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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: Guilford
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 41-22
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: January 27, 2023 Date of Last Inspection: January 12, 2022
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
WI Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC – Burnt Poplar Transfer Station
6313 Burnt Poplar Road
Greensboro, NC 27409
GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.07157 W: -79.92496 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Seth Heath, General Manager – Waste Industries USA, Inc.
w. 336-668-3712 c. 336-870-4171
[e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
WI High Point Landfill, LLC
Seth Heath, General Manager 5830 Riverdale Drive
Jamestown, NC 27282
PARTICIPANTS:
Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section (SWS) Seth Heath, General Manager – GFL Environmental, Inc. Drew Hinkle, Safety Supervisor - GFL Environmental, Inc.
John Pfleger, M.S., EHS Manager – GFL Environmental, Inc.
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate (PTO) issued December 21, 2022
PTO expiration date: Life-of-Site PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None
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Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On January 27, 2023, Chuck Kirchner met with Seth Heath, Drew Hinkle and John Pfleger to conduct a comprehensive
inspection of the WI Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC – Burnt Poplar Transfer Station located on Burnt Poplar Road in Greensboro, Guilford County.
1. The facility is a permitted municipal solid waste (MSW) and construction and demolition debris (C&D) transfer station with recyclable and recovered materials operations. 2. The facility is owned by GFL Environmental which acquired Waste Industries USA, Inc. on November 15, 2018. 3. Stella Environmental operates the transfer station and hauls MSW to the disposal facility.
4. The scale house is operated by GFL Environmental personnel. 5. The facility is open Monday through Friday 6:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday as needed. The transfer station is typically only open on three Saturdays after holidays according to Mr. Heath.
6. The facility permit, site plan, and operations plan were discussed. 7. The following, at a minimum, must not be accepted for disposal at the facility: hazardous waste, yard trash, liquid
wastes, regulated medical waste, sharps not properly packaged, regulated asbestos containing material as defined in 40 CFR 761, and wastes banned from disposal in North Carolina by NCGS 130A-309.10(f). 8. A container is kept on site for pallets and a separate covered container is kept on site for tires which are separated
from waste brought to the transfer station.
9. The facility is permitted to receive non-hazardous solid waste as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A -290(a)(35) which is generated within Guilford, Davidson, Forsyth, and Randolph Counties and in consistent with the Operations Manual (DIN 27106), except where prohibited by North Carolina General Statutes Article 9 of Chapter 130A and
the 15A NCAC 13B rules. MSW is currently only being received from Davidson, Forsyth and Guilford Counties. 10. The facility transports solid waste for disposal at the Uwharrie MSW Landfill (62-04) in Montgomery County.
11. The following are facility certified personnel: a. Richard Gales, certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2020001, exp. 07/17/25. b. Eric D. Brown, certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2020046, exp. 07/14/23.
12. The facility maintains records of the amount of MSW throughput. The tonnage received inbound from July 01, 2022 through December 31, 2022 was 39,124.05 tons. Outbound tonnage for January 01, 2022 through December
31, 2022 was 62,923.06 tons.
13. Mr. Heath stated that the facility receives ~ 270 tons/day of MSW waste.
14. The facility annual report (FAR) was received by the SWS, dated July 19, 2022. Tonnage received July 2021
through June 2022 is 63,067.43 and the tonnage shipped out is 63,742.84.
15. Recyclable and recovered materials are not received at this facility. 16. The facility is required to conduct at least one waste screening per week but not less than 1% by weight of the waste stream entering the facility based on the previous week’s total.
17. Waste screening reports were verified for May 2, 2022 through December 30, 2022. 18. During the inspection, there was one full transfer trailers and three empty transfer trailers on site in addition to the one that was currently being filled in the transfer station. 19. The transfer trailers appeared to be in good condition. A small leak was noted in the bottom of trailer 8793 above
the hitch point. Repair trailer as discussed at the transfer station. 20. Any leaking from trailers is considered leachate and shall be collected and emptied into the leachate collection system. 21. Mr. Heath stated that the facility ships-out 7 to 11 transfer trailers daily. 22. No windblown material was observed on site during this inspection. Windblown material must be collected by
the end of the day and may not be allowed to leave the property boundary.
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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23. Leachate from the tipping floor is designed to drain through three rectangular holes in the rear push wall. The design allows leachate to drop into the load out bay and flow into the [load out bay] drains. Ensure the leachate drain holes in the push wall are maintained such that leachate freely flows into the load out bay.
24. The leachate holes in the transfer station were recently repaired as part of the transfer station engineering assessment report (FID 1587200) according to Mr. Pfleger. 25. The leachate drains observed in the loadout bay appeared functional. 26. Leachate from the facility flows through two particulate settling tanks then into a collection tank. The leachate collection tank discharges to the City of Greensboro sanitary sewer.
27. Safety Kleen last pumped particulate from the leachate particulate settling tanks October 6, 2022. 28. MSW litter, fines, sludge, etc. that trucks track out past the speed bump onto the transfer station entrance shall be
routinely swept/pushed back into the building. Any water/liquids that contacts MSW waste shall be treated as leachate.
29. Asphalt in front of the transfer station previously noted has been repaired. This repair was also a corrective action item on the transfer station engineering assessment report (FID 1587200). 30. Deflector plates have been repaired as recommended on the previous inspection report and on the transfer station
engineering assessment report (FID 1587200). 31. Material shredding or grinding is not permissible at the facility.
32. Concrete crushing is permissible at the facility. No crushing conducted on site at this time according to Mr. Heath. 33. City of Greensboro fire department can be contacted to address an emergency at the facility.
34. The facility has four fire extinguishers located at the transfer station building, one fire extinguisher inside of the scale house, and a water hose located at the transfer station building.
35. The fire extinguishers were inspected by NC Fire Extinguisher, Inc. Fire extinguishers were last inspected in September 2022.
36. Eyewash station outside of transfer station is unflushed and inoperable. Stella Environmental maintains a first aid kit with a portable eyewash station in the scale house.
37. The facility has all-weather access roads. 38. The facility is secured by a locked gate. 39. The facility has proper signage.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _
Chuck Kirchner Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
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Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Catherine Hernandez, Operations Supervisor - Waste Industries USA, Inc.
(c. 336-706-0763 [e-mail])