5408_INSP_20240530

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
MSWLF X COUNTY: LENOIR
PERMIT NO.: 5408-TRANSFER-2014
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: May 30, 2024 Date of Last Inspection: October 6, 2023

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Deep Run Transfer Station 2287 Leslie R. Stroud Rd.
Kinston, NC 28504
GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.17373° W: 77.69637° FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Owner: Al Hill Properties, LLC Phone [phone]
John Pfleger, Manager Phone: [phone] [e-mail] Operator: GFL Environmental Site Phone: [phone] Tyler Pate, Site Manager Cell Phone: [phone] [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above PARTICIPANTS:
Liz Patterson, NCDEQ – Solid Waste Section Tyler Pate – GFL Environmental, Inc. STATUS OF PERMIT:
Life-of-Site Permit To Operate(PTO) issued August 15, 2018 PTO expires November 15, 2061 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: NONE OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
NONE

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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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility has proper signage.
2. Facility hours are Monday to Friday from 7:00am to 4:00pm. Personnel are onsite during operating hours. 3. The following personnel are SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operators: Tyler Pate, expires 5/4/2027
Robin Evans expires 8/10/2025 Kenneth “kip” Gageby expires 8/10/2025 John Johnson III, expires 9/22/2027
Michael Kavanaugh expires 8/10/2025 Kenneth Kennon expires 5/26/2025 4. The facility Permit and Operation Plan were readily available. 5. The waste type being accepted into the transfer facility was MSW.
6. The tipping floor is cleaned daily and routinely sanitized. 7. Per 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (11) Site Cleaning and Maintenance: Unless otherwise stated in the site permit, all waste shall be removed from the tipping floor, the truck loading bays, and from behind push walls by the end of each day
of operation and disposed of in accordance with this Subchapter. The tipping floor, push walls, and truck loading bays shall be cleaned with a pressure washer no less than once per month. The remaining areas of the site building including side walls and any material storage areas outside of the building shall be cleaned with a pressure washer
no less than twice per year. Wash water generated from cleaning waste handling areas shall be contained and treated as leachate. Cleaning and maintenance records shall be maintained and made available to the Division upon written request.
8. The leachate collection system was reviewed and is operating properly at this time. Leachate is currently being collected in a 2,100 gallon tank and pumped as needed. 9. Fire extinguishers available for fire control. 10. The access roads are paved with no erosion problems. 11. The windblown waste is being managed well. 12. Digital pictures 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: 5/30/2024 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Drew Hammonds, Field Operations Branch Head - Solid Waste Section
FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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Pictures taken by Liz Patterson on May 30, 2024
Transfer station Transfer trailer loading bay
Transfer trailer staging area Transfer Station tipping floor