1805_GDS_Transfer_PTOAmendLOS_DIN27250_20170124

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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Waste Management
Roy Cooper Michael S. Regan
Governor Secretary

1646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646
Phone/Fax [phone] Internet: http://www.ncdenr.gov

An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTE SECTION
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
Permit No. 1805
REPUBLIC SERVICES OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC
is hereby issued a
PERMIT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT
Not Applicable
PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE
1805-TRANSFER-2001, GDS Recycling Services
PERMIT FOR CLOSURE
Not Applicable
Located at 130 Somerset Drive Extension, City of Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina, in
accordance with Article 9, Chapter 130A, of the General Statutes of North Carolina and all rules
promulgated thereunder and subject to the conditions set forth in this permit. The legal description of
the site is identified on the deeds recorded for this property listed in Attachment 1 of this permit.

Edward F. Mussler, III, P.E., Supervisor
Permitting Branch, Solid Waste Section
Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ
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ATTACHMENT 1
GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS/INFORMATION

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
Permit Approval to Operate Date Table
Permit Status Issuance Expiration DIN
1805-TRANSFER-2001, GDS Recycling
Services
Active January 24, 2017 Life of Site 27250
General Conditions
1. This permit is issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division
of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section (Section). In accordance with North Carolina
Solid Waste Management Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0201(d), a solid waste management facility
permit shall have two parts: a Permit Approval to Construct and a Permit Approval to
Operate. The Permit Approval to Construct must be implemented in accordance with
Attachment 2 of this permit. The Permit Approval to Operate must be implemented in
accordance with Attachment 3 of this permit.
2. The persons to whom this permit is issued (“permittee”) are the owners and operators of the
solid waste management facility.
3. The permit shall not be effective until the certified copy of this permit which shows current
ownership and references legal descriptions for all land within the solid waste management
facility boundary is recorded in the Register of Deeds office and indexed in the grantor index
under the name of the owner of the land in the county or counties in which the land is
located. The certified copy of the permit affixed with the Register's seal and the date, book,
and page number of recording must be returned to the Section within 30 calendar days of
issuance of this permit. If the Section does not receive the certified copy of the recorded
permit within 30 calendar days of issuance of the permit, then and in that event, the permit is
suspended and of no effect until the date the Section receives the certified copy of the
recorded permit.
4. When this property is sold, leased, conveyed, or transferred in any manner, the deed or other
instrument of transfer shall contain in the description section in no smaller type than that
used in the body of the deed or instrument, a statement that the property has been used as a
solid waste management facility and a reference by book and page to the recordation of the
permit.
5. By receiving waste at this facility the permittee shall be considered to have accepted the
terms and conditions of this permit.
6. Operation of this solid waste management facility shall be in accordance with the Solid
Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13B, Article 9 of the Chapter 130A of the North
Carolina General Statutes (NCGS 130A-290, et seq.), the conditions contained in this permit;
and the approved plan. Should the approved plan and the rules conflict, the Solid Waste
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Management Rules shall take precedence unless specifically addressed by permit condition.
Failure to comply may result in compliance action or permit revocation.
7. This permit is issued based on the documents submitted in support of the application for
permitting the facility including those identified in Attachment 1, “List of Documents for
Approved Plan,” and which constitute the approved plan for the facility. Where
discrepancies exist, the most recent submittals and the Conditions of Permit shall govern.
8. This permit may be transferred only with the approval of the Section, through the issuance of
a new or substantially amended permit in accordance with applicable statutes and rules. In
accordance with NCGS 130A-295.2(g) the permittee must notify the Section thirty (30) days
prior to any significant change in the identity or business structure of either the owner or the
operator, including but not limited to a proposed transfer of ownership of the facility or a
change in the parent company of the owner or operator of the facility.
9. The permittee is responsible for obtaining all permits and approvals necessary for the
development of this project including approval from appropriate agencies for a General or
Individual NPDES Stormwater Discharge Permit. Issuance of this permit does not remove
the permittee’s responsibilities for compliance with any other local, state or federal rule,
regulation or statute.
Properties Approved for the Solid Waste Management Facility
Catawba County, NC Register of Deeds
Book Page Property Owner Acres
1671 0588 Garbage Disposal Service
of Catawba County Inc.
11.24±
Total Site Acreage: 11.24± acres

PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

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PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
1805-TRANSFER-2001, GDS Recycling Services
Permitting History
The descriptions of previous/historical permits may be found in the Permit to Operate issued
June 27, 2011 (DIN 14198).
List of Documents for Approved Plan
The descriptions of previous/historical documents may be found in the Permit to Operate issued
June 27, 2011 (DIN 14198).
DIN Description
14082 Operation Plan for GDS Conover Transfer Station, Conover, North Carolina, August
2005, June 2011 (Revised). Prepared by Republic Services of North Carolina, LLC.
June 2011.
26833 Operations Plan, GDS Conover Transfer Station/MRF, Conover, North Carolina.
Prepared for Republic Services. Prepared by HHNT. Revised October 2016.

