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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF X LCID YW X Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Alamance
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods X Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 01-04
CDLF X Tire T&P / Collection X Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: March 7, 2023 Date of Last Inspection: March 2, 2022
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Alamance County Austin Quarter Road Solid Waste Management Facility 2701 Austin Quarter Road Graham, NC 27253 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.93973 Long.: -79.29288
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Richard Hill, Solid Waste Director – Alamance County Landfill w. 336-376-8902 (press #5 then #4) c. 336-214-6565 f. 336-376-8937 [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Alamance County Landfill Richard Hill, Solid Waste Director 2701 Austin Quarter Road
Graham, NC 27253
PARTICIPANTS: Chuck Kirchner, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section (SWS)
Richard Hill, Solid Waste Director – Alamance County Landfill Emily Ball, Assistant Solid Waste Director – Alamance County Landfill Rodney Foust, Landfill Operation Superintendent – Alamance County Landfill STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate (PTO) Phases 1 through 5 issued December 9, 2022 Permit to Construct (PTC) Phase 6, Cell 1A issued in conjunction with PTO Life of Site Permit PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None. OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None.
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS On March 7, 2024 Chuck Kirchner met with Richard Hill, Emily Ball and Rodney Foust to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the Alamance County Austin Quarter Solid Waste Management Facility on Austin Quarter Road in Graham, Alamance County. General Site Comments
1. The facility consists of a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill, a construction and demolition debris (C&D) landfill, a yard waste (YW) management operation, an uninhabitable mobile home processing operation (T&P), a postconsumer recycled asphalt shingles (PRAS) operation and a Temporary Debris Storage and Reduction Site (TDSR). 2. The facility has a convenience center located adjacent to the scale house. The convenience center has
segregated areas for each recyclable material stream and a container for local resident MSW waste. 3. The facility operates a source-separated recycled materials processing building. Segregated loads of recyclable materials include cardboard, paper, plastic, metal and glass. Alamance county residents can drop off
recyclables at the landfill entrance near the scale house or convenience centers located within Alamance County. The recyclable material is baled and hauled off site.
4. Effective January 1, 2023 Austin Quarter landfill is transporting target recyclables collected at their two off site
recycle locations directly to the Republic MERF in Greensboro. 5. The facility is permitted to receive waste from Alamance County. 6. The facility is open Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 12:00 pm. 7. The facility permit, site plan and operations plan were discussed. 8. Logging at the landfill is complete. A total of 230 acres were logged according to Mr. Hill. 9. The facility is secured by a locked gate. 10. Facility personnel are on site during operating hours. 11. The facility has proper signage.
Records Review 12. The following employees are certified managers: a. Richard Hill, Certified Manager of Landfill Operations, Certificate No. 1338341, exp. 9/14/2024 b. Rodney Foust, Certified Manager of Landfill Operations, No. 818577, exp. 11/12/2026 c. Jeffery T. Apple, Certified Manager of Landfill Operations, No. 1775686, exp. 09/06/2026 13. The facility also employs 16 SWANA Certified Landfill Operations Specialists. All certifications are currently valid. 14. The facility maintains records of the amount of solid waste received. The facility annual report (FAR) dated July 26, 2023 was received by the SWS. The amount of MSW received for July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 is 138,821 tons. The amount of materials recycled was 1,267 tons. 15. The facility provided a throughput record for the MSW landfill received on site from June 1, 2023 through March 6, 2024. During that time the landfill received 104,856.44 tons of waste. The facility also provided a throughput record for the yard waste received on site from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. During
that time the landfill received 71,664.80 tons of yard waste. 16. Site currently operates under three erosion control permits: ALAMA-2022-015 which covers the new 37 acres for the MSW Landfill area, ALAMA-2022-054 which covers another 35 acres for the new MSW Landfill area
and ALAMA-2010-022 which covers the borrow area.
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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17. The facility maintains waste screening reports. A minimum of 1 percent of the vehicles received (weekly) are
required to be screened. Records were observed for February 13, 2023 through January 31, 2024. 18. The facility maintains semiannual groundwater, surface water and leachate test records. Samples collected by Municipal Engineering, Inc. (MESCO) and are analyzed by Pace Environmental Services, Inc. Records for
groundwater, surface water and leachate were observed for April 2023 and October/November 20, 2023. An exceedance is noted in each report.
19. Leachate is sampled at the same time the groundwater wells are sampled and results are included with the groundwater report. 20. A leachate analysis report sampled by MESCO and analyzed by Pace Analytical was observed for February 2,
2023. All concentrations were below their respective surcharge limits. 21. The facility leachate lines are being flushed and TV inspected today and was last done on March 7, 2023 and is usually done annually or bi-annually by C&J Utilities, Inc. 22. Leachate storage tanks are inspected weekly. Leachate storage tank weekly inspection records were observed from March 6, 2023 through March 1, 2024. 23. The amount of leachate hauled from the landfill to the WWTP from July 2023 to January 2024 is 1,624,866 gallons. Each month was between 43,959 gallons to 1,624,866 gallons. 24. The facility Industrial User Pretreatment (IUP) Permit No. 0025 was issued by the WWTP on September 23, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2026. 25. The facility maintains quarterly landfill gas monitoring records. Monitoring is conducted by Municipal Engineering Services Company (MESCO). Records were observed for January 12, 2023, May 12, 2023, September 28, 2023, December 12, 2023 and January 25, 2024. No methane or hydrogen sulfide was detected
in observed reports. 26. The facility maintains records for scrap tire certifications. Records were observed for December 2023 and
January 2024. The tires are currently sent to Central Carolina Tire in Cameron, NC. 27. The facility maintains records of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) removed from white goods. Records were observed for February 2023 through June 2023. In that timeframe 162 units were serviced removing 1,134 ounces
of CFC’s. 28. The following are personnel certified to extract CFC’s: a. Jesse Ayers, Universal Technician (40CFR Part 82, Subpart F), Certificate No. 639805102950.
b. Scott Debien, Universal Technician (40CFR Part 82, Subpart F), Certificate No.930535102950. Municipal Solid Waste Landfill (MSW) 29. The current working face is on top of the landfill between Cell 1 & 2B. Mr. Foust stated the landfill is planning on moving into phase 6 near the end of 2024. 30. A small amount of windblown material observed around facility from the day’s operations. All windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and disposed of by the owner or operator at the conclusion of each day’s operations. 31. The working face was small and compact.
View of the MSW working face. Photograph by C. Kirchner taken during the 3/7/24 inspection.
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32. No unauthorized waste material was observed in the working face during this inspection.
33. Good grass cover observed in several areas. Continue to seed and mulch until cap is stabilized with vigorous permanent grass cover. 34. Construction of Phase 6 is near complete and this area was observed during this inspection. A rain cover is
installed over the phase 6 area and any rainwater that collects on the cover is disposed of as storm water.
View of Phase 6 construction from on top of Cell 2B. Photograph by C. Kirchner taken during the 3/7/24
inspection.
View of Phase 6 rain cover over the protective fill from the north side of construction looking southeast (left) and
then looking south (right). Photographs by C. Kirchner taken during the 3/7/24 inspection.
35. Leachate from Phase 2 is pumped directly to the storage tanks. The storage tanks gravity feed to a sump (connected to both tanks, maintaining uniform volume in both tanks). A new manhole to the leachate tanks has been installed to connect the Phase 6 area to the leachate tanks.
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36. Mr. Foust stated that a new power pole, light and electrical box was installed at the leachate tank sump. The
new pole was observed during this inspection. 37. Leachate tanks were observed to contain 4’ of leachate in each tank. Each tank can hold up to 15’ of leachate according to Mr. Foust.
38. Both leachate tanks were observed to be in good condition during this inspection.
39. The facility has water trucks available for dust control. 40. Access roads are made of all-weather construction. Construction & Demolition Landfill (C&D) 41. The C&D Landfill is currently receiving a permanent cap and will be closed upon completion.
View of the permanent cap on the C&D Landfill being installed. Photograph by C. Kirchner taken during the 3/7/24 inspection. 42. C&D Landfill has not been used since September 18, 2017. 43. The facility annual report (FAR) for the C&D Landfill dated July 24, 2023 was received by the SWS. Facility throughput for July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 was 0.00 tons. 44. Continue to repair any eroded rills and seed and mulch any bare areas per permit requirements on C&D Landfill permanent cap. Yard Waste (YW)
45. The YW management operation is located north of the MSW landfill, near the access road to the leachate storage tanks. 46. The area available for the YW management operation is ~1.5 acres.
47. The facility is permitted to maintain up to 1,000 cubic yards of YW prior to grinding. 48. Only a small amount of land clearing debris (LCD) was observed on site during this inspection. 49. This area can be used for disaster debris prior to the activation of the temporary disaster debris staging site
(TDSR), number DS01-005. 50. The facility provided a throughput record of yard waste received at site from January 1, 2023 through December
31, 2023. During that time 71,664.30 tons of yard waste was received on site. 51. 481.24 tons of material currently on site according to facility Ms. Ball. 52. Facility staff stated that all mulch is used on site to stabilize roadbeds or for other uses at the landfill at this time. Miscellaneous Solid Waste Operations
53. The facility manages white goods in a building adjacent to the office. Facility personnel extract the chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s).
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54. Scrap tires are stored in three trailers located adjacent to the recyclable building, southwest of the office. Scrap
tires are hauled off by Central Carolina Tire Disposal, Inc. 55. All mobile homes are brought to the working face of the landfill and deconstructed to recover recyclable materials.
56. From July 1, 2022 to March 5, 2023 one mobile home was brought to the landfill. No mobile homes were observed on site during this inspection.
Temporary Disaster Storage and Reduction Site (TDSR) 1. TDSR 01-005 is currently inactive.
2. The laydown area is graded level and the area remains accessible for use. 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