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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7404T_INSP_20170302FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID T&P YW Collection X Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Pitt Closed MSWLF HHW White goods X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 7404T-MWP-1996 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection X Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Inspection: 2 March 2017 Date of last Inspection: 30 August 2016 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Pitt County Waste Handling Facility 3025 Landfill Road Greenville, NC 27834 GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.59619 E: -077.43281 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: John Demary 252.902.3355 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Pitt County Solid Waste Department 3025 Landfill Road Greenville, NC 27834 Attn: John W Demary E-mail: john.demary@pittcountync.gov. PARTICIPANTS: Ken Brann; Pitt County Engineering Mike Cannon, Pitt County Solid Waste John Demary; Pitt County Solid Waste Todd Tripp; The East Group Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste STATUS OF PERMIT: Active; Permit to Operate (PTO) issued 30 July 2013, expires 30 November 2018. Pursuant to 15A NCAC 13B .0201(c) and .0206(a) a complete permit review request including updated Facility, Operations, and Waste Screening Plans is due on or before 20 May 2018. This permit renewal request must comply with all rules in effect at the time of the submittal. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Facility Compliance Inspection STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None applicable OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection; please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 1) This is a Solid Waste Transfer Facility and is permitted to receive Solid Waste as defined in NCGS 130A- FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20170302 Page 2 of 5 290(a)(35). 2) 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, infectious waste, animal carcasses, radioactive waste, septage, fluorescent and high-intensity discharged lamps, ashes/incinerated residues, and wastes banned from disposal in North Carolina by NCGS 130A-309.10(f) are prohibited from being accepted at this Facility. Barrels and drums must not be accepted unless they are empty and perforated sufficiently to ensure that no liquid or hazardous waste is contained therein. 3) This Facility is permitted to receive Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Construction & Demolition (C&D) Waste, Inert Debris, Asphalt, Land-clearing Debris, Scrap Tires, and Yard Waste generated in Pitt, Greene, Lenoir, Craven, Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Martin, Wilson, and Nash Counties. 4) This Facility is currently receiving +/- 600 tons of waste per day. 5) All MSW received by this Facility is transported to the East Carolina Regional Landfill, permit #0803- MSWLF-1993 in Aulander, NC for disposal. 6) All scrap tires received by this Facility are transported to Central Carolina Tire, permit #4304-TIRELF-1992 in Cameron, NC for disposal. 7) All non-recyclable C&D waste is transported to the C&D Landfill, Inc, permit #7407-CDLF-2009 in Greenville, NC for disposal. 8) Proper signage including the Facility permit number, accepted waste types, banned or excluded items, hours of operation, and the emergency contact number is posted at the Facility entrance. 9) The hours of operation for this Facility are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. 10) The certified operators for this Facility are as follows: Shawn Briley: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 11 August 2018 Paula Clark: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 16 February 2018 Curtis Council: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 20 May 2018 Thurman E Council: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 20 May 2018 Scott W Feller: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 5 December 2017 Teresa N Mills: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 16 February 2018 Rayborn R Parker: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 11 August 2018 Jayne Simmons: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 16 February 2018 11) A copy of the Facility Permit and Operations plan is maintained in the Facility Supervisor’s office. The permit was in order and presented for review during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 12) This Facility screens all wastes received for unpermitted materials with one screening per week documented in the waste screening log. 13) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the Facility entrance. 14) The entrance to the Facility is well maintained and no windblown debris was noted along the roadway approaching the site. 15) The Facility access road is of all-weather construction and is being maintained in overall good condition. 16) Signage is posted throughout the site directing traffic for proper disposal and instructing customers of safe operating procedures. 17) Access around the Facility overall is well maintained and generally stable. This Facility maintains a well- established cover crop of native warm season type grasses on all sideslopes. The cover crop is mowed throughout the growing season as needed. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20170302 Page 3 of 5 18) The Facility is protected by highly visible, safety bollards at the entrance to the tipping floor, and at the entrances to the trailer loading bay. 19) The trailer loading/compactor area is policed when loaded trailers are pulled and throughout the workday as needed. 20) All leachate in the trailer loading bays drains into the leachate collection drains. The leachate collection drains in the trailer loading bay were clear of blockage and appear to be functioning properly at this time. 21) This Facility utilizes chain-link type fencing around the perimeter of the property to control windblown litter. Windblown litter is collected throughout the day and no windblown litter was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 22) This Facility maintains an adequate number of trailers on site to properly manage the volume of waste received during operating hours. 23) Waste received at this Facility is loaded into the transport trailers in a timely manner. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20170302 Page 4 of 5 24) Fire extinguishers are readily accessible and maintained throughout the Facility for fire suppression. 25) Hose bibs are located in the Transfer Station and in the trailer loading bay for wash-down and fire suppression. 26) All leachate on the tipping floor drains into the leachate collection drains. No leachate was observed outside of the Transfer Station during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 27) The leachate collection drains in the tipping floor were clear of blockage and appear to be functioning properly at this time. 28) Leachate is collected and pumped via force main to the City of Greenville Sewer Treatment Plant. 29) Overall, leachate and the leachate collection system appear to be well managed at this time. 30) The Transfer Station tipping floor is cleaned and washed down daily. 31) The tipping floor is being adequately cleaned throughout the workday. 32) The tipping floor is well maintained and is in overall good condition at this time. Resurfacing operations are scheduled for later this year. 33) Recyclable metals and unacceptable waste streams are removed from the Facility for proper management daily. 34) The tipping floor push-walls and the area along the upper back wall of the trailer loading area are cleaned of waste daily and were clear of waste during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 35) The interior walls of the Transfer Station are high pressure cleaned on an annual basis. 36) All Freon containing white goods are stored separately from other recyclable metals in an upright manner until the Freon is properly collected. Once the Freon is removed, the white goods are marked and laid on their side until taken to the metal recycling area. 37) All asphalt shingles are collected and maintained in the shingle recycling area. This area is well managed and was free of windblown materials during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 38) All pesticide containers are maintained within the covered pesticide container storage area until recycled. Pesticide containers have recently been removed from the site for recycling. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20170302 Page 5 of 5 39) Scrap tires are staged on-site until loaded into trailers for transport to the scrap tire disposal Facility. The scrap tire collection/storage area is well maintained with an adequate fire break and clear access around the area for fire suppression, inspection, and maintenance operations. 40) Landclearing waste and yard trash are brought on site and staged for processing with a tub or horizontal grinder. All Land-clearing waste is ground and staged on-site for use as boiler fuel and as mulch used at the closed Pitt County landfill. 41) The ground mulch is screened to separate clean soil from the wood waste for re-use. Screening operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 42) The yard waste collection/storage area is well maintained with an adequate fire break and clear access around the area for fire suppression, inspection, and maintenance. 43) No fugitive dust was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 44) No off-site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 45) No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report. Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: 252.948.3955 E-mail: ray.williams@ncdenr.gov Regional Representative Delivered on: 9 March 2017 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: andrew.hammonds@ncdenr.gov Jessica Montie; Chief Compliance Officer/SWS: jessica.montie@ncdenr.gov C: \2017\Pitt\Facilities\74-04T\Inspections\7404T_INSP_20170302 NCDEQ DWM Laserfiche Online Document Management System: http://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/Welcome.aspx   Go Green! Thank you for helping NCDEQ be environmentally responsible.