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Not Applicable
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Permit Type Date Issued DIN
Permit to Operate – Amendment, merger with Republic
Services of North Carolina, LLC.
October 8, 2001 14175
Permit to Operate – Amendment, five (5) year renewal. September 25, 2006 14177
Permit to Operate – Amendment, five (5) year renewal. October 1, 2011 14198
Permit to Operate – Amendment, Life-of-Site and facility
status confirmed as transfer station.
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ATTACHMENT 2
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
Not Applicable

PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Not Applicable
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ATTACHMENT 3
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
1. All sedimentation and erosion control activities must be conducted in accordance with the
Sedimentation Control Act NCGS 113A-50, et seq., and rules promulgated under 15A
NCAC 4. All required sedimentation and erosion control measures must be installed and
operable to mitigate excessive on-site erosion and to prevent silt from leaving the area of the
landfill unit during the service life of the facility.
2. Facility construction, operations or practices must not cause or result in a discharge of
pollution, dredged material, and/or fill material into waters of the state in violation of the
requirements under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, as amended.
3. Copies of this permit, the approved plans, and all records required to be maintained in the
operating record by the permittee must be maintained at the facility, unless otherwise
approved by the Section, and made available to the Section upon request during normal
business hours.
4. All forms, reports, maps, plans, and data submitted to the Section must include an electronic
(pdf) copy.
5. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited. Fires must be reported to the Regional Waste
Management Specialist within twenty-four (24) hours of the occurrence with a written
notification to be submitted within fifteen (15) calendar days of the occurrence. Fire lanes
must be maintained and passable at all times. Dimensions of the fire lanes must be
coordinated with the Fire Marshall having jurisdiction over the site.
6. Processing of materials, shredding, or grinding must not take place at the facility unless
approval has been granted under the special use permit and a revised operations plan has
been submitted to the Solid Waste Section.
7. The facility must be adequately secured by means of gates, chains, berms, fences, or other
security measures approved by the Section to prevent unauthorized entry.
8. Interior roadways must be of all-weather construction and maintained in good condition.
9. Signs must be posted at the entrance to the facility that state that no hazardous waste or liquid
waste can be received at the facility; and provide information on handling procedures, hours
of operation, the permit number, and other pertinent information. Traffic or markers must be
provided as necessary to promote an orderly traffic pattern to maintain efficient operating
conditions.

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10. The permittee must at all times properly operate and maintain all facilities and systems of
treatment and control (and related appurtenances) which are installed or used by the
permittee to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit. Proper operation and
maintenance includes effective performance, adequate funding, adequate operator staffing
and training, and adequate laboratory and process controls, including appropriate quality
assurance procedures.
11. In the event of noncompliance with the permit, the permittee must take all reasonable steps to
minimize releases to the environment, and must carry out such measures as are reasonable to
prevent adverse impacts on human health or the environment.

PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
General
12. Modifications or revisions of the approved documents or changes during facility construction
or operations must be submitted to the Section for review and approval prior to implementing
the modifications or revisions.
13. A responsible individual trained and certified in facility operations must be on-site at all
times during all operating hours of the facility, in accordance with G.S. 130A-309.25.
14. Those wastes listed in 15A NCAC 13B .1626 (l)(b-e) are prohibited from disposal at the
facility and include at a minimum hazardous waste, yard trash, liquid wastes, regulated
medical waste, sharps not properly packaged, regulated asbestos containing material as
defined in 40 CFR 61, PCB waste as defined in 40 CFR 761, and wastes banned from
disposal in North Carolina by G.S. 130A-309.10(f).
15. The permittee must not knowingly dispose of, or accept for transfer for subsequent disposal,
municipal solid waste that is generated within the boundaries of a unit of local government
that by ordinance:
a. Prohibits generators or collectors of municipal solid waste from disposing of that type or
form of municipal solid waste.
b. Requires generators or collectors of municipal solid waste to recycle that type or form of
municipal solid waste.
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16. The permittee must develop and implement, a training and screening program at the facility
for detecting and preventing unauthorized wastes from being accepted at the facility. At a
minimum, the program must include:
a. Random inspections of incoming loads or other comparable procedures.
b. Records of all inspections.
c. Training of personnel to recognize hazardous, liquid and other excluded waste types.
d. Development of a contingency plan to properly manage any identified hazardous, liquid,
asbestos or other excluded or unauthorized wastes. The plan must address identification,
removal, storage and final disposition of these wastes.
17. The facility must not cause nuisance conditions.
a. The tipping floor and transfer trailer loading area must be maintained in a clean, sanitary
condition at all times and must be cleaned at least daily in accordance with the approved
Operational Plan.
b. Waste must only be deposited on a “tipping floor” or directly into a transfer container.
Waste must not be stored on the “tipping floor” after operating hours.
c. Waste may be stored on-site, in vehicles or containers that are constructed, operated, and
maintained to be leak resistant in order to prevent the creation a nuisance to the public
health from the escape of solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste a maximum of 72 hours when
the facility is closed during a weekend or holiday. Storage of the waste must not cause
any nuisance, such as odor or attraction of vectors.
d. Effective vector control measures must be applied at all times to control any potential
vectors including flies, rodents, insects, and other vermin.
e. Control measures must be utilized to minimize and eliminate visible dust emissions and
blowing litter.
i) Fugitive dust emissions are prohibited.
ii) Windblown materials must be collected by the end of the day and no windblown
material may be allowed to leave the facility boundary.
17. All water or liquid that comes in contact with solid waste, including vehicle wash-down
water, is leachate and must be captured and properly treated before release to the
environment.
a. The leachate control system, such as floor drains, leachate collection devices, sanitary
sewer connections, and leachate storage tanks, must be operational during facility
operations.
b. The tipping floor must drain away from the building entrance and into the leachate
collection system.
c. Waste must not be placed in ponded water.
18. The permittee must maintain a record of the amount of solid waste received at the facility,
including daily records of waste received and origins of the loads. The permittee must
maintain a record of the amounts of waste transported out of the facility for disposal and
amounts of waste or material with any other final disposition to be compiled on a monthly
basis. The daily records are to be summarized into a monthly report for use in the required
annual reports.
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19. On or before August 1 annually, the Permittee must submit an annual facility report to the
Solid Waste Section, on forms prescribed by the Section.
a. The reporting period shall be for the previous year beginning July 1 and ending June 30.
b. The annual facility report must list the amount of waste received in tons and be compiled:
i) On a monthly basis.
ii) By county, city or transfer station of origin.
iii) By specific waste type.
iv) By receiving disposal facility.
v) By diversion to alternative management facilities.
c. The completed report must be forwarded to the Section Environmental Senior Specialist
for the facility by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report form.
d. A copy of the completed report must be forwarded to the county manager for each county
from which waste was received the facility. Documentation that a copy of the report has
been forwarded to the county managers must be sent to the Regional Environmental
Specialist by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report form.
1805-TRANSFER-2001, GDS Recycling Services
Specific
20. The Permit to Operate is issued for the life-of-site as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A-294(a2).
21. This Permit to Operate approves;
a. change in Permit No. from 1805-MWP- to 1805-TRANSFER-2001 and,
b. the continued operation of the current facility.
The facility must be operated in accordance with the List of Documents for Approved Plan.
22. The transfer facility is permitted to receive "Municipal solid waste" as defined in NCGS
130A-290 (a)(l8a).
23. This facility is permitted to receive municipal solid waste. Waste must be transported for
disposal to a sanitary landfill properly permitted to receive the type of waste being
transported, and a sanitary landfill whose service area includes the origin of the waste that
was collected for transport at the facility.

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
General
24. Wastes received and product stored shall be maintained in reasonably sized piles with
adequate fire breaks and lanes in accordance with the approved operational plans and the
pertinent rules.
25. Surface water shall be diverted from all operational and storage areas to prevent standing
water in operational areas and under or around storage piles. Water that comes in contact
with solid waste shall be contained on-site or properly treated prior to discharge.
26. These areas shall be operated and maintained with sufficient dust control measures to
minimize airborne emissions and to prevent dust from becoming a nuisance or safety hazard.
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27. These areas shall be operated and maintained in a manner so as to minimize odors, prevent
the creation of a nuisance, potential health hazard, or a potential fire hazard.
28. Effective vector control measures shall be applied as necessary to control flies, rodents,
insects, or vermin.
29. All miscellaneous solid waste management activities must be managed within the facility in
the areas identified in the approved plans. Management of solid waste in areas of the facility
other than that referenced above, require written permission of the Solid Waste Section.
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ATTACHMENT 4
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT FOR CLOSURE

PART I: GENERAL FACILITY
Not Applicable

PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S)
Not Applicable

PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Not Applicable
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