6709_INSP_20230104

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF X LCID X YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Onslow
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 6709-MSWLF-1997
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection X Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 4 January 2023 Date of Last Inspection: 16 August 2022
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC

GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.80283 E: -077.54610

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Tim Aunkst
910.989.2107

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Onslow County Landfill
Attn: Division Head
415 Meadowview Road
Jacksonville, NC 28540
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Tim Aunkst; Onslow County Solid Waste (Present for Post-Inspection Review Meeting only)
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Life-of-Site Permit to Operate (PTO) 6709-MSWLF-1997 Onslow County Subtitle D Landfill Phases I-IV
and 6705-LCID-1991 Onslow County Landfill LCID Unit issued 16 October 2017. Life-of-site ends when the Facility
reaches its final permitted elevations or by 31 December 2057. Any significant site changes may require permit
modification. The owner or operator must contact the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division
of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section for coordination of significant site changes, including, but not limited to,
pertinent Site, Operation, and Waste Screening plans.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (2)(b) states “Except as provided in Sub-Item (c) of this Item, the owners or operators
of all MSWLF units shall cover disposed solid waste with six inches of earthen material at the end of each
operating day, or at more frequent intervals if necessary to prevent the escape of waste and the attraction of
vectors and scavenging, and to minimize fires and the generation of odors.” Unresolved
2) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (7) states “Erosion and sedimentation control requirements. Erosion control measures
consisting of vegetative cover, materials, structures, or other devices shall be utilized to prevent silt from
leaving the site and to prevent on-site erosion, and shall comply with 15A NCAC 04, which is incorporated
by reference including subsequent amendments and editions.” Unresolved
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3) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (11) states “Windblown waste requirements. Methods such as fencing and diking
shall be provided within the area to confine solid waste that is subject to be blown by the wind. At the
conclusion of each operating day, all windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and
disposed of by the owner or operator.” Unresolved

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (2)(b) states “Except as provided in Sub-Item (c) of this Item, the owners or operators
of all MSWLF units shall cover disposed solid waste with six inches of earthen material at the end of each
operating day, or at more frequent intervals if necessary to prevent the escape of waste and the attraction of
vectors and scavenging, and to minimize fires and the generation of odors.”
2) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (7) states “Erosion and sedimentation control requirements. Erosion control measures
consisting of vegetative cover, materials, structures, or other devices shall be utilized to prevent silt from
leaving the site and to prevent on-site erosion, and shall comply with 15A NCAC 04, which is incorporated
by reference including subsequent amendments and editions.”
3) 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (11) states “Windblown waste requirements. Methods such as fencing and diking
shall be provided within the area to confine solid waste that is subject to be blown by the wind. At the
conclusion of each operating day, all windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and
disposed of by the owner or operator.”

Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below for details concerning the violation(s) listed above.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This Facility is a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill with a separate white goods management area, a scrap tire
collection area, an electronics recycling area, and a pallet collection/grinding area.
2) This Facility is permitted to receive all Municipal Solid Waste, Construction & Demolition Waste, Yard
Waste, Land-clearing Debris, Scrap Tires, and White Goods generated within Onslow County.
3) Proper signage including the Facility permit number, accepted waste types, banned or excluded items, hours
of operation, and the emergency contact number is posted at the facility entrance.
4) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the Facility entrance. The gate was open upon my arrival
and Facility personnel were on site during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
5) The hours of operation are Monday through Saturday 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Three Holidays are observed:
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
6) The Facility access roads are of all-weather construction and are well maintained at this time.
7) The White goods/Scrap Metal, Electronics, and Scrap Tire Recycling Element was reviewed during this
Facility Compliance Inspection.
8) All recyclable electronics are placed on the concrete pad under the shelter and maintained there until
transported to the recycling Facility. All recyclable electronics are palletized and secured with shrink wrap for
transport.
9) All scrap tires are being maintained and managed on the concrete pad at the metal recycling element. Scrap
tires are maintained in a concrete bunker and covered at the end of the workday until placed into containers
for transport to the landfill working face for shredding and disposal.
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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10) All collected white goods and scrap metal are being maintained on the concrete pad. Some refrigerant
containing white goods that had no identifying marks indicating that the refrigerant had been properly
removed/collected were observed laying on their backs or sides. *Moving forward, please ensure that all
refrigerant containing white goods are maintained in an upright condition until the refrigerant is properly
removed/collected for recycling.
11) This Facility maintains a separate area near the scalehouse with roll-off containers for use by residential
customers. This area is well maintained with no overflow or windblown debris observed during this Facility
Compliance Inspection.
12) Leachate is treated and stored in on-site leachate containment tanks until pumped via force main to the City of
Jacksonville Wastewater Treatment Plant. The leachate containment tanks and management system appear
well-maintained at this time.
13) The leachate collection system cleanouts are highly visible, readily accessible, protected, and well-maintained
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at this time.
14) Landfill Gas (LFG) is collected and plumbed to the on-site Onslow Power Producers/Cube District Energy llc
LFG-to-energy plant. Daily operations of the LFG-to-Energy Plant are conducted by Cube District Energy,
llc. The LFG-to-Energy plant was in operation during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
15) This Facility is currently operating in Phase IV.
16) Significant amounts windblown debris was observed on the outside slopes of the landfill and collected in the
Facility surface water ditches. No collection activities were ongoing during this Facility Compliance
Inspection. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please collect all
windblown debris and return it to the active working face for proper disposal. Moving forward, please ensure
that all windblown debris is collected and returned to the working face at the end of each workday or
throughout the workday as necessary.

