1912SWCD_INSP_20160623

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Chatham
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 19-12 SWCD
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO X SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: June 23, 2016 Date of Last Inspection: June 17, 2015

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Celebrity Dairy LLC dba Celebrity Dirt
198 Celebrity Dairy Way
Siler City, NC 27344

GPS COORDINATES:
N: 35.76012 W: -79.35274

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
John Bonitz, Operator - Celebrity Dairy LLC dba Celebrity Dirt
c. 919-360-2492
[e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
John Bonitz
21 Fox Chapel Lane
Pittsboro, NC 27312

PARTICIPANTS:
John Patrone, Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section (SWS)
John Bonitz, Operator - Celebrity Dairy LLC dba Celebrity Dirt

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Solid Waste Compost Demonstration (SWCD) approved June 4, 2015
SWCD extension expires June 1, 2017

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None

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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Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On June 23, 2016, John Patrone met with John Bonitz to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the Celebrity Dairy
LLC dba Celebrity Dirt located on Celebrity Dairy Way in Siler City, Chatham County.

1. The solid waste compost demonstration (SWCD) uses a combination of goat manure-bedding, biochar, poultry
litter, liquid whey, and wood chips.
2. The SWCD is considered a small, type 3 compost operation.
3. The SWCD has obtained approval to operate (SWS letter dated June 4, 2015). The approval granted is in
accordance with the North Carolina Solid Waste Management rules, 15A North Carolina Administrative Code
(NCAC) 13B .1409, and subject to the conditions stated in the approval letter.
4. The SWCD has obtained approval to distribute the compost produced (SWS letter dated June 19, 2015).
5. The facility has produced compost in two [small] wooden positive aerated test bins. Mr. Bonitz stated that the
wooden bins will be used occasionally to produce compost and used to test new compost recipes.
6. The facility has constructed the manure dry store [building]. A positive aerated test windrow has been
constructed [using a 1 horsepower blower motor]. Mr. Bonitz stated that the test windrow did not achieve the
required results and will have materials added to undergo additional positive aeration.
7. The manure dry store floor is a soil cement hardened base. Mr. Bonitz stated that it is sandstone-like. The floor
did not appear flat. The lower part of the building wall/sidewall is open to the outside.
8. Mr. Bonitz stated that liquid on the manure dry store floor will flow off onto a trench drain [soil atop a layer of
gravel] and into an open-bottom sump.
9. Mr. Bonitz stated that liquid from the test windrow has been contained with wood mulch [positioned around the
windrow] and that it did not reach the trench drain or sump.
10. The facility plans to process the goat manure-bedding through a manure spreader in the manure dry store.
Shredded manure-bedding will be stored in the building near the compost operation.
11. Mr. Bonitz stated that three test windrows will be composted in the manure dry store in order to acquire
knowledge regarding the goat manure-bedding, etc. compost process.
12. After the test windrows are composted, Mr. Bonitz stated that he plans to construct three or four large three-
sided bins in the manure dry store to commercially produce compost and that material will be aerated for ~ 60
days and cured [in-place] for 30 – 180 days.
13. The facility has not produced compost since April 2015. The compost produced was in the small wooden bins.
The remaining compost is stored in one of the wooden bins.
14. Mr. Bonitz has a vermiculture operation at the dirtworks [building]. He stated that the vermiculture operation
only uses compost [from the batch produced in April 2015] and wood mulch.
15. Mr. Bonitz was asked to contact Tony Gallagher, Composting & Land Application Branch Head – SWS at 919-
707-8280, to discuss the construction and operation of the manure dry store and the vermiculture operation.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

Phone: [phone]
John Patrone, Environmental Senior Specialist
Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ

Sent on: June 24, 2016 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Electronic Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - SWS
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – SWS
Tony Gallagher, Composting & Land Application Branch Head – SWS
Donna Wilson, Environmental Engineer - SWS
Michelle Sclafani, Environmental Technician – SWS
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Solid Waste Section
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Digital pictures taken June 23, 2016
by John Patrone, DWM – SWS

Compost wooden test bins Compost created – stored in a test bin (wood mulch cover)

Manure dry store [building] – compost test windrow on the left

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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Compost windrow static aeration piping with blower motor Manure dry store - gravel layer trench drain

Manure dry store – sump Dirtworks – vermiculture operation