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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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

Date of Site Inspection: 10/19/2016 Date of Last Inspection: 03/09/2016

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Sam W. Smith, Jr., Inc. LCID Landfill
NC Highway 770
Eden, NC 27289

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.53228° E: 79.63261 °

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Sam W. Smith, Jr. or Ella Mae Richardson
Telephone: [phone]
Email address:

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Sam W. Smith, Inc.
1773 Highway 135
P. O. Box 428
Eden, NC 27289

PARTICIPANTS:
Sam W. Smith, Jr., Operator – Sam Smith, Inc.
Robert Osborne, Property Owner
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate (Phase 1) Issued: March 12, 1997
Permit to Operate (Phase 2) Issued: December 13, 2010
Permit Expired: December 13, 2015.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Closure 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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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1. The facility ceased operating as an LCID landfill, and on 03/23/2016 an email was submitted to Ming Tai-Chao,
Permitting Branch, requesting that the permit renewal application be withdrawn and returned.
2. The property was sold to Ranch Properties LLC on September 4, 2015. The facility closure process will be
implemented through the current property owner.
3. Access to the site is restricted by means of a gate which is kept locked when the property owner is not at home.
4. Access roads are of all-weather construction and well maintained.
5. The facility had included a mining operation under permit # 79-25.
6. No edge-of-waste markers were observed at the site. Mr. Osborne stated that the site had been surveyed, and
pins had been set marking the corners of the area identified as, “MINING PERMIT BOUNDARY” on the site
grading plan, sealed by William E. Mitchell, PE on April 23, 1993. Each of these four pins was pointed out by
Mr. Osborne and observed during the inspection.
7. By November 30, 2016, ensure that permanent edge-of-waste markers are installed around the perimeter
of the LCID landfill to indicate the actual location of the outer boundary of the waste that was disposed
of in the landfill.
8. A letter, dated September 22, 2016, was received from William E. Mitchell, PE, certifying that more than 12
inches of suitable soil cover had been placed over the entire landfill.
9. No ponding of water was observed on top of the fill area or along the toe of the landfill and no signs of erosion
were observed.
10. Side slopes were properly graded and observed to have well-established vegetative cover.
11. On the landfill top, vegetative cover was observed only in areas where equipment, materials and supplies were
not being stored and where trucks were not operating.
12. Woody growth and small trees were observed on the side slopes along the northeastern perimeter of the landfill,
as was the case during the March 9, 2016 inspection.
13. By November 30, 2016, ensure that all woody growth and small trees on the side slopes and around the
perimeter of the fill area are removed and the areas surrounding them are stabilized.

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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Entry gate and all-weather access drive. Small trees and other woody vegetation on side slope on
northeast side of landfill.
View of landfill top from the south, with well-established
vegetative cover. Note the materials stockpiled, the bee hives
and the equipment stored on top of the waste.
Partial view of the landfill top where heavy trucks load,
unload and maneuver. Note lack of vegetative cover.
Northeastern slope of landfill with well-established vegetative
cover.
View of the southeastern slope of the landfill - the shallowest
area of fill - with established vegetative cover.
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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: October 27, 2016 to
Sam Smith, Jr. and Ella Mae
Richardson.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ ]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section
Robert Osborne – Property Owner