17) Portions of the incoming vegetative waste stream are redirected from the Onslow County MSW Landfill
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LCID Unit, permit #67-05 and ground/chipped and used as temporary road base at the active working face or
mixed with soil for cover on the outside slopes of the landfill.
18) This Facility maintains an ARJES VZ950 Titan mobile shredder on the top lift of Phase I for processing bulky
wastes such as furniture, mattresses, construction and demolition wastes, and tires. These wastes are
processed through the shedder before being disposed in the landfill. *Please ensure that all waste processed
through the shredder is transported to the working face for disposal in a timely manner. All incoming MSW
waste should be properly disposed at the working face daily. No processed waste, except for scrap tires, can
be stockpiled overnight. Unprocessed stockpiled bulky waste must be tarped overnight. The Approved
Shredder Operations Plan should be reviewed to ensure compliance with this element of your Facility
Operations. This document can be found here:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/DocView.aspx?id=1601631&dbid=0&repo=WasteManagement
19) *Special care should be taken to ensure the integrity of the landfill cap system is properly maintained, and that
all gas lines/wells and leachate collection components are effectively protected from heavy equipment traffic
in the area of the landfill currently being used as the materials grinding and grinding storage area.
20) This Facility has been approved for a demonstration period of using ground tire chips as an alternative daily
cover material. Ground scrap tire chips generated on-site are currently being used as alternate cover material
to cover the active working face when it is located on the inside slopes of the landfill.
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21) The active working area does not appear to have been adequately covered in accordance with the requirement
for daily cover. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please ensure
that this and all other waste disposal areas are sufficiently compacted and adequately covered. Moving
forward, please ensure that no exposed waste can be observed upon completion of daily cover and/or
migration of the active working face to another area of the landfill.

22) The waste type being disposed was reviewed. The waste type at the working face was MSW only and no
unpermitted materials were observed.
23) The inactive areas of the landfill (Phases I-III) are maintained with a cover crop of native warm-season type
grasses. Areas of sparse cover were observed throughout the inactive areas of the landfill. *Within thirty days
of receipt of this FCIR, please seed and mulch these areas to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent
erosion of your landfill cap system.
24) Areas of sparse cover and erosion of the landfill cap were observed on the western outside slope of Phase IV.
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Some areas have eroded the cover sufficiently to expose waste. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility
Compliance Inspection Report, plans need to be underway for the repair of these areas. All eroded areas
should be filled with suitable soil and graded at a slope not greater than 3:1. All repaired areas and all areas
with sparse cover should be seeded and mulched to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of
your landfill cap system.
25) Areas of seeping leachate were observed in several of the eroded areas on the western outside slope of Phase
IV. No leachate was observed leaving the permitted disposal footprint of the landfill. *Within thirty days of
receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report, please repair the landfill cap system in all seeping
areas. The repaired areas should be graded at a slope not greater than 3:1, seeded, and mulched to establish a
groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system. Please monitor all repaired areas for
continued seeping. Any areas where leachate continues to seep should be addressed promptly to prevent the
release of leachate or the migration of leachate outside the permitted disposal boundary.
26) The northern outside slope of the landfill is lacking a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion the landfill cap
system. Multiple areas of erosion were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection with exposed
waste observed in many of the rills and washouts. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance
Inspection Report, please repair all eroded areas. Please seed and mulch all repaired areas and the entire
northern outside slope to establish a groundcover suitable to prevent erosion of your landfill cap system.

27) A considerable volume of sedimentation was observed in the surface water ditches at the toe of the northern
and western sideslopes of the landfill. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance Inspection
Report, please remove/recover the sedimentation from all facility surface water ditches. Moving forward,
please maintain all surface water ditches free of sedimentation and clear of any materials which would impede
the positive flow of surface waters.
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28) *Corrective measures are required as a result of this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report.

Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Regional Representative

Delivered on: 10 January 2023 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Michael Russell; Landfill Supervisor/Onslow County: [e-mail]

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