0703T_INSP_20230106

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID
T&P YW
Collection Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Beaufort
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 0703T-TRANSFER-2012
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspections: 6 January 2023 Date of Last Inspection: 14 December 2022

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Beaufort County Transfer Station
500 Flanders Filters Road
Washington, NC

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.59349 E: -077.11308

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Nicky Hopkins
252.644.3207

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Republic Services of North Carolina, LLC
450 Flanders Filter Road
Washington, NC 27889
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Walt Parker; Trio Legacy
Monroe Stowe; Trio Legacy
Matt Einsmann; Republic Services
Nicky Hopkins; Republic Services
Perry Sugg; NCDEQ-Solid Waste
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Life-of-Site Permit to Operate issued 24 February 2017.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Follow-up Inspection conducted to review corrective measure taken in response to Notice of Violation
0703T_NOV_20221220; Facility Compliance Inspection Report 0703T_INSP_20221213; and to the discuss sampling
plan required in response to the leachate releases documented during the previous Facility Compliance Inspection.

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .0104 (a) states “The owner or occupant of any property, except that exempted as
specified in Rule .0103(c) of this Subchapter shall be responsible for the sanitary storage of all solid
waste accumulated on the property.” Unresolved: corrective measures underway
2) 15A NCAC 13B .0104 (d) states “All solid waste shall be stored using safe and sanitary practices
for the preservation of the public health and welfare and the environment that prevents the
generation of leachate, the attraction of vectors, the release of odors, and the release of waste or
leachate to the environment.” Unresolved: corrective measures underway
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3) 15A NCAC 13B .0402 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall comply with
the conditions of the permit issued by the Division. In the event of noncompliance with the permit, the
owner or operator shall minimize the release of waste, leachate, or contaminants to the environment,
and shall prevent adverse impacts to human health or the environment.” Unresolved: corrective
measures underway
4) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall maintain
and operate the site in accordance with the operations plan incorporated into the permit by Rule
.0404(d) of this Section…” Unresolved: corrective measures underway
5) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (6) states “Erosion and Sedimentation Control Requirements. The site
shall comply with 15A NCAC 04, and the owner or operator shall utilize erosion and sedimentation
control measures that prevent sediment from leaving the site and prevent on-site erosion.”
Unresolved: corrective measures underway
6) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (8) (A) states “Site personnel shall screen incoming loads weekly at a rate
of no less than five percent of the average daily waste tonnage reported in the site's annual report for
the previous year. Site personnel shall be trained annually to identify liquid waste, hazardous waste,
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) wastes, special wastes as defined in G.S. 130A-290(a)(40), wastes
banned from landfill disposal in accordance with G.S. 130A-309.10(f) if the site receiving the waste
for disposal is a landfill, and wastes that the intended final disposal site is not permitted by the
Division to accept. The screening shall be conducted as described in the approved operations plan
prepared in accordance with Rule .0404(i) of this Section. Waste screening and rejected wastes shall
be recorded in writing, and the records shall be kept on site for no less than five years and shall be
made available to the Division during a site inspection or upon request.” Resolved
7) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (9) (A) states “Sites shall not accept the following: hazardous waste
unless the site is permitted by the Division in accordance with 15A NCAC 13A to receive such
waste…” Resolved
8) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (9) (D) states “Sites shall not accept the following: waste banned by G.S.
130A-309.10 at the disposal destination…” Resolved
9) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) states “Windblown waste: Site staff shall conduct daily inspections
for windblown waste on the site property. Windblown litter from site operations discovered during
the daily inspections or observed on adjacent properties shall be picked up and containerized for
disposal by the end of each operating day, unless the landowner of the adjacent property denies
access to site staff. The site shall prevent waste from being blown outside the waste handling areas by
the wind…” Unresolved: corrective measures underway
10) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) (A) states “…The site shall prevent waste from being blown outside
the waste handling areas by the wind, using methods such as: requiring that vehicles entering and
leaving the site keep waste covered;” Resolved
11) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) (B) states “…The site shall prevent waste from being blown outside
the waste handling areas by the wind, using methods such as: providing skirts, such as rubber belting
or brushes, around the top of chutes to minimize the space between the chute and the hauling trailer
at sites with chutes and hoppers;” Unresolved: corrective measures underway
12) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (11) states “Site Cleaning and Maintenance: 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. The tipping floor, push walls, and truck loading bays shall be cleaned with a pressure
washer no less than once per month. The remaining areas of the site building including side walls
and any material storage areas outside of the building shall be cleaned with a pressure washer no
less than twice per year. Wash water generated from cleaning waste handling areas shall be
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contained and treated as leachate. Cleaning and maintenance records shall be maintained and made
available to the Division upon written request.” Unresolved: corrective measures underway
13) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (b) states “Water that comes into contact with solid waste is leachate and
shall be collected from the site for disposal to an approved facility or discharged directly from the
site into a sanitary sewer line…” Unresolved: corrective measures underway
14) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (c) states “All vehicles and containers being used for the temporary storage
of solid waste shall be maintained to be leak-resistant in accordance with Rule .0105 of this
Subchapter, or shall be stored so that any leachate from the vehicles or containers will be collected
to prevent the release of leachate to the environment.” Unresolved: corrective measures underway

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:

1) 15A NCAC 13B .0104 (a) states “The owner or occupant of any property, except that exempted as
specified in Rule .0103(c) of this Subchapter shall be responsible for the sanitary storage of all solid
waste accumulated on the property.”
2) 15A NCAC 13B .0104 (d) states “All solid waste shall be stored using safe and sanitary practices
for the preservation of the public health and welfare and the environment that prevents the
generation of leachate, the attraction of vectors, the release of odors, and the release of waste or
leachate to the environment.”
3) 15A NCAC 13B .0402 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall comply with
the conditions of the permit issued by the Division. In the event of noncompliance with the permit, the
owner or operator shall minimize the release of waste, leachate, or contaminants to the environment,
and shall prevent adverse impacts to human health or the environment.”
4) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall maintain
and operate the site in accordance with the operations plan incorporated into the permit by Rule
.0404(d) of this Section…”
5) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (6) states “Erosion and Sedimentation Control Requirements. The site
shall comply with 15A NCAC 04, and the owner or operator shall utilize erosion and sedimentation
control measures that prevent sediment from leaving the site and prevent on-site erosion.”
6) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) states “Windblown waste: Site staff shall conduct daily inspections
for windblown waste on the site property. Windblown litter from site operations discovered during
the daily inspections or observed on adjacent properties shall be picked up and containerized for
disposal by the end of each operating day, unless the landowner of the adjacent property denies
access to site staff. The site shall prevent waste from being blown outside the waste handling areas by
the wind…”
7) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) (B) states “…The site shall prevent waste from being blown outside
the waste handling areas by the wind, using methods such as: providing skirts, such as rubber belting
or brushes, around the top of chutes to minimize the space between the chute and the hauling trailer
at sites with chutes and hoppers;”
8) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (11) states “Site Cleaning and Maintenance: 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. The tipping floor, push walls, and truck loading bays shall be cleaned with a pressure
washer no less than once per month. The remaining areas of the site building including side walls
and any material storage areas outside of the building shall be cleaned with a pressure washer no
less than twice per year. Wash water generated from cleaning waste handling areas shall be
contained and treated as leachate. Cleaning and maintenance records shall be maintained and made
available to the Division upon written request.”
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9) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (b) states “Water that comes into contact with solid waste is leachate and
shall be collected from the site for disposal to an approved facility or discharged directly from the
site into a sanitary sewer line…”
10) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (c) states “All vehicles and containers being used for the temporary storage
of solid waste shall be maintained to be leak-resistant in accordance with Rule .0105 of this
Subchapter, or shall be stored so that any leachate from the vehicles or containers will be collected
to prevent the release of leachate to the environment.”

*Each of the violations listed above were observed on site during both the 13 December and 14 December 2022
Facility Compliance Inspections. Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below for details concerning
this inspection and the observed violations.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This is a Solid Waste Transfer Facility and is permitted to receive Solid Waste as defined in NCGS 130A-
290(a)(18)(a).
2) Hazardous waste, yard trash, liquid wastes, regulated medical waste, sharps not properly packaged, regulated
asbestos containing material as defined in 40 CFR 61, PCB waste as defined in 40 CFR 761, infectious waste,
animal carcasses, radioactive waste, septage, fluorescent and high-intensity discharged lamps,
ashes/incinerated residues, and wastes banned from disposal in North Carolina by NCGS 130A-309.10(f) are
prohibited from being accepted at this Facility.
3) This Facility is permitted as a Solid Waste Transfer Facility; all operations shall be in accordance with the
North Carolina Solid Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13B; Article 9 of the Chapter 130A of the North
Carolina General Statutes.
4) This Facility may receive Solid Waste generated within Beaufort, Bertie, Craven, Chowan, Hyde, Martin,
Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.
5) All received waste is transported to either the East Carolina MSW Landfill, permit #08-03 in Windsor, Bertie
County, NC; the Upper Piedmont Regional Landfill, permit #73-04, in Rougemont, Person County, NC; or
the Brunswick Waste Facility, permit #583 in Lawrenceville Virginia.
6) Daily operations at this Facility are conducted by contract with Trio Legacy, LLC of Pantego, NC.
7) 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.
8) The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 7:00 AM to 3:45 PM and Saturday 7:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
Three Holidays are observed: New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
9) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the facility entrance. The gate was unlocked and open
upon my arrival. Facility attendants were on site during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
10) This Facility maintains a Caterpillar 930G Wheel Loader and a John Deere 310SK Loader Backhoe on site for
Facility operations and maintenance.
11) There were 13 loaded transfer trailers and no empty transfer trailers on site at the time of my arrival on site.
*Please continue working to ensure that all loaded trailers are properly tarped/covered upon removal from the
trailer loading bay. All damaged or missing tarps should be repaired or replaced promptly to ensure all waste
is properly secured. Additional transport vehicles are needed during times of high waste volume to ensure
timely transport of loaded trailers to the final disposal destination.
12) An adequate number of transfer trailers are not currently being maintained on site to properly manage the
volume of waste received during operating hours. *Moving forward, to ensure that all incoming waste is
managed in a timely manner, please ensure that an adequate number of trailers are maintained on site to
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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properly manage the volume of waste managed by this Facility.
13) Loaded transfer trailers are currently being parked/staged on-site nose-end downhill to prevent possible
leachate leakage from the rear doors. *Please continue working to come into compliance with the items and
dates noted in the Notice of Violation 0703T_NOV_20221220 and in the previous Facility Compliance
Inspection Report (0703T_INSP_20211213).
14) All incoming waste received at the Facility is currently being placed on the tipping floor within the covered
Transfer Station for loading into transfer trailers.
15) The waste type was reviewed; no unpermitted waste was observed on the tipping floor during this Facility
Compliance Inspection.
16) Windblown and overflow debris was observed along the perimeter fence and in the wooded area beyond the
perimeter fence to the rear of the transfer station and in various areas throughout the Facility. *Please
continue working to come into compliance with the items and dates noted in the Notice of Violation
0703T_NOV_20221220 and in the previous Facility Compliance Inspection Report
(0703T_INSP_20211213).
17) Loose and damaged panels were observed on the Transfer Station exterior walls. *Please continue working to
come into compliance with the items and dates noted in the Notice of Violation 0703T_NOV_20221220 and
in the previous Facility Compliance Inspection Report (0703T_INSP_20211213). Moving forward, any future
damage to the transfer station should be promptly repaired to ensure safe and proper function of the Facility.
18) The damage to the loading bay directional chute noted in the previous Facility Compliance Inspection Report
has been repaired. *Moving forward, any future damage to the transfer station should be promptly repaired to
ensure safe and proper function of the Facility.
19) The leachate releases and subsequent excavation/sampling of impacted soils was discussed during the on-site
meeting. In response to the 20 December 2022 Notice of Violation and at the direction of Mr Perry Sugg,
SWS Environmental Compliance Branch Head, a Leachate Release Sampling Plan was submitted to the SWS
for approval on 9 January 2023. This plan is currently under review.
20) *Continued 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: 12 January 2023 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. []
cc: Matt Einsmann; Environmental Manager/Republic Services: [e-mail]
Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Jason Watkins; Field Operations Branch Head/SWS: [e-mail]
Perry Sugg; Environmental Compliance Branch Head/SWS: [e-mail]
Chris Hollinger; Compliance Officer/SWS: [e-mail]
David May; WaRO Supervisor/DWR: [e-mail]

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