3425_INSP_20170919

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

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 (by telephone)
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 renewal issued June 27,2017;
Permit expires: November 2, 2021.

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.
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)), collected by the City of Winston-Salem, 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 – one for ingress, one for egress
- when the facility is not operating.
6. Proper signage was observed at the facility entrance gate.
7. 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 of the buffer.
8. No yard trash, processed or unprocessed, was stored onsite at the time of this inspection.
9. A portable ramp is staged at the site for use in loading trucks and trailers with leaves prior to transport.
10. 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.
11. There is no building onsite, so the Permit to Operate and the approved operations plan are made available for
staff at the site by the operation supervisor. Mr. Fulmer stated that he maintains these documents at his office,
along with waste volume records used to compile the annual facility report.
12. The site is sloped to avoid ponding and to direct water to the city’s storm drains. However, the asphalt paving
had eroded in three small areas, and some water was observed to be ponding in the depressions created by the
voids. Please ensure that maintenance is performed on the eroded areas in the asphalt paving to level the
site and eliminate the problem of water ponding in and around waste that will be stored and consolidated
at the site during periods of operation.
13. Tonnage records, as included in the annual facility report were reviewed. Records of waste volume are
converted to tonnage based on a formula of weight per cubic yard. An estimated 10,245.01 tons of waste were
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: September 22, 2017
to Mark Fulmer.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ ]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section
Nicholas Geis, Assistant Sanitation Director - City of Winston-Salem Sanitation Division