6801_INSP_20171020

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: Orange
Closed
MSWLF X HHW White
goods X Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 68-01 [Lined]
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection X Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: October 20, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: October 30, 2014

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Orange County Regional MSW Landfill - Closed Lined Landfill
1514 Eubanks Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

GPS COORDINATES:
N: 35.96661 W: -79.08195

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Kevin Lindley, Solid Waste Engineer – Orange County Solid Waste Management
w. 919-918-4915
c. 919-200-8594
f. 919-932-2900
[e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Kevin Lindley, Solid Waste Engineer
Orange County Solid Waste Management
1207 Eubanks Road
PO Box 17177
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-7177

PARTICIPANTS:
John Patrone, Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section (SWS)
Kevin Lindley, Solid Waste Engineer – Orange County Solid Waste Management

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate (PTO) issued September 17, 2013
Permit For Closure (MSWLF – unlined and C&DLF unit) issued in conjunction w/PTO
PTO expiration date February 12, 2014 (see “Additional Comments,” No. 2)

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Post Closure Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None

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Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On October 20, 2017, John Patrone met with Kevin Lindley to conduct a post closure inspection of the Orange County
Regional MSW Landfill - Closed Lined Landfill on Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill, Orange County.

1. The lined municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is referred to as the south landfill. Access is via the scale house.
The MSW landfill ceased accepting waste material on June 29, 2013.
2. The facility has been in contact with SWS - Permitting Branch regarding closure activities occurring after permit
expiration. A closure permit will be issued upon receipt of additional documentation for the south MSW landfill
(see file copy letter, 09/29/15).
3. The facility will continue to operate the following solid waste management activities: household hazardous waste
(HHW) collection facility, yard waste treatment and processing (T&P), common item recyclables collection,
scrap tire collection, white goods collection, scrap metal collection, mattress recycling, and mobile home
deconstruction metal. Mr. Lindley stated that post-consumer recycled asphalt shingle (PRAS) recycling is not
conducted.
4. The facility maintains semiannual groundwater and leachate test records collected by Sherrill Environmental,
Inc., analyzed by Environmental Conservation Laboratories, Inc. (ENCO), and submitted by Draper Aden
Associates. Records for groundwater were observed for May 31, 2017, June 1, 2017, and August 22, 2017,
November 14-16, 2016, May 18 and 20, 2016, November 10, 2015, May 13 and 14, 2015 and June 15, 2015, and
November 12 and 13, 2014. An exceedance is noted for each monitoring event.
5. Facility alternate source demonstrations for inorganic exceedance has been approved by the SWS.
6. The facility conducts assessment monitoring for Appendix II constituents annually.
7. The facility has one gravity-fed leachate line extending from the landfill to the sanitary sewer.
8. Leachate is piped directly to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA).
9. Leachate flow from the MSW landfill to the OWASA is estimated (gallons/minute).
10. The leachate line extending to the sanitary sewer has no mechanical method of notifying personnel if there is a
blockage or flow rate decrease. Leachate is not stored on site or within the leachate collection system. There are
manholes for visual flow rate verification.
11. The facility has a leachate system maintenance plan. Leachate manhole No. 1 serves MSW landfill Phases 3 and
4 and manhole No. 2 serves Phases 1 and 2. The leachate manhole levels were observed during the inspection.
12. The leachate lines were inspected with a camera on September 23, 2014 by Florida Jetclean.
13. The facility has installed a landfill gas collection and control (LFGCC) system.
14. The LFGCC system is owned by UNC-Chapel Hill and is used to produce energy for a generator located at the
college.
15. The LFGCC system is maintained by Joyce Engineering, Inc. under contact with UNC-Chapel Hill.
16. The flare at the LFGCC system burns when required and for backup purposes.
17. During the inspection, the LFGCC system was in operation: flare temperature 1501 °F, system flow standard
cubic feet/minute (SCFM) 326, Oxygen 0.72%, Methane 52.2%, Carbon Dioxide 36.3%, and vacuum 27.95
inches water column (W.C.).
18. The facility maintains quarterly methane monitoring records. Methane monitoring is conducted by facility
personnel at methane wells and in structures. Monitoring records were observed for first, second, and third
quarters 2017, first, second, third, and fourth quarters 2016, first, second, third, and fourth quarters 2015, and
fourth quarter 2014. No exceedance of the methane LEL is noted.
19. Mr. Lindley stated that the facility uses a Gas Data LMSx gas analyzer and that it was in the process of being
calibrated.
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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20. A corrective action plan (CAP) had been initiated to address LEL exceedances of methane at monitoring well
GP-12.
21. The facility has submitted a landfill gas remediation plan. The landfill gas remediation plan is on hold.
22. Mr. Dively submitted a letter to the SWS stating that, due to the installation of the LFGCC system, the facility
will return to quarterly monitoring based on compliant monthly LFG monitoring data collected during 2014 (see
file copy letter, 01/28/15).
23. The landfill cap appeared maintained and contained vegetative material.
24. Sedimentation and erosion controls observed appeared maintained.
25. The facility NPDES permit expires on October 31, 2017. Mr. Lindley stated that he will submit the renewal
application.
26. White edge of waste markers are installed.
27. The facility collects scrap tires. Scrap tire certifications are maintained at the scale house.
28. Scrap tires are stored on a concrete pad and loaded into trailers (by the tire hauler) two or three times a week. The
scrap tire collection area is located across from the south landfill on Eubanks Road.
29. The facility manages white goods on a concrete pad adjacent to the white goods building/shed. Facility personnel
extract chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from white goods in the building. The white goods collection area is across
from the scrap tire collection area.
30. Scrap metal is stored on the concrete pad adjacent to the white goods.
31. Common item recyclables (paper, cardboard, plastics, glass, aluminum and steel cans) are hauled onto the
property by municipal trucks. The recyclables are stored in covered bays and sold in bulk as a mixed stream
recyclable product. The recyclable materials storage area is setback from the scrap tire, white goods, and scrap
metal collection sites.
32. The facility has a mattress collection area (undercover, atop a concrete slab) adjacent to the white goods
building/shed.
33. The facility deconstructed 11.25 mobile homes from 2016 to present. Scrap metal from the mobile home
deconstruction conducted at the C&D landfill is brought to the scrap metal recycling area associated with the
south landfill.
34. Electronics are collected in an open-top trailer at the scale house. Facility personnel haul the trailer to the
electronics storage building on the property/located adjacent to the HHW collection facility.
35. The facility accepts land clearing waste, high carbon to nitrogen ratio yard waste, and clean wood.
36. Material received is stored in piles and routinely ground.
37. Clean wood is ground for boiler fuel.
38. The facility maintains records of the amount of material received at the T&P operation. Yard waste received
from July 2016 through September 2017 is 9,419 tons and clean wood received during the same period is 641
tons.
39. The Chapel Hill Fire Department and/or the New Hope Volunteer Fire Department can be contacted to address an
emergency at the facility.
40. The facility plans to relocate the scale/construct a new scale house on the property within the coming months.
41. Access roads are of all-weather construction.
42. The facility has signage.
43. The facility is secured by a locked gate. Facility personnel are on site during operating hours.

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility:

1. The household hazardous waste (HHW) collection facility was not inspected.
2. The facility plans to construct a new HHW building on the property in the coming months.
3. The facility has been in contact with SWS - Permitting Branch regarding the new HHW building/relocation.

Closed MSW Landfill (unlined) and Closed C&D Landfill:

1. The closed MSW landfill (unlined) and closed C&D landfill were not inspected.
2. These closed landfills are known as the north landfills.
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Temporary Disaster Debris Staging Site (TDDSS):

1. The Eubanks Road TDDSS (DS68-001) was observed. The site appeared sufficient for use.
2. The Mincey Road TDDSS (DS68-003) was observed. The site appeared sufficient for use