2101T_EdentonTown_PTO_LOS_DIN27284_20170124

Permit No: 2101T-TRANSFER-2001
Town of Edenton Transfer Facility
January 24, 2017
Document ID No. 27284
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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: [phone] Internet: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/solid-waste-section

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

TOWN OF EDENTON
(Owner and Operator)
is hereby issued a
PERMIT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT
Not Applicable
PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE
2101T-TRANSFER-2001, Town of Edenton Transfer Facility

located at 118 West Hicks Street near the intersection of North Granville and Hicks Streets in the Town
of Edenton, Chowan 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 deed recorded for this property
listed in Attachment 1 of this permit.

Edward F. Mussler, III, P.E.
Permitting Branch Supervisor
Solid Waste Section

Permit No. 2101T-TRANSFER-2001
Town of Edenton Transfer Facility
January 24, 2017
Document ID No. 27284
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ATTACHMENT 1
GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS INFORMATION
Permit Status Issuance Expiration
2101T-TRANSFER-2001 Active January 24, 2016 Life of Site

Part I General Facility
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 to operate for this facility issued January 24, 2013, was recorded in the Chowan
County Register of Deeds on March 30, 2013, in Deed Book 452, Pages 785-792. (DIN
18727)
4. When this property is sold, leased, conveyed, or transferred in any manner, the deed or other
instrument of transfer must contain in the deed 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 initiating construction or 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 North
Carolina Solid Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13B; Article 9 of the Chapter 130A
of the North Carolina General Statutes (N.C.G.S. 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 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
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Town of Edenton Transfer Facility
January 24, 2017
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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.
9. In accordance with N.C.G.S. 130A-295.2(g) the permittee shall 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 a change in the operator of the facility or
parent company of the operator.
10. 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 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 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 FACILITIES
Chowan County, NC Register of Deeds
Book Page Grantor Grantee Acres
14 144 E. D. Lowther and wife,
Annie O. Lowther Town of Edenton 1.40
131 612 Town of Edenton – Section of closed Cemetery Street
417 469 Virginia Road, LLC Town of Edenton 0.12
Total 1.60

The transfer facility is located on three separate parcels that are owned by the Town of
Edenton. These parcels total 1.6 acres. The transfer station utilizes 0.396 acres.

Permit No. 2101T-TRANSFER-2001
Town of Edenton Transfer Facility
January 24, 2017
Document ID No. 27284
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Part II Transfer Station/Treatment & Processing Unit(s)
Permitting History
Permit Type Date Issued DIN
Permit to Construct May 2, 2000
Permit to Operate September 6, 2001
PTO – Amendment May 7, 2007 2248
PTO – Amendment January 24, 2013 17512
PTO – Life of Site January 24, 2017 27284
DIN = Document Identification Number

List of Documents for the Approved Plan

1. Letter from Ms. Ann-Marie Knighton, Town Manager, Town of Edenton. Letter requested
permit renewal for the Town of Edenton Transfer Station. October 16, 2006.
2. Town of Edenton Transfer Facility Permit Application. Prepared by Mr. John Norris,
Director of Public Works, Town of Edenton. April 4, 2012. July 5, 2012. (DIN 16863) as
amended through October 16, 2012. DIN 17511
3. Town of Edenton Transfer Facility Permit Application. Submitted by William Davidson,
Interim Director of Public Works, Town of Edenton. October 25, 2016. DIN 27283

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ATTACHMENT 2
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT
Not Applicable
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Town of Edenton Transfer Facility
January 24, 2017
Document ID No. 27284
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ATTACHMENT 3
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE
Part I: General Facility
1. 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.
2. 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 dumping procedures,
the hours of operation, the permit number, contact name, telephone number, and other
pertinent information. Traffic signs or markers must be provided as necessary to promote an
orderly traffic pattern to and from the discharge area and to maintain efficient operating
conditions.
3. Interior roadway must be of all-weather construction and maintained in good condition.
4. 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 N.C.G.S. 130A-309.25.
An attendant must be present to oversee the loading and unloading of waste.
5. Copies of this permit, the approved plans, and all records required to be maintained by the
permittee must be maintained at the facility and made available to the Section upon request
during normal business hours.
6. All sedimentation and erosion control activities must be conducted in accordance with the
Sedimentation Control Act, N.C.G.S. 113A-50 et seq., and rules promulgated under 15A
NCAC 4. The Section must be notified of any approved modifications to the sedimentation
and erosion control plan.
7. 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 4040 or the Clean Water Act, as amended.
8. Fire lanes must be established and maintained at all times. The dimensions of the fire lanes
must be coordinated with the Fire Marshall having jurisdiction over the site.
9. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited. Fires must be reported to the regional waste
management specialist with 24 hours or the occurrence, followed by a written notification
within 15 calendar days of the occurrence.

Part II: Transfer Station / Treatment and Processing Unit
1. This permit approval is for the life-of-site as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A-294(a2).
2. The facility is permitted to receive municipal solid waste as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A – 290
(a) (18a).
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3. The following, at a minimum, must not be accepted for disposal at the facility: 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 N.C.G.S. 130A-309.10(f).
4. The waste collected at this transfer facility must be transported to a sanitary landfill facility
that is
a. permitted to receive the type of waste specified, and
b. whose service area includes the origin of the waste.
5. 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.
6. 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, or other excluded or unauthorized wastes. The plan must address identification,
removal, storage and final disposition of these wastes.
7. 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 operation 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.
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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.
8. All water 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.
9. 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. Scales must
be used to weigh waste. The daily records are to be summarized into a monthly report
for use in the required annual reports.
10. 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 Regional Environmental Specialist
for the facility by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report form.
11. A copy of the completed report must be forwarded to each county manager for each
county from which waste was received at 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.

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