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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 Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Forsyth
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 3423-COMPOST-
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: October 4, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: October 6, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Forum 52 Yard Waste Facility 180 Northstar Drive Rural hall, NC 27045 GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: 36.207071° Long.: -80.288311° FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Jan McHargue, Solid Waste Administrator Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 2511 Winston-Salem, NC 27102
PARTICIPANTS: Robert Pike, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate Forum 52 Large Type 1 Compost Facility: Renewed December 10 2020; expires: October 6, 2030 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
N/A 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

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The site is permitted as a large Type 1 compost facility to produce compost from leaves and yard waste. The facility also accepts clean wood waste, land clearing debris, unpainted and untreated wood and wood pallets.
2. The facility is limited to a total capacity of 45,000 tons of materials received per year for both compost and wood waste processing. 3. Wallace Farms is contracted to manage and operate the site. Wood waste is ground onsite and transported to the Wallace Farms facility in Davie County (permit # 3004) for composting and further processing. 4. Composting does take place on site in small quantities so that compost can be made available to the public in the spring. Record Review: 5. The Permit to Operate and Operations Plan are kept on-site in the scale house. Ensure the most up to date Permit to Operate and Operations Plan are on file. 6. The FAR was reviewed and the records indicated that the facility received a total of 9,038.33 tons.
7. Temperature logs were reviewed in the FAR for FY 2021-2022. Records indicated that all windrows reached the required minimum temperature of 131°F for three consecutive dates. 8. Compost thermometers used at the site are calibrated annually. Thermometer calibration data is maintained by
Wallace Farms at their facility in Davie County. 9. Please note that 15A NCAC 13B .1406(19), which became effective November 1, 2019, requires operations permitted as Large Type 1 Compost Facilities to meet certain training requirements on or before November 1,
2022. Please see the following link for guidance for the large compost type 1 training requirements. Training memorandum Facility Inspection: 10. City of Winston-Salem personnel are present during hours of operation operating the scale house. Wallace Farms provides a site supervisor who serves as the facility’s operations manager. 11. The site is secured by a perimeter chain link fence with access to the site secured by a locking gate. 12. Proper signage was observed at the facility entrance. 13. The facility roadways were of all-weather construction and in good condition. The northern area of the site is paved asphalt while the southern area of the facility is gravel. 14. The site appeared to meet the buffer requirements for the site. 15. The paved northern side of the facility contains the scale house, wood waste collection, and wood waste processing takes place. The entire area is paved and is graded to convey water to a large swale that directs stormwater to grated drain that takes the water off site.
16. Stockpiles of wood waste, logs, and clean wood pallets were observed. Stockpiles were of manageable size and no unacceptable material was observed. 17. A roll off container is staged next to the clean wood pallets stockpile and is used to collect any unacceptable
waste found in incoming loads. Waste generated at the site is taken to the Hanes Mill Road landfill (permit #3402) for proper disposal. 18. The southern side of the facility is used for composting and is constructed with gravel. The site is graded to convey water to the eastern side of the site. During the inspection a small stockpile of compost from the previous season was located on site with another small stockpile of yard waste staged west of the compost. The stockpiles were small and appeared to be well maintained. 19. Incoming loads are first screened at the scale house upon arrival. The scale house operator conducts random inspections of the incoming loads throughout the day. During the inspection the scale house operator conducted
a random screening where the operator inspected the load.

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _ Robert Pike Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: October 14, 2022 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Gordon Dively, Solid Waste Operations Manager – City Utilities