3425_INSP_20170420

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Forsyth
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 34-25-TP-2-11
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: April 20, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: December 4, 2014

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
City of Winston-Salem Leaf Treatment & Processing Site
3 W. 32nd Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.132359° W: -80.245672°

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Mark Fulmer, Sanitation Operations Supervisor
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
P. O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102

PARTICIPANTS:
Mark Fulmer, Sanitation Operations Supervisor – City of Winston-Salem Sanitation Division
Nicholas Geis, Assistant Sanitation Director - City of Winston-Salem Sanitation Division
Kim Sue, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Construct and Operate issued: November 2, 2011;
Permit renewal application submitted: May 2016;
Permit to Operate expired: November 2, 2016.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive 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. This facility is permitted to receive, consolidate and transfer yard trash (as defined in 15A NCAC 13B
.0101(55)), generated in Forsyth County, for storage and removal.
2. Yard trash, mainly leaves, is brought to the facility by the City of Winston-Salem Sanitation Division collection
trucks. The material is then loaded into transfer trailers and transported to the city’s compost facility, Forum 52,
for processing and composting.
3. The facility operates only during leaf season - typically from October through February.
4. The entire facility is paved.
5. A chain link fence surrounds the facility, and is secured with two locking gates when the facility is not
operating.
6. A 50’ buffer is required between waste and the property lines. To ensure that the buffer is maintained during
operations, a dashed white line is painted on the asphalt marking the 50’limit.
7. No wood waste, processed or unprocessed, was stored onsite at the time of this inspection.
8. A portable ramp is staged at the site for use in loading trucks and trailers with leaves prior to transport.
9. Mr. Fulmer explained that the ramp is usually placed near the center of the site. Trucks enter at the eastern gate,
dump their loads then exit through the western gate. A loader is used to move and consolidate the waste before
loading it onto transfer trailers.
10. There is no building onsite, so the Permit to Operate and the approved operations plan were made available for
review by Mr. Fulmer. He stated that these documents are available for facility staff when the facility is
operating.
11. The site is sloped avoid ponding and to direct water to the city’s storm drains.
12. Tonnage records were provided via email, and indicated that an estimated 10,245.01 tons of waste (based on
cubic yards) was received at the site during 2016-17 seasonal operations.

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: April 24, 2017 to
Mark Fulmer.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ ]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section
Kim Sue, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section
Nicholas Geis, Assistant Sanitation Director - City of Winston-Salem Sanitation Division