CCB0070_INSP_20160224

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Stokes
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: CCB0070
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: 2/24/2016 Date of Last Inspection: 4/27/2015

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Duke Energy Corporation
Belews Creek Steam Station
Structural Fill (Equipment/material staging area and overflow parking lot)
Pine Hall Road
Belews Creek, NC 27009

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.28569 W: -80.06540

Melonie Martin, Environmental Coordinator
Office: 336-445-0610, Cell: 336-669-2994
E-mail: [e-mail]

Kimberlee Witt, PE, Sr. Engineer - Environmental Services
Cell: 336-215-4576
E-mail: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Belews Creek Steam Station
3195 Pine Hall Road
Belews Creek, North Carolina 27009

PARTICIPANTS:
Shawn McKee, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section, Environmental Senior Specialist
Larry Frost, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section, Engineering Project Manager
Elizabeth Werner, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section, Permitting Hydrogeologist
Kim Witt, Duke Energy
Evan Andrews, Duke Energy
Will Harrison, Duke Energy
Melanie Martin, Duke Energy
Jeff Gateley, Duke Energy

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Not required - Coal Combustion By-products Structural Fill constructed per 15A NCAC 13B .1700 Solid
Waste Rules

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive inspection to ensure that the Structural Fill Facility is in compliance with 15A North Carolina
Administration Code (NCAC) 13B. 1700, “Requirements For Beneficial Use Of Coal Combustion By-Products.”

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Division of Waste Management
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STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None.

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS
None.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The Duke Energy Corporation - Belews Creek Steam Station completed construction of a structural fill project
in September 2009 located off of Pine Hall Road diagonally across from the Pine Hall Road Ash Landfill (85-03).

2. The structural fill is used for the intended purpose of a parking lot and equipment laydown yard in the event of
large scale mobilizations per the expected beneficial end stated in the notification submitted to NCDENR.

3. Coal combustion by-products utilized on exterior slopes of the structural fill facility shall not have a slope
greater than a 3:1 ratio as per 15A NCAC 13B .1705(l).

4. The facility shall be covered with a minimum of 12-inches compacted earth and an additional 6-inches of
surface soil capable of supporting native vegetation as per 15A NCAC 13B .1705(j).

5. Final cover is being well maintained. Native vegetation is covering the side slopes of structural fill. The top of
the fill is covered in compacted stone. No erosion or ponded water was observed during the inspection.

Side slopes on the southeastern corner.

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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6. A slope drain on the southeastern side of the structural fill had been recently repaired due to some undercutting
having occurred around the drain.

Repaired slope drain

7. Approximately 918,274 cubic yards of coal combustion by-products were utilized in the construction of the
structural fill.

8. Per the requirements of 15A NCAC 13B .1707, the structural fill has been recorded on the property deed.

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

Phone: [phone]____
Environmental Senior Specialist

Sent on:
March 9, 2016
Email:
X
Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Ellen Lorscheider, Section Chief, Solid Waste Section
Ed Mussler, Permitting Branch Head, Solid Waste Section
Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head, Solid Waste Section
Elizabeth Werner, Permitting Hydrogeologist, Solid Waste Section
Larry Frost, Engineering Project Manager, Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer, Solid Waste Section