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Home My WebLink About2610-COMPOST-2011_INSP_20230720FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 14 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: July 20, 2023 Date of Last Inspection: November 10, 2022 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: Amanda Bader, CCSW Neil Cunningham, CCSW Mike Renfro, CCSW Tim Middleton, CCSW David Powell, Solid Waste Section STATUS OF PERMIT: Current Permit to Operate 2610-COMPOST-2011, Issued September 1, 2022, and expires June 30, 2030. 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 14 OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: NA ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 1. Section staff David Powell met with Cumberland County Solid Waste (CCSW) staff, Amanda Bader, Mike Renfrow, Neil Cunningham, and Tim Middleton. No active landfilling operations occurring in the LCID currently. Normal Operations on compost side- Material is brought in, mulched, 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 during inspection. Canal Wood in Lumberton or Mr. Mulch will haul it to Florence SC. County can now haul some to boilers themselves. 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. 2. Signage needs updating to meet current requirements and to incorporate the addition of permit 2615 for the LCID landfill. Traffic signage was also present, please evaluate those already installed during this time to ensure additional is not needed. Permit Attachment 3, Part I, 2 - A sign shall be posted at the site entrance showing the site contact's name and phone number, the permit number, emergency contact information, and the waste types accepted for disposal at the site. Traffic signs or markers must be provided as necessary to promote an orderly traffic pattern to and from the discharge area and to maintain efficient operating conditions. 3. Mike Renfro and Michael Mclamb have both completed SWANA’s Certified Manager of Compositing Operations course, both expire in 2024. Amanda Bader completed SWANA Composting program. Be sure and have trained operators onsite when operating. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 3 of 14 4. Additional records reviewed also included waste screening forms and monthly volume analysis tracking information and reports. Facility Operations plan, new permit, maps, Sedimentation & Erosion Control and stormwater docs were available. Previous inspection determined that waste screening was not being completed enough. It is now being done much more frequent and a new form is being used. Mr. Middleton described this increase has caught a lot more unapproved waste. He also informed that the onsite staff are more diligent in filling out forms when they catch unapproved wastes, whereas before it would just get loaded back off and redirected to the proper facility elsewhere and not documented as much. Good job. Two 2023 waste screening documents. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 14 Temp records for spring/summer 2023 – A1 Temp records for spring/summer 2023 – A2 FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 5 of 14 5. Ms. Bader explained there are now three Vermeer Horizontal grinders (2 County-owned and one leased) operating on the site. They have a dedicated truck and driver for hauling boiler fuel, which has increased the ability to move material off-site rather than waiting on end-user to haul off. In addition, there are two more contract operators to assist with operating onsite with additional equipment and ability to process faster. Ms. Bader explained the previous demo has been halted and they are looking to do another with lessons learned in mind from previous demo. Updated documentation and/or new demo requests should be sent to Section permitting before any construction or operations begin. Active grinding operation. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 6 of 14 Boiler fuel stockpile. 6. Current map for tracking compost onsite is older map. A revised site layout was approved in the Ops plan and with 2022 permit however has not been fully implemented. Please proceed to implement the new site layout or communicate with Section Permitting on amending the operations plans. See previous photos taken before of both maps. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 7 of 14 Current map of onsite operations Partial map image from approved operations plan, showing compost areas and identification. Be sure and use going forward with time/temperature records. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 8 of 14 7. Windrow storage areas are better graded and in better condition. There was proper sizing and separation, however roads to them were rutted and muddy from recent rain. Please buildup roads to all weather construction and maintain. Windrows of compost, view is south. Road rutted and muddy from recent rainfall, needs addressing. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 9 of 14 Windrows on NE side of compost area. 8. Interior ditches have been changed to fit new permit/operations plans but vegetation is trying to be established currently using finished compost product. Some of this material is too close or inside of ditching able to contact water. It is suggested that it be moved back to prevent stormwater contamination due to excess nutrient runoff. There is some work being done to remove the older stormwater basin in center of compost side. Currently draining to new ditching, filling older basin with soil and bringing up to grade. Center road was muddy but had good base. Perimeter roads need building up with rock, gravel etc. Please be sure and maintain center roadways and perimeter roads to remain of “all weather Construction” so that firefighting and Section vehicles can access. Permit Attachment 3, Part I, 3 - Access roads shall be of all-weather construction and shall be maintained to allow access by vehicles transporting waste, Department staff, and fire-fighting vehicles. Permit Attachment 3, Part I, 7 - All sedimentation and erosion control activities must be conducted in accordance with the Sedimentation Control Act, N.C.G.S. 113A-50 et seq., and rules promulgated under 15A NCAC 4. The Section must be notified of any approved modifications to the sedimentation and erosion control plan. Permit Attachment 3, Part I, 8 - Facility construction, operations or practices must not cause or result in a discharge of pollution, dredged material, and/or fill material into waters of the state in violation of the requirements under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, as amended. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 10 of 14 North side of perimeter road. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 11 of 14 South side of perimeter road, looking toward entrance. Finished compost in water and too close to ditch. Older basin being filled in and drained. Near center of site. Draining is to right of photo into southern perimeter ditching. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 12 of 14 Southern perimeter road and drainage ditch. Basin out of frame to left of photo being drained here. Finished compost in water and too close to inside of ditch. Eastern and newer stormwater basin. Vegetation being established on west side of this basin, also perimeter roadway. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 13 of 14 9. When operations were temporarily moved from compost side of Wilkes rd. to LCID, some of that mulched YW was spread out across the LCID and left. This waste needs to be utilized according to Compost or LCID rules within 30 days. Waste atop LCID at Wilkes rd. Looking east from atop LCID toward compost side. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 14 of 14 10. An updated Operations plan has been submitted to Section Permitting and awaiting approval. Facility staff should communicate with Section permitting on this before changing anything in operation or onsite. Contact Jordan Russ, Section Permitting, 919-707-8229 or jordan.russ@deq.nc.gov. 11. Please be sure to complete and submit the Facility Annual Report for this site. 12. 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. A follow up may be conducted once these issues are addressed in the given time frame or shortly after. 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: 7/31/2023 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] Copies: Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Drew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Sherri Stanley, Permitting Branch Supervisor - Solid Waste Section Jordan Russ, Engineering Project Manager – Solid Waste Section