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Home My WebLink About2610-COMPOST-2011_INSP_20221110FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 10 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW X Transfer Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Cumberland Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 2610-Compost-2011 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: November 10, 2022 Date of Last Inspection: November 10, 2021 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Wilkes Road Yard Waste Facility 779 Wilkes Road Fayetteville, North Carolina GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.024923 Long.: -78.875782 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Amanda Bader, SW Director, CCSW Tim Middleton, Facility Supervisor, CCSW abader@co.cumberland.nc.us 910-321-6835 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Office of Solid Waste, 698 Ann Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 PARTICIPANTS: David Powell, Solid Waste Section Drew Hammonds, Solid Waste Section Amanda Bader, CCSW Neil Cunningham, CCSW Mike Renfro, CCSW Tim Middleton, CCSW Scott Bost, Smith and Gardner Stacey Smith, Smith and Gardner Troy Lee, Lorman Grading STATUS OF PERMIT: Current Permit To Operate 2610-COMPOST-2011, Issued September 1, 2022 and expires September 1, 2027; PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: NA 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 Page 2 of 10 OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: NA ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 1. Section staff David Powell met with CCSW, Smith and Gardner and Lorman Grading staff onsite at Compost/LCID Wilkes road facility for a pre-operational inspection and a comprehensive inspection. Site has fence and gate. In 2022, a new LCID landfill, permit 2615-LCID-2022 in conjunction with 2610-COMPOST-2011, has been permitted at the site of the Wilkes Rd Facility. Records were reviewed on 11/14/2022 at CCSW office, but the records were available at the Wilkes Road facility as required, to allow for an easier review of records for this and other facilities of the county. 2. In recent months, fires have been reported at Wilkes Road Facility, one on 9/28/2022 and again on 10/28/2022. The fire on 9/28/2022 was an electrical fire on a bulldozer. The fire on 10/28/2022 was in a large pile near center of facility being processed and grinded, before composting. This last fire caused a problem with operations at Wilkes Road Compost side of facility. According to CCSW, operations needed to be moved for space and fire containment/management. However, a preoperational inspection had not been conducted by that time for the newly permitted LCID. During the 11/10/2022 inspection, it was determined that all conditions for pre-operation were not met and not all structures/units were constructed according to approved plans. Although, during email conversations between fire notifications and the 11/10/2022 inspection, Cumberland County and its representatives discussed moving operations to atop the newly permitted LCID, permission was not given or approved at that time to do so. Mr. Powell had not submitted notification to Section permitting that the site met preoperational conditions and an engineer certification letter had not been received by the Section. Fire/stumps. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 3 of 10 3. Tim Middleton completed Composting Councils Compost Operators Training Course in 2018. Mike Renfro and Michael McLamb have both completed SWANA’s new Certified Manager of Compositing Operations course, both expire in 2024. Be sure and have trained operators onsite when operating. 4. Additional records reviewed also included waste screening forms and monthly volume analysis tracking information and reports. Operations plan, and new permit were available. Waste screening is not done often enough and should be increased. Waste Screening. Increase amount of screening. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 10 5. Current operations area, before 10/28/2022 fire, was in center of facility behind scale house. Operations should return once fire is out, and ash is taken to Ann St landfill. (On 11/16/2022, Jordan Russ, Section Permitting, sent a letter, in response to new operations request from CCSW at Wilkes Rd., outlining the approved changes, outlines responses, plans and needs from CCSW moving forward and to return to normal operations.) Normal Operations - Material is brought in, screened and anything over 3 inches goes to boilers. Waste screening is done by staff when a load is brought in and dumped. Anything not acceptable, a staff member makes owner take it back out with the person who brought it. All waste onsite was very clean of unapproved wastes. Canal Wood in Lumberton or Mr. Mulch will haul it to Florence SC. Boilers have been not taking waste for some time and has added extra load on facility. Smaller material is composted, time and temp records kept, then finished product sold to public or goes to Ann St LF for mixing 50/50 with soil for ADC. In recent months Robeson County Landfill has been getting a large amount of mulch for mixing with soil as 50/50 ADC for their landfills as well. Large stockpile on northeast side of scale house. Fire to left out of frame. Additional compost windrows in background. Large stockpiles can instantaneously combust, so be mindful of the size of fresh YW and mulch. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 5 of 10 Windrows need better separation for fire breaks. Time and temperature records. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 6 of 10 Current map of onsite operations will be new map in new permit. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 7 of 10 lt Partial map image from approved operations plan, showing compost areas and identification. Be sure and use going forward with time/temperature records. 6. Windrow storage areas are better graded and in better condition. Site was much dryer and not rutted. Good job. Forced air demo still onsite. Roads have had rock added and regraded and some interior ditches have been changed to fit new permit/operations plans. Also, a new storm water sediment basin has been constructed on the east end of the property and is ready for use. The area before that, on southeast corner, still needs building up, according to CCSW, and will be done soon to accommodate better stormwater management. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 8 of 10 East end stormwater basin Southeast corner area being built up and road access, ditch gone. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 9 of 10 7. Finished product windrows were well designed with good separation and dimensions. 8. Additional work is needed for finalizing construction/installing all units to meet new permit/operations plan. Stockpiles should be smaller to reduce risk of spontaneous fire. Composting windrows need better fire separation, in case of fire, to limit the fire expansion. Operations need to return, once fire is confirmed put out, and ash removed to landfill. 9. Given the fires, which caused the need for operational changes, and boilers not accepting wood fuel, it has added much increased demand on both the compost facility and the new LCID facility. The county needs to improve or expand it contingency plans to account for such incidents. These events and problems show areas of need in increased space and avenues for utilizing the product created through Wilkes Road. If the county cannot operate inside of the limits of the permit, rules, and approved plans, then changes need to be made onsite or services altered to fit them. 10. Corrective actions are necessary as result of this inspection. Corrective actions should be completed within 30 days from the date of this inspection report sent. Failure to resolve these matters may result in further enforcement action. A follow up may be conducted once these issues are addressed in the given time frame or shortly after. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 10 of 10 Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: 910-433-3350 _ David Powell Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: 12/9/2022 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] Copies: Drew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Jordan Russ, Engineering Project Manager – Solid Waste Section Sherri Stanley, Permitting Branch Supervisor - Solid Waste Section