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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Gaston
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 36-17
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
Date of Site Inspection: 9-25-17 Date of Last Inspection: Initial Inspection
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. (Owner & Operator)
1851 Chespark Drive
Gastonia, NC 28053
GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.28167 W: -81.18224
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Daniel Weaver, Plant Manager
Telephone: (704) 215-4231
Email address: dweaver@danielshealth.com
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Same as above
PARTICIPANTS:
Daniel Weaver, Plant Manager – Daniels Sharpsmart
Monica Cunningham, Plant Administrative Assistant – Daniels Sharpsmart
Kim Sue, NCDEQ - Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Current – Approved August 15, 2017 (DIN 731240) expires August 30, 2021.
Operations Plan – Approved August 30, 2016 (DIN 2667)
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 is secured by an automatic gate at the entrance of the facility.
2. The required signage is posted at the entrance of the facility to prevent unauthorized access.
3. The facility is open from 8 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday.
4. The facility is permitted for the treatment of medical waste with steam sterilization, as well as the storage and
processing of treated and untreated medical waste.
5. The facility is permitted to use one steam sterilization (autoclave) unit.
Entrance to facility secured by an automatic gate.
Required signage posted at the
entrance.
Treatment carts being loaded into autoclave.
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Solid Waste Section
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6. The facility was clean and sanitary.
7. The operating floor, trailer storage area and unloading dock are cleaned daily.
8. Floor drains in the operational area were clean and free of debris. Floor drains are connected to City of Gastonia
sanitary sewer system.
9. No windblown liter was observed. Windblown liter is picked up daily around the compactor.
10. All trucks are equipped with spill kits.
11. Treated medical waste is loaded into a compactor, then transported to Gaston County Landfill for disposal.
12. The facility owns a refrigerated trailer. Temperature of trailer during inspection was 38 degrees.
13. All medical waste is processed within 24 hours from date of delivery.
14. All recycled containers are washed, disinfected and inspected for damage prior to being returned to customers.
Treated waste compactor chute. Treated waste compactor.
Containers staged to be disinfected.
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Solid Waste Section
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15. All treatment carts are relined after each autoclave cycle.
16. The facility recovers and recycles approved medical devices. The non-approved medical devices were separated
and dropped into a lined treatment cart to be processed.
Sharps containers being washed, disinfected and inspected.
Lined treatment cart.
Approved medical devices to be recovered and recycled.
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Solid Waste Section
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Records Review
16. The facility staff had the current permit and operations plan in their files.
17. Training records were reviewed.
18. Once a week the autoclave is tested to ensure that sterilization is being achieved. Spore test data records were
reviewed from Aug. 9, 2017 to Sep. 24, 2017.
19. Each load of waste that is received is tracked on a separate log sheet as well as on a “Waste Manifest” form which
details the date the waste was received, the source of the waste, the amount of waste and the type of waste received.
Waste manifest records were reviewed.
20. Reviewed equipment maintenance sheets, transportation records and truck inspection logs.
21. The facility processed 111,335.77 lbs. of medical waste from Sept. 1, 2017 through September 25, 2017.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
_________________________________________ Phone: (704) 235-2163
Kim Sue
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
E-mailed to: Daniel Weaver
on 10-2-17.
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Example of an approved medical device. Non-approved medical devices to be
processed.