5403_RES_20240530

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
MSWLF X X COUNTY: LENOIR
MSWLF goods PERMIT NO.: 5403-CDLF-1997 5403-MSWLF-1981
X FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: May 9, 2024 and May 30, 2024 Date of last inspection: April 17, 2024
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Lenoir County CDLF 2949 Hodges Farm Rd.
La Grange, NC 28551 GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.29453° W: -77.71301°
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Landfill 252.566.4194 Kim Hill, Solid Waste Director 252-566-4194 ext. 4177 Email: [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Same as above

PARTICIPANTS: Liz Patterson, NCDEQ –Solid Waste Section
Kim Hill – Lenoir County Solid Waste Director Johnnie Morries - Lenoir County
STATUS OF PERMIT:
5403-CDLF-1997 Life of Site Permit to Operate issued February 21, 2022. Expires December 30, 2057. 5403-MSWLF-1981 Permit for Closure. The 47-acre unlined MSW landfill on this site was closed in 1998. Completion of the final cover installation was certified in March 2000. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
NOV Follow-up inspections STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
1. 15A NCAC 13B .0542(f)(2) - RESOLVED 2. 15A NCAC 13B .0542(l)(4) - RESOLVED 3. 15A NCAC 13B .0203(d) - RESOLVED 4. Part III, #43 of the approved permit states: The integrity and effectiveness of the cap system must be maintained. Maintenance and repairs to the cover must be conducted as necessary to correct the effects of settlement, subsidence, erosion, or other events, and to prevent surface water from impounding over waste, and run-on and run-off from eroding or otherwise damaging the cap system. Mowing and removal of trees on the
final cover is required at least once per year. - RESOLVED
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
NONE

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility is a Construction and Demolition (C&D) landfill on top of closed unlined Municipal Solid Waste Landfill (MSWLF).
2. The facility is permitted to receive C&D waste, inert debris, asphalt, and land-clearing debris generated within Lenoir County. 3. The facility is fenced and is secured by a locking gate when it is not open for operation.
4. The correct signage is at the entrance of the facility listing the facility name, permit number and emergency contact information as well as materials accepted at the facility. 5. Personnel are onsite during operating hours. The C&D landfill is open to accept waste from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm Monday through Friday and 8:00 am until 12:00 pm on Saturday. The C&D debris landfill is normally closed on Sunday and select County holidays. 6. Facility records were not reviewed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 7. A perimeter road has been established around the entire footprint of the landfill. The perimeter road is being well maintained. 8. The working face was appropriately sized for the expected waste. Waste is being well-compacted. Six inches of earthen material should be properly applied once weekly or when the working face reaches ½ acre. 9. At the conclusion of each operating day, all windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected
and disposed of by the owner or operator. 10. Facility mowing scheduled for June. Remove any deep root penetrating vegetation that may voluntarily grow on the landfill such as small trees and brush.
11. Landfill Edge-of-waste markers installed and are being maintained around the landfill as required. 12. Monitoring wells are locked, capped, and properly tagged.
13. Small Type I composting area is also part of facility operations. The facility encompassing less than two (2) acres in size is permitted to process or store less than 6,000 CY of material per quarter in accordance with Rule 15A NCAC 13B .1402(f)(6). The facility is permitted to receive land clearing debris, yard waste, or wooden
pallet as defined in Rules 15A NCAC 13B, .0101(23) and .0101(56), and NCGS 130A-290(44a), respectively. 14. There is at least a 25 foot access path around the site for fire control vehicles. 15. All setbacks are in place.
16. Unpainted wooden pallets generated only from C&D activities shall be disposed of in the existing C&D landfill area, as they are received. Otherwise, wooden pallets are stored for chipping and mulching. The pallets that are chipped or mulched are immediately sold to contract haulers for use as boiler fuel. The chipped/mulched pallets that are not immediately sold for boiler fuel are used for on-
site landscaping. MSWLF(CLOSED)
17. The perimeter road around the inactive MSWLF(Phase 1) is be of all-weather construction and maintained in good condition. 18. The landfill cap is in good condition and is established with adequate ground cover over the majority of the site
at this time. Mowing scheduled for end of June. 19. The Edge of Waste Markers are in place and easily identifiable around the waste footprint of the facility. 20. Continue to monitor this site for erosion and additional leachate seepage.
21. Periodically remove any deep root penetrating vegetation that may voluntarily grow on the landfill such as small trees and brush.
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
FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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22. Digital photos were taken during the inspection.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
Phone: [phone](O) [e-mail]
Liz Patterson Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative

Sent on: 6-7-2024 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Jason Watkins, Solid Waste Section Chief Solid Waste Section Drew Hammonds, Field Operations Branch Head - Solid Waste Section
Chris Hollinger, Compliance Officer - Solid Waste Section Perry Sugg, Environmental Compliance Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Christine Ritter, Hydrogeologist - Solid Waste Section
Michael James, Lenoir Co Manager ([e-mail])

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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Digital pictures taken by Liz Patterson on May 9,2024
Leachate areas repaired, seeded, and strawed Digital pictures taken by Liz Patterson on May 30, 2024
Proper cover being applied during inspection of CDLF
Working face of CDLF