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Home My WebLink About9237T_INSP_20230126FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 5 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: WAKE Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9237T-TRANSFER-2020 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: January 26, 2023 Date of Last Inspection: October 12, 2022 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Capitol Waste Transfer Station 424 Warehouse Drive Raleigh, NC 27610 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.75217 Long.: -78.63345 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Josh Daher, 678-549-7874, jdaher@meridianwaste.com FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Josh Daher 110 Rupert Road Raleigh, NC 27603 PARTICIPANTS: Tim Davis, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section Drew Hammonds, NCDEQ Solid Waste Section Matthew Lavender, Meridian Waste STATUS OF PERMIT: PTC/PTO issued January 27, 2022 PTO expires June 15, 2070 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Follow-Up Partial Compliance Inspection OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: A. 15A NCAC 13B .0203 (d), “By receiving solid waste at a permitted facility, the permittee shall be considered by the Department to have accepted the conditions of the permit and shall comply with the conditions of the permit.” Permit to Operate, Attachment 3, Part VI (7) (b) states: “Waste must only be deposited on a ‘tipping floor’ or directly into a transfer trailer. Waste must not be stored on the ‘tipping floor’ after hours.” PARTIALLY RESOLVED: During this inspection, a manageable amount of waste was observed in the operations area and did not appear to have been stored on the tipping floor after hours. However, C&D waste was observed piled not on the concrete pad of the tipping floor, but on a damaged area of the tipping floor that contained only gravel and soil. C&D waste had spilled over the northern and eastern edges of the tipping floor area onto the adjacent dirt access road and waste was visible within multiple areas of standing water. All waste staged for transport as well as operational areas where waste is piled for processing must occur on an impervious surface that will not allow waste to contact ground or surface waters. Measures should be implemented to ensure waste is contained to the tipping floor. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 5 B. Permit to Operate, Attachment 3, Part VI (4) states: “The following, at a minimum, must not be accepted for transfer at the facility: hazardous waste, yard trash, liquid wastes, regulated medical waste, sharps not properly packaged…” UNRESOLVED: During this inspection, bagged and loose leaves and yard trash was again observed within a large pile of land clearing debris located southwest of the C&D tipping floor. This facility is not permitted to receive yard trash. Ensure all yard trash is removed and disposed of in the proper manner, and subsequent loads of yard trash are rerouted to a facility permitted to receive such waste. C. Permit to Operate, Attachment 3, Part VI (9), “All water that comes into contact with solid waste, including vehicle wash-down water is leachate and must be captured and properly treated before release to the environment. (a) The leachate control system, such as floor drains, leachate collection devices, sanitary sewer connections, and leachate storage tanks, must be operational during facility operations. (b) The tipping floor must drain away from the building entrance and into the leachate collection system.” During this inspection, leachate was identified collecting adjacent to and within the heavily rutted dirt access road, draining across the road to the low-lying northeastern corner of the property between, beneath and behind stored containers, and potentially flowing onto the adjacent property. It has been noted in previous inspections that C&D waste is collected and processed in an uncovered area which allows water to drain directly to the dirt access road which surrounds it and to properties adjacent to this facility. All water that comes in contact with waste is considered leachate and should be collected and disposed of as leachate. Measures should be implemented to ensure waste is contained to the tipping floor and surrounding areas are graded to direct leachate back onto the tipping floor or into a collection system. Ensure any impacted soils are excavated and disposed of properly and subsurface soils evaluated as necessary. The subsurface soils will need to be evaluated for possible contaminants. Please contact Perry Sugg at perry.sugg@ncdenr.gov for guidance. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 1. During this inspection, it was noted that C&D waste continues to be deposited off the concrete tipping floor and piled on or in direct contact with the dirt access road. All waste staged for transport as well as operational areas where waste is piled for processing must occur on an impervious surface that will not allow leachate to contact ground or surface waters. Ensure any C&D waste collected during daily business operations is kept contained to the concrete “tipping floor” pad only. 2. 15A NCAC 13B .0101 (28), “’Inert debris waste’ means inert debris that consists solely of asphalt, cured concrete, brick, concrete block, gravel, and rock. Inert debris waste shall not contain chemical adhesives or sealants, or lead-based paint.” The inert debris stockpile located to the south of the tipping floor contained commingled waste including plastic, cardboard, and painted brick and concrete. Commingled waste and painted brick and concrete do not meet the definition of inert debris as defined in 15A NCAC 13B .0101 (28). Ensure all prohibited commingled waste and painted brick and concrete block is removed and disposed of at a permitted facility. 3. During this inspection, it was again noted that painted block and quartz countertop waste were mixed in with the gravel fill along the right shoulder of the entry access road. Painted block and quartz countertop waste do not meet the definition of beneficial fill as defined in 15A NCAC 13B .0562 and are prohibited from being used in this manner. Ensure all prohibited material is removed from this area and properly disposed of. 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 3 of 5 4. An all-weather road that is accessible by the Division and loaded collection vehicles shall be provided from the entrance gate to the unloading, receiving and tipping areas. The road was a muddy mess at the time of this inspection. Facility staff provided photos of the area graded the next day. Ensure that the road is maintained. 5. Inclement weather with heavy rains was present in this area the previous day. The facility operator stated that they continued to receive waste in the rain without measures to collect leachate. It may be necessary to stop receiving waste during heavy rain events and cover waste onsite to eliminate or minimize the amount of leachate. Any leachate observed leaving the pad should be stopped right away and impacted soil removed and disposed of properly. 6. Please follow the permit and approved operations plan for this facility. 7. Corrective measures are necessary as a result of this inspection. 8. Digital photographs were taken during the inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: 919-707-8290 _ Email: timothy.davis@ncdenr.gov Tim Davis Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: February 10, 2023 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified 19 No. [ _] Copies: Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Andrew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Chris Hollinger, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section Sherri Stanley, Permitting Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Perry Sugg, Compliance Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Wally Hall, CEO – Meridian Waste, LLC Matthew Lavender, Operations Manager – Meridian Waste FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 5 Photographs taken by Tim Davis during the 1/26/23 Inspection. View #1 of C&D waste spilling off tipping floor and collecting within water. View of C&D waste spilling off tipping floor and collecting within water. View #3 of waste spilling off tipping floor. View #4 of waste spilling off tipping floor. View of yard trash within land clearing debris pile. View of leachate draining off access road. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 5 of 5 View #1 of leachate pooling behind stored containers. View #2 of leachate pooling behind stored containers. View of commingled waste within inert debris pile. View of countertop waste within gravel fill along road. View #1 of access road. View #2 of access road.