9241_INSP_20221012

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: Wake
PERMIT NO.: 9241-TRANSFER-2020
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM
CDLF Tire T&P I
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF

Date of Site Inspection: October 12, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: January 10, 2022

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Morrisville Transfer Station
230 International Drive
Morrisville, NC 27560

GPS COORDINATES: 35.841175, -78.824575

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Josh Daher, Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC – [phone]
Murray Long, Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC – [phone]
David King, Operator for Morrisville Transfer Station, LLC [phone]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Josh Daher. Area President
Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC
424 Warehouse Drive
Raleigh, NC 27610

PARTICIPANTS:
Jason Watkins, NC DEQ- Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
The Permit to Operate (9241-TRANSFER-2020) was issued to Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC and
Morrisville Transfer Station, LLC on July 1, 2020 and will expire on August 2, 2077.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial after hours inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:

A. 15A NCAC 13B .0203(d) “By receiving solid waste at a permitted facility, the permittee shall be considered by
the Department to have accepted the conditions of the permit and shall comply with the conditions of the permit.

Attachment 3 of the approved permit under Condition Part VI (7) states:
a. The tipping floor and transfer trailer loading area must be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition at all
times and must be cleaned at least daily in accordance with the approved Operational Plan.
b. Waste must only be deposited on a "tipping floor" or directly into a transfer container. Waste must not be
stored on the "tipping floor" after operating hours.

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B. 15A NCAC 13B .0405(a)(11) states in part “Unless otherwise stated in the site permit, all waste shall be
removed from the tipping floor, the truck loading bays, and from behind push walls by the end of each day of
operation and disposed of in accordance with this Subchapter

Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC and Morrisville Transfer Station, LLC are in violation of the aforementioned rules
and permit conditions for failure to remove and properly disposed of C&D waste at the end of each working day. Waste
in excess of several days of the accepted volume were observed from outside the facility extending beyond the tipping
floor and at its peak being at/above the adjacent Transfer Station rooftop. Estimation of several thousand tons of waste
remained onsite.

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Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1. On October 12, 2022, Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head for the Solid Waste Section conducted an after-
hours inspection of the Morrisville Transfer Station to determine if waste is being properly disposed of at the end of
each days operations. Several thousand tons of waste were observed left on and extending beyond the tipping floor
(see photos above)
2. A Notice of Violation (NOV) is being issued along with this report.
3. Until such time all waste is removed from the site and properly disposed, the facility shall cease all waste
acceptance operations under its approved permit issued by the Section.
4. The Section previously investigated a similar complaint of excess waste being left on the floor in October 2021. The
facility was able to remedy those issues as documented in the January 10, 2022 inspection.

If you have any questions about the information contained in this report, please contact me directly.

Email: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Jason M. Watkins
FOB Branch Head

Sent on: 10/14/22
X Email Hand delivery US Mail X Certified No. w/NOV

Copies: Michael Scott, DWM Director
Ed Mussler, Solid Waste Section Chief
Sherri Stanley, Solid Waste Permitting Head
Andrew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Tim Davis, Environmental Sr. Specialist
Chris Hollinger, SWS Compliance Officer
Wally Hall, CEO Meridian Waste