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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: 919-707-8200 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
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY
Permit No. 6302-Transfer-1994
MOORE COUNTY (OWNER)
and
REPUBLIC SERVICES OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC,
a wholly owned subsidiary of
Republic Services, Inc. (OPERATOR)
are hereby issued a
PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE
MOORE COUNTY TRANSFER STATION
located at 645 Turning Leaf Way, in Aberdeen, Moore 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: 6302-Transfer-1994
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ATTACHMENT 1
GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS
Permit Issuance Expiration
6302-Transfer-1994 September 11, 2017 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 Construct for the Moore County C&D Landfill, Permit 6301-CDLF-1992,
was recorded at the Moore County Register of Deeds on August 24, 2010, reference Deed
Book 3763, Pages 485-502 (Doc ID 14219). The Moore County Transfer Station is located
within the Moore County Landfill facility property.
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 beginning 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 Solid
Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13B; Article 9 of 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 identified in Attachment 1, “List of Documents for Approved Plan,”
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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, a change in the operator of the facility, or a change in the parent company of the
owner or 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 (NPDES) 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
Moore County Register of Deeds
Book Page Grantee
536 851 Moore County
Total Site Acreage: 214.89
Parcel ID Short is 00053332. PIN is 855006394853. The transfer station area is approximately
4.13 acres of leased property, and is on the same property parcel as the Moore County C&D
Landfill.
Part II Transfer Station/Treatment & Processing Unit(s)
Permitting History
Permit Type Date Issued Doc ID
Original Permit Issuance February 22, 1994
Permit Amendment, Permit to Operate October 29, 1998
Permit Amendment, Permit to Operate February 21, 2001
Permit Amendment, Permit to Operate May 17, 2004
Permit Amendment, Permit to Operate November 18, 2008 6166
Permit Amendment, Permit to Operate September 30, 2013 19842
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List of Documents for the Approved Plan
1. Original Permit Application, January 1994, revised through March 1994.
2. Application for Permit Renewal, October 1998.
3. Change in ownership application, Republic Services of North Carolina, LLC, dba Uwharrie
Environmental, November 2000.
4. Application for Permit Renewal, March 2004.
5. Operation Plan for Moore County Transfer Facility. Prepared by Hodges, Harbin,
Newberry & Tribble, Inc., Macon, GA. September 2008 (Doc ID 5889). Revised October
2008 (Doc ID 6165).
6. Operation Plan for Moore County Transfer Facility. Prepared by Hodges, Harbin,
Newberry & Tribble, Inc., Macon, GA. April 23, 2013 (Doc ID 18844), revised through
September 25, 2013 (Doc ID 19844).
7. Permit Application for Life of Site, Moore County Transfer Station. Prepared by Hodges,
Harbin, Newberry & Tribble, Inc., Macon, GA. December 2016. Operation Plan Doc ID
19844.
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ATTACHMENT 2
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT
Not Applicable
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ATTACHMENT 3
CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE
1. This permit approval is for the life of site, as defined in NCGS 130A-294(a2).
2. The facility is permitted to receive municipal solid waste (MSW) generated within areas
consistent with the service area of the receiving landfill. The receiving landfill must be
properly permitted to receive the type of waste being transported.
3. The following wastes, at a minimum, must not be accepted at the facility for transfer for
subsequent disposal: hazardous waste, yard trash, liquid wastes, regulated medical waste,
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sharps not properly packaged, regulated asbestos containing material as defined in 40 CFR
61, PCB waste as defined in 40 CFR 761, infectious waste, 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).
4. 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.
5. Interior roadways must be of all-weather construction and maintained in good condition.
6. 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 handling
procedures, hours of operation, the permit number, and other pertinent information.
7. The permittee shall not engage in any activities related to waste sorting, segregating,
processing, or material recovering on the tipping floor and at this facility, unless approved
by the Section through a permit modification.
8. The permittee must not knowingly dispose of, or accept for transfer for subsequent
disposal, MSW that is generated within the boundaries of a unit of local government that
by ordinance:
a. Prohibits generators or collectors of MSW from disposing of that type or form of
MSW.
b. Requires generators or collectors of MSW to recycle that type or form of MSW.
9. A responsible individual trained and certified in facility operations must be on-site during
operating hours of the facility in accordance with NCGS 130A-309.25.
10. 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.
11. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited. Fires must be reported to the Section’s
environmental senior specialist with 24 hours or the occurrence, followed by a written
notification within 15 calendar days of the occurrence.
12. The facility must not cause nuisance conditions.
a. The tipping floor and transfer trailer loading area must be maintained in a clean,
sanitary condition and cleaned at least daily in accordance with the approved Operation
Plan (Doc ID 19844).
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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 a maximum of 24 hours except that a minimal amount of
waste may be stored for a maximum of 72 hours when the facility is closed during a
weekend or holiday. Storage must be in vehicles or containers that are constructed,
operated and maintained to be leak resistant to prevent the creation of a nuisance to the
public health from the escape of solid, semi-solid or liquid waste, and to prevent odor
and attraction of vectors.
d. Effective vector control measures must be applied to control any potential vectors
including flies, rodents, insects, and other vermin.
e. Control measures must be taken to minimize dust. Fugitive dust emissions are
prohibited.
f. Litter and windblown materials must be collected by the end of the day. No windblown
materials may be allowed to leave the facility boundary.
13. All water that contacts solid waste, including vehicle wash-down water, is leachate which
must be captured and properly treated before release to the environment.
a. The leachate control and collection system, such as floor drains, leachate collection
devices, sanitary sewer connections and/or leachate storage tanks must be operational
during facility operations.
b. The tipping floor must drain away from the building entrance and into the leachate
control and collection system.
c. Waste must not be placed in ponded water.
14. All sedimentation and erosion control activities must be conducted in accordance with the
Sedimentation Control Act NCGS 113A-50, et seq., and rules promulgated there under 15A
NCAC 4. All required sedimentation and erosion control measures must be installed and
operable to mitigate excessive on-site erosion and to prevent silt from leaving the area of
the landfill unit during the service life of the facility.
15. 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 404 of the Clean Water Act, as amended.
16. Copies of this permit, the approved plans, and all records required to be maintained by the
permittee must be maintained at the facility, unless otherwise approved by the Section, and
made available to the Section upon request during normal business hours.
17. 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 the amount of waste received. The daily records are to be summarized into a
monthly report for use in the required annual reports.
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18. On or before August 1 annually, the permittee must submit an annual facility report to the
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 Section’s environmental senior
specialist for the facility by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report form.
d. 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 Section’s
environmental senior specialist by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report
form.
19. In the event of noncompliance with the permit, the permittee must take all reasonable steps
to minimize releases to the environment, and must carry out such measures as are
reasonable to prevent adverse impacts on human health or the environment.
20. Modifications or revisions of the approved documents or changes during facility
construction or operations must be submitted to the Section for review and approval prior
to implementing the modifications or revisions.
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