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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 Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Forsyth
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 34-23
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: September 19, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: April 20, 2015

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Forum 52 Yard Waste Facility
180 Northstar Drive
Rural Hall, NC 27045

GPS COORDINATES: N: 36.207071° W: -80.288311 °

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Jan McHargue, Solid Waste Administrator
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

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

PARTICIPANTS:
Wayne Turner, Yard Waste Processing Project Manager – City/County Utilities Division
Ed Gibson, Solid Waste Engineer – City/County Utilities Division
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Operate New Large Type 1 Compost Facility issued: July 26, 2005;
Permit to Operate renewed: October 6, 2010;
Permit to Operate renewed: October 6, 2015;
Permit to Operate expires: October 6, 2020.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None

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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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1. The facility consists of a large Type 1 compost facility that produces compost from leaves and yard waste. In
addition, the facility accepts clean wood waste, including unpainted and untreated wood and wood pallets and
land clearing debris, which is processed into mulch and boiler fuel.
2. The facility is permitted with a total capacity of 45,000 tons of materials received per year, including both the
composting and wood waste operations.
3. In 2015, the city contracted with Wallace Farms to operate the facility on its behalf. Wallace Farms sub-
contracts with Wrico, Inc. to handle the day-to-day operation of the site. Wrico’s responsibilities include
assisting customers, screening and separating incoming loads, removing and disposing of unacceptable wastes,
stockpiling ground materials and loading trailers.
4. City staff man the scale house and ensure that each incoming load is weighed.
5. The facility was observed to be clean and well-maintained, with no windblown material visible outside of the
operations areas.
6. The entire facility is paved, including all access roadways and the drainage swale located beside the scale
house.
7. All incoming loads proceed across the scales and into the wood waste receiving area, where they are directed by
the equipment operator as to the desired unloading location.
8. A chain link fence surrounds the facility, and is secured with a locking gate when the facility is not open to the
public. Proper signage was observed at the facility entrance.
9. Required buffers appeared to have been adhered to throughout the site. No wood waste was stockpiled within
25’ of any drainage ditches, swales or berms, as required by the permit.
10. Stockpiles of processed and unprocessed wood waste were sized to comply with the limits specified in the
Permit to Operate.
11. The receiving/processing area for wood waste is located on the northern portion of the site, just west of the scale
house. A large horizontal grinder is situated near the middle of this area, and was operating at the time of this
inspection.
12. No fugitive dust emissions were observed. Mr. Turner stated that dust has never been a problem at the site.
13. A roll-off container was staged on the south end of wood waste processing area to hold segregated unacceptable
wastes and other trash accumulated on the site. The container was full, and Mr. Turner indicated that they were
awaiting pick-up and replacement of the container.
14. A large drainage swale runs between the wood waste receiving/processing area and the scale house, and directs
all storm water to a grated storm drain located in the southern end of the swale. The top edge of the swale was
lined with wattles that help slow and direct the storm water.
15. A pile of wood pallets and clean dimensional lumber was located near the grinder. Several pieces of engineered
wood had been set aside from the pile awaiting proper disposal.
16. Large stumps and logs were staged for shearing prior to being run through the grinder.
17. As wood waste is processed, it is transported to the Wallace Farms facility in Davie County for further
processing and marketing.
18. The southern portion of the facility is dedicated to composting operations. Only a small amount of yard waste
was piled on this portion of the site. Mr. Turner explained that this material had come from collection of the
city’s yard waste carts, which only hold smaller branches and yard trash. He added that this material would be
transported to the Wallace Farms facility after being processed.
19. No compost piles were present at the facility during this inspection. Mr. Turner stated that composting
operations would begin in November, with the arrival of leaves from the city’s curbside collection program.
20. No unacceptable materials or trash was observed in the composting area.
21. No ponding of water was observed on the site, and no objectional odors were detected.
22. The current Permit to Operate and approved Operations Plan were available onsite for review, along with a
record of the most recent thermometer calibration, which took place on February 1, 2017.
23. Tonnage records and temperature logs were provided by Mr. Turner via email.
24. Tonnage records from fiscal years 2016-17 and 2017-18 to date were reviewed. In July 2017, 699.65 tons of
materials were received; and, in August 2017, 814.39 tons of material were received. In FY 2016-17, 8,443.95
tons of materials were received and 3,067.59 tons were composted.
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Solid Waste Section
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25. Temperature logs for FY 2016-17 were reviewed, and temperatures above 131°F were observed for all nine
windrows on 3 consecutive dates. No data exists for the current fiscal year, since composting operations will not
begin until November.

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: September 19, 2017
to Jan McHargue and Wayne
Turner.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ ]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Ed Gibson, Solid Waste Engineer – City/County Utilities Division