SLAS7902_INSP_20160414

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS X COUNTY: Rockingham
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: SLAS-79-02
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
Date of Site Inspection: April 14, 2016 Date of Last Inspection: September 16, 2015
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Billingsley Septic Tank
149 Penn Road
Reidsville, North Carolina 27320

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.2694° W: 79.6363°

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Wayne Billingsley, Co-Owner
Telephone: [phone] (o) [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above

PARTICIPANTS:
Troy Harrison, NC Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active
Issued: 3/18/2014
Expires: 3/18/2019

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Routine Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
15A NCAC 13B .0837(d)(11) states: “All septage disposal sites shall be located at least the minimum distance specified
for the following”: “(11) Food Crops – 50 feet”

40 CFR §503.9 General definitions States: “Food crops are crops consumed by humans. These include, but not limited to,
fruits, vegetables, and tobacco.”

On September 16, 2015, Billingsley Septic Tank Company (the company) was in violation of 15A NCAC 13B
.0837(d)(11) because There was a tobacco crop on a neighboring field to the north of Field 5a with a buffer that was
measured to be 20 feet.

In order to come into compliance, the company was required to adjust either the septage application field boundary or
tobacco field boundary to allow for a 50 foot buffer between the two fields. This had been done.

The violations is resolved.

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
N/A

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Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. All photographs were taken by Troy Harrison on April 14, 2016.

2. The Septage Land Application Site consists of four fields totaling approximately 30.17acres. Field 5A contains
8.01 acres, Field 5B contains 4.88 acres, Field 6A contains 9.74 acres and Field 6B contains 7.54 acres.

3. The site is permitted for land application of domestic septage and grease septage.

4. The site is located at the end of Penn Road and has accessible all-weather roads to the site and septage land
application fields covered under the permit.

5. Appropriate signage was displayed at the site.

6. Disposal area boundaries delineated with permanent markers. On the west side of field 6a, the pond was full
and there was not a 100 foot buffer to the pond. The boundary markers will need to be adjusted so that when
the pond is full the 100 foot buffer is maintained.

7. The tobacco crop that was noted during the 9/16/2015 inspection has been harvested. It also appears that the
tobacco field has been marked so that the next crop will be outside of the 50 foot buffer.

8. All septage discharges appear to have been made within the disposal area boundary. Fields 5a and 6a were not
in use. The most recent applications appeared to be in Field 5a.

9. There is no evidence of standing liquid or pooled waste. The waste appeared to be evenly distributed throughout
the field.

10. No objectionable odors were observed.

11. Field 5b and 6b had been tilled. As a reminder, Fields cannot be used for land application unless an adequate
fescue crop is established and maintained. In addition, the approved Nutrient Management Plan contained in
your permit has fescue as the cover crop for all four fields. Planting of cover crops other than fescue is not
approved in the current Nutrient Management Plan. Please contact Connie Wylie at [e-mail]
or 910-433-3352 to update the nutrient management plan. You can also contact the Rockingham County
Cooperative Extension at 336-342-8230 for advice on field maintenance and weed control.
Field 6b Field 5a (foreground) and 5b (background)

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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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

_______________________________________ Phone: [phone]

Troy Harrison
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: June 2, 2016 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Tony Gallagher, Composting & Land Application Branch Head
Michelle Sclafani, Composting & Land Application Branch
Connie Wylie, Composting & Land Application Branch