9240_INSP_20170531

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: WAKE
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9240-MWP-2017
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: May 31, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: n/a - new PTO

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Elite Waste Services, LLC
520 Pristine Water Drive
Apex, NC 27539

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.70635 E: -78.82612

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Daniel Wall
919-552-2140
[e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above

PARTICIPANTS:
Liz Patterson, NCDEQ - Solid Waste Section
Jason Watkins, NCDEQ – Solid Waste Section
Dan Wall, Elite Waste Services, LLC
Bill Brian, Morningstar Law Group ([e-mail] )

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Original Permit to Operate (PTO) issued May 8, 2017
PTO expires May 8, 2022

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Operational review / partial 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.
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Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. This facility was issued a permit to operate on May 8, 2017 for the acceptance and processing of inerts, yard
and land clearing waste, and construction and demolition waste.
2. The intention of the site visit and partial inspection was to discuss the permit and operational conditions for the
facility, become acquainted with the layout of the facility, and the intended operations.
3. The scale house and truck entrance to the facility are being relocated to allow for better ingress/egress as well as
some realignment of waste storage and processing areas to promote efficiency in the operations. Active sorting
and processing of concrete waste and land clearing debris was observed.
4. As noted during the discussion, please make sure signage is added at the front gate noting the facility permit #
as well as the waste acceptance protocols placed in advance of the new scale house location.
5. A formal waste screening plan should be developed and made available for review by Section staff during
future site inspections. The plan should include load inspection sheets/forms, etc. with a minimum frequency of
5% of the incoming loads. Any unacceptable waste(s) pulled from those loads for disposal by facility staff
and/or turned away should be noted on the forms.
6. All facility staff directly involved with waste acceptance and/or processing should be periodically trained on all
aspects of the approved permit and operations plans, including the waste screening protocols. Documentation
of such training(s) should be kept for Section review upon request.
7. As discussed, even though it is not required, consideration should be given to seeking external training for
members of the facility staff on transfer station operations through SWANA or similar entity as they cover
many of the same operational components as this facility.
8. Please contact Jeff Dellinger, Industrial Hygiene Consultant Supervisor with DHHS, Division of Public Health,
OEE/EH Services Branch at [phone] or [e-mail] to ensure the facility has the
appropriate approvals related to asbestos as it pertains to sorting and processing of demolition wastes.
9. The picking/sorting line was not operational at the time of inspection.
10. A good amount of miscellaneous debris and trash (see below) was observed along the rear of the site, directly
above and/or in contact with surface drainage features that lead to erosion and sedimentation control and/or
stormwater basins. As discussed, this material should be cleaned up and removed immediately and additional
measures should be implemented such as inert protection, to prevent these materials from being mixed with
and/or potentially contaminating runoff

11. Standing water (shown below), which appeared to be stained runoff from the mulch piles was observed during
the inspection. It was noted that high water marks along the concrete barrier at the rear of the photo shows the
presence of mulch and possible engineered wood waste. As discussed, the following needs to occur in this area:

a) Any processed engineered wood material being stored for sale as boiler fuel must be containerized
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Solid Waste Section

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and/or contained within concrete barriers not subject to stormwater runoff and not in a direct flow
path of stormwater.
b) Additional stormwater BMP measures should be placed in this area to filter any runoff from the
mulch material piles as to not create a water quality violation at the point of release, which appears
to be a small stream adjacent to the front gate. It is recommended that you contact DEMLR
stormwater staff in the DEQ Raleigh Regional office and/or Town of Apex stormwater staff, if
applicable for further assistance in this matter.

12. Discussed need to make contact with the Town of Apex Fire Department to conduct a site survey to address any
issues they might have if called to the site due to a fire.
13. The newly modified rules (effective March 2017) covering the maintenance of vehicles and containers used for
the transportation of solid waste that were discussed on site can be found here: 15A NCAC 13B .0105. The
newly modified rules were also emailed to Dan Wall on June 1, 2017.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

Phone: [phone](O) 919-805-6499(C)
[e-mail]

Liz Patterson
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: 6-6-2017 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies (via email): Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Drew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer - Solid Waste Section
Bill Brian, Morningstar Law Group