Records Review: 4. The Permit to Operate (dated August 26, 2020) and approved Operation Manual are available for review and located on site at the Transfer Facility.
5. A review of the 2021-22 Facility Annual Report indicated that a total of . 6. The facility tracks daily tonnage by logging each truckload taken to the Rockingham County Landfill and correlating that information with the weigh tickets received from the landfill. Truck logs and waste tickets from
July 1, 2021 through August 15, 2022, were reviewed. 7. Waste screening logs from August 4, 2021 through August 13, 2022 were reviewed and found to be complete. Based on tannage records the facility is inspecting more than the require 5% of incoming waste. 8. The facility accepts latex and oil-based paints for the HHW program. Facility staff solidify latex paints as they are received. The solidified paint is placed directly into the transfer trailer for disposal at the Rockingham County Landfill. Oil-based paints ate disposed through a HHW contractor EcoFlo, Inc. The facility operations plan calls for the collection of oil-based paints every 6 months. HHW records indicated that oil-based paints had been collected by EcoFlow on May 9, 2022. 9. Facility staff are required to participate in a monthly safety training the relates to the HHW and transfer station. Training records were reviewed for the period of July 14, 2021 through July 20, 2022. 10. Transfer station cleaning records were available for review. Records dating from August 4, 2021 through July
13, 2022 were observed. 11. The following city staff are currently certified by NCSWANA as Transfer Station Operator Specialists: a. Dusty Curry – expires 4/14/2024
b. Mark Boyer – expires 11/15/2024 c. Kris Long – expires 11/15/2024 d. Ivan Cabiness – expires 11/3/2024
Facility Inspection:
12. The facility is surrounded by a chain link fence and secured by two locking gates. 13. All roadways are paved, in good condition, and provide adequate room for traffic to maneuver safely. 14. The facility was observed to be clean and well maintained. Grassy areas were mowed and appeared to be trimmed regularly. No windblown litter was observed onsite with Mr. Curry stating that the recycle convenience and transfer station attendants are assigned areas to collect windblown litter during hours of operation. 15. Proper signage was observed at the entrance of the facility. 16. The HHW collection area is located within the recycling convenience area so that the attendants can assist
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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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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residents and monitor the incoming material. 17. HHW collection takes place on a covered gravel pad where used oil is also collected. A lined containment area is filled with sand to help confine and remove any spilled material. Latex paints are stored on pallets within a containment area prior to being solidified or bulked. 18. Used oil and oil filters are collected and stored within a containment area located next to the paint area. A plastic drum is accessible for residents to place used oil filters along with a plastic oil tank to store used oil. The
area was clean and well maintained. 19. Facility staff take oil-based paint products to a trailer located beside the pad and pour them into 55-gallon drums for storage until they are removed for proper disposal by EcoFlow, Inc. The drums were properly closed and appeared to be clean and intact, with no leaks evident. Containers and bags filled with separated recyclable material are also housed in the trailer. The trailer was observed to be clean and well organized to allow access to the drums and containers safely. Fire extinguishers are located just inside the trailer.
20. Source separated recyclable materials are collected in totters on a covered gravel pad located North of the HHW trailer. Additionally, a collection vehicle is parked west of the convenience center and is used to collect cardboard. 21. The transfer station building is located on higher ground northwest of the convenience area. The building consists of two bays separated by concrete curbing. The transfer station office is located at the back of the bay next to the hopper. The transfer station is using the western bay for the tipping floor and uses the eastern bay for storage. At the time of inspection waste bins were being stored in the eastern bay. 22. The tipping floor is concrete and is sloped to help direct any leachate into the hopper. The tipping floor appeared clean and appeared to be in good condition with no large holes or cracks observed. Mr. Curry stated that the entire tipping area is washed down throughout the day as needed and at the end of the day. 23. The Transfer station walls appeared to be clean and free of any debris. Cleaning records were available for
review. 24. The hopper was observed to be clean and in good condition with no holes or waste observed. 25. The waste is pushed into the hopper where it drops down into the compactor. The compactor then compacts the
waste into the trailers parked at the bottom of the transfer station. 26. The area around the compactor and trailer storage is a concrete pad designed to act as the leachate containment system. Leachate from the tipping floor flows to the hopper where it drains onto the concrete pad. The concrete
pad is designed to have all leachate flow to a curb inlet where it drains into a pipe system. The leachate is the directly pumped to the wastewater treatment plant located next door. 27. The compactor and trailer loading area were observed to be clean of any waste but at the time of the inspection the area was damp. Mr. Curry stated that the area was hosed down after each trailer is taken away. 28. Two transfer trailers were on site at the time of the inspection. One trailer was hooked up to the compactor and was partially filled with waste. The second trailer was parked on the concrete pad waiting to be moved in place. Both trailers were observed to be in good condition with no holes or leaks evident. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
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Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
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Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section