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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF X LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Guilford
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 41-04
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: September 14, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: July 15, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
City of High Point Kersey Valley MSW Landfill 3940 E. Kivett Drive
High Point, NC 27261 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.95416 Long.: -79.93094 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Mike Spencer, Solid Waste Disposal Superintendent – City of High Point w. 336-883-3433 c. 336-688-3454 [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
City of High Point Mike Spencer, Solid Waste Disposal Superintendent P.O. Box 230
High Point, NC 27261
PARTICIPANTS: Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section (SWS) Wayne Hunt, Landfill Supervisor – City of High Point
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate (PTO) issued August 22, 2022 Life of Site Permit PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Partial 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.
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Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On September 14, 2022, Chuck Kirchner met with Wayne Hunt to conduct a partial inspection of the Kersey Valley
MSW Landfill located off E. Kivett Road in High Point, Guilford County. Facility Information
1. The municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is located on property owned by the City of High Point. The property also contains a treatment and processing (T&P) operation, a convenience center, and a temporary disaster debris staging site (TDDSS).
2. The August 22, 2022 permit is an Approval to Construct (PTC) Area 3, Phases 6-8 and Phases 9-
10 which are the vertical expansion over Areas 1, 2 & 3. This permit is also a Permit to Operate
(PTO) Areas 1 & 2, Phases 1-5.
3. Kersey Valley Landfill must conduct a preconstruction meeting at the landfill facility prior to initiating
construction of any phase/cell/sub-cell of the solid waste management units and must notify the Section at least 10 days prior to the meeting per Permit Requirement - Attachment II, Part I, Number 2.
4. Pre-operational conditions as defined in Permit Condition, Attachment II, Part II, Number 6 must be met prior to receiving wastes at the newly constructed phases, cells, or sub-cells of any landfill unit.
5. The landfill is in operation Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. The convenience center near the entrance is open on Saturday from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm.
6. The facility appeared to be well maintained.
7. Facility personnel were observed maintaining areas along south side of the landfill and around the
convenience center near the entrance to the facility.
8. Kersey Valley Convenience Center near entrance observed to be clean and well maintained.
9. Phase 1, 2 & 3 on west side of Kersey Valley Road is closed and has an intermediate cover.
10. Cap vegetative cover on Phase 1, 2 & 3 was well established with no observed erosion or exposed waste.
11. Remove saplings and ensure vegetation is mowed on the cap. Mr. Hunt stated that the cap on Phase 1,
2 & 3 is scheduled for mowing soon.
12. The facility has installed four candlestick flares atop Area 1. The flares are used for the combustion of passive landfill gas. The flares automatically ignite when needed. All four candlestick flares were observed during the facility inspection and appeared in good condition.
13. A Wood Waste Processing Area for LCD and pallets located SW of Phase 1, 2 & 3 was observed
this inspection.
14. The Wood Waste Processing Area is permitted to receive clean wood waste, lumber scraps, and furniture manufacturing wastes. No chemical or preservative-treated wood wastes are acceptable at this area.
15. Engineered or glued laminated wood wastes may be acceptable at this area for mulch after
being treated and processed. The mulch products can only be used at the landfill facility.
16. Two painted pallets were observed in the Wood Waste Processing Area. These pallets shall be removed and properly disposed of.
17. A 25-foot buffer zone shall be maintained around all sides of the Wood Waste Processing Area to allow fire equipment to access all sides of the wood waste in the event of fire.
18. The facility is currently operating MSW disposal in Phase 5B. 19. The working face was small and compact. 20. All waste shall be covered at the end of each working day. Ensure any exposed waste just outside the working face is returned to the working face or covered with a minimum six inches of soil as discussed in the field.
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21. Mr. Hunt stated mulch is commonly used to cover the working face Monday through Thursday and soil cover is used on Friday. Six inches of earthen material shall be applied at a minimum of one time per week or more frequently to control disease vectors, fires, odors, blowing litter,
and scavenging.
22. Soil/Mulch mixture is approved for use as alternative daily cover (ADC) at MSW facilities. Mulch shall be mixed with soil at a ratio from 80% soil to 20% mulch up to 50% soil to 50% mulch by volume.
23. The facility has a leachate pump station that is connected to a pump station located on the south
side of the landfill, east of Kersey Valley Road. The municipal sewer system collects leachate from
Areas 1 and 2.
24. Mr. Hunt stated that monthly samples are collected of the leachate and sent off for analysis.
25. Mr. Hunt stated that one of the leachate pumps has gone bad and is in the process of being replaced. No leachate releases were observed in this area.
26. Leachate is pumped to the east side wastewater treatment plant.
27. The facility has a 340,000-gallon leachate storage tank with secondary containment that is no longer used. The storage tank and it will be kept in good order in case it is needed in the event the pump station fails. 28. The working face was small and compact. 29. All waste shall be covered at the end of each working day. Ensure any exposed waste just outside the working face is returned to the working face or covered with a minimum six inches of soil as discussed in the field. 30. The facility has white edge of waste markers along Areas 1 and 2.
31. During the inspection, no odor off site was detected.
32. Repair any rills on slopes from recent rains and seed and mulch all bare slopes around active part of
landfill as discussed in the field.
33. Erosion control measures observed during this inspection appeared to be in good condition.
34. No off-site erosion was observed during this inspection.
35. Access roads are of all-weather construction.
36. The facility has proper signage.
37. The facility entrance is secured by a locked gate. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _
Chuck Kirchner Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative

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Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Robby Stone, Assistant Director Public Services – City of High Point, [e-mail]