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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 X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Forsyth
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 79-07
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: February 23, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: initial inspection

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Stericycle Environmental Solutions
211 Rockingham Drive
Reidsville, NC 27320

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.322850° W: -79.640458°

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Don Nuss, Regional Environmental Manager - Stericycle
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
211 Rockingham Drive
Reidsville, NC 27320

PARTICIPANTS:
Don Nuss, Regional Environmental Manager, Atlantic Region – Stericycle
Ken Sizemore, Waste Management Specialist – Stericycle
Johnny Carter, Manager, Ops - Sustainability – Stericycle
Roger Horton, Project Manager – Stericycle
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate issued: December 7, 2016
Permit to Operate expires: December 7, 2021

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Pre-Operations Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
N/A

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. The pre-operations inspection was performed to confirm that the facility complies with all conditions of the
Permit to Operate and the approved Operation Plan and is ready to begin operation.
2. Pre-inspection conversations with Mr. Nuss and Pat Backus, permit engineer, revealed that information
gathered at an inspection would assist in determining whether or not a permit is required.
3. Prior to the inspection of the facility and its operations, the Permit to Operate and Operation Plan were
reviewed. Mr. Nuss and Mr. Carter cited several areas in which these documents differ from the actual
operations that have been taking place in the facility since October 2015.
4. There are no facility staff certified as transfer station operations specialists. This is an issue to be discussed with
Ms. Backus following the inspection.
5. The property was observed to be clean and well-maintained.
6. Proper signage was observed at the entrance to the facility.
7. The facility currently services only one customer – Proctor & Gamble. The provisions of the contract require
that no waste is landfilled. Any material received at the facility that cannot be recycled is compacted and sent to
a permitted incinerator for disposal.
8. The facility functions as a material recovery facility.
9. The facility currently employs up to 12 staff for its operations.
10. The facility receives plastic crates filled with mixed waste. Materials in the crates are sorted by hand into bins
for recycling. Recycled materials include empty plastic bottles, empty toothpaste tubes, cardboard, plastic film,
plastic trays and chipboard boxes.
11. Crates sometimes include boxes of packaging that is actually filled with product. Packages containing product
remain intact and are placed directly into the compactor prior to being shipped, along with any other non-
recyclable materials, to the incinerator for disposal.
12. After being separated, recyclable materials are baled or boxed to prepare them for transport.
13. No processing of materials – shredding, disassembly – takes place at the facility.
14. One area of the facility contains boxes of empty deodorant containers that are being evaluated for potential
recycling. The deodorant containers are made up of three components – the plastic sleeve that houses the
product, the screw that pushes the product up in the container, and the container cap. Each of these components
would be recyclable individually, but the labor involved in separating the components is cost-prohibitive.
Markets that will accept the assembled container are currently being explored.

Crates of mixed materials are received at the facility for
sorting and separation.
Bales or toothpaste boxes and toothpaste tubes are staged for
transport.
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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 3, 2017 to Don
Nuss.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ ]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section
Pat Backus, Permit Engineer – Solid Waste Section
Larry Frost, Permit Engineer – Solid Waste Section
Boxes filled with assembled deodorant containers are stored
pending market research.
Boxes of plastic trays are staged for transport.
Baled cardboard is loaded into a trailer for transport. Boxed plastics are staged for transport.