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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Rockingham
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: YWN-79-001
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: 03/10/2016 Date of Last Inspection: 05/04/2015

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
City of Reidsville Compost Site
407 Broad Street
Reidsville, NC 27320

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.32272 ° E: -79.66042 °

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Patricia Knowles, Solid Waste Superintendent – City of Reidsville
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Division of Solid Waste
City of Reidsville Public Works Department
1100 Vance Street
Reidsville, NC 27320

PARTICIPANTS:
Patricia Knowles, Solid Waste Superintendent – City of Reidsville
Gary French, Solid Waste Division – City of Reidsville
John Patrone, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active Yard Waste Notification Site – June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial 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.
FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1. All photos included in this report were taken by Susan Heim, Solid Waste Section, on March 10, 2016.
2. The facility is an annual Yard Waste Notification site, owned and operated by the City of Reidsville for the
purpose of composting yard trash, leaves and grass clippings.
3. The site exceeds minimum buffer requirements and the property is bounded by dense woodland.
4. Access to the facility is restricted through the use of a locked gate. The facility is staffed to permit residents
access only during September and October, when the compost material is made available to the public.
5. The site is clean and well-maintained; no storm water runoff or erosion issues were observed.
6. Approximately 3,000 cubic yards of compost are produced on the site annually from materials collected and
transported to the site by the City of Reidsville.
7. The City of Reidsville collects bagged yard waste curbside year round, and uses a vacuum truck to collect
leaves during the months of November and December. As leaves are brought to the site, they are mixed with
yard waste and formed into new windrows.
8. Compost material is used at city facilities and is also made available to city residents free of charge on a first
come-first served basis.
9. Nine active windrows were observed at the site.
10. Mr. French stated that windrows are turned every four to six weeks using a windrow turner. He explained that
the resulting compost material is distributed to city facilities and to the public in September and October, prior
to the start of leaf collection on November 1st.
11. Temperature logs are maintained for the windrows, and records are kept at the Solid Waste Division offices,
located at 1100 Vance Street.
12. Solid Waste Staff will perform a follow-up inspection in order to review temperature logs for the windrows at
the site to ascertain that the minimum requirement of three days at 131°F had been met prior to the distribution
of the compost material.

Windrows made up of leaves, grass
clippings and yard trash.

Gated entrance to the facility is kept
locked to limit access to city staff.
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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]

Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: March 21, 2016 to Pat
Knowles.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section
John Patrone, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section