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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: Gaston
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 36-15
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
X
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: 11/1/2022
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Trilogy MedWaste Southeast LLC
148 Boxwood Lane
Gastonia, NC 28054
Date of Last Inspection: 12/1/2021
GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: 35.28167
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Jerry Norris, Facility Manager
Telephone: Office: [phone]; Direct: [phone]
Email address: jnorrisktrilojzymedwaste.com
Name: Dale Lester, Operations Supervisor
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: llesterktrilo,gymedwaste.com
Name: Emily Houston, Office Manager
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
Name: Danielle Ayers, Pharmaceutical Mail Back Manager
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: dayersAWlogymedwaste.com
Name: Jimmy Dewberry, District Manager
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: jdewbe�trilogymedwaste.com
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above
Lone.:-81.18224
PARTICIPANTS:
Jerry Norris, Facility Manager
Dale Lester, Operations Supervisor
Kim Sue, NCDEQ — Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Current - Approved May 29th, 2018 (FID 1213259) expires May 29th, 2023
Operations plan - Approved May 29th, 2018 (FID 1200598)
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive inspection
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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
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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.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The required signage is posted at the entrance of the facility.
2. The facility is secured by an automatic gate at the entrance to prevent unauthorized access.
3. The facility is open from 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
4. The facility is permitted for the treatment of medical waste with steam sterilization, as well as the storage and
processing of treated and untreated medical waste.
5. The facility is permitted to use four steam sterilization (autoclave) units. Currently there are two sterilization
units on -site and in use.
6. The facility was clean and sanitary.
7. The operations floor, compactor area and unloading dock are cleaned daily.
8. Floor drains in the operational area were clean and free of debris. Floor drains are connected to City of
Gastonia sanitary sewer system.
9. The facility utilizes The Pest Control Authority quarterly as a vector control measure. The Pest Control
Authority was on -site on September 30, 2022 and are scheduled in December for the last quarter of 2022.
10. Trilogy MedWaste Southeast leases three vehicles for the pickup and transportation of medical waste in North
Carolina and South Carolina. The trucks are leased from Ryder and are equipped with spill kits.
11. Treated medical waste is transported to CMS Landfill in Concord for disposal. Trilogy MedWaste Southeast
LLC owns the two compactors and Republic Services is scheduled to pick-up the compactors every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
12. The area around the compactors was clean and free of windblown waste.
13. No windblown waste observed in the loading dock area.
14. The facility installed a cooler inside the building in 2018. Current temperature of the cooler during the
inspection was 42°F.
15. Pathological waste is transported every eight (8) weeks by Curtis Bay Energy to their facility in Baltimore,
Maryland for incineration. Curtis Bay Energy's last picked up was on August 29, 2022.
16. Hazardous waste is transported by Heritage, LLC to their Heritage -WTI facility in East Liverpool, Ohio for
incineration.
17. All medical waste is processed within 24 to 48 hours from date of delivery.
18. Radiation detectors are mounted above each of the two receiving bay doors to screen for radioactive materials.
19. All recycled containers are washed, disinfected, and inspected for damage prior to being returned to customers.
20. All treatment carts are relined after each autoclave cycle.
Records Review
21. The facility staff had the current permit and operations plan in their files.
22. The facility utilizes Truenorth online for internal training.
23. Every Tuesday each autoclave is tested to ensure that sterilization is being achieved. These tests are logged on
a "Variclave Periodic Spore Test Log". Spore test data records were reviewed from November 29, 2021 to
October 26, 2022.
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Solid Waste Section
24. Each load of waste that is received is tracked electronically on a "Waste Manifest" form which details the date
the waste was received, the source of the waste, the amount of waste and the type of waste received.
25. Landfill disposal tickets were reviewed from January 3, 2022 to October 28, 2022.
26. The facility has processed 1,173,412 lbs. from January 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
Ded Kim Sue
DN: cn=Kim Sue, o=Division of Waste
Management, ou=Solid Waste Section,
email—[e-mail], c=US
Date: 2022. 1 1.02 13:19:11 -04'00' Phone: [phone]
Kim Sue
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Emailed to: Jerry Norris
X
Email
Hand delivery
US Mail
Certified No. !,1
11/2/2022
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Dale Lester, Operations Supervisor — Trilogy MedWaste Southeast LLC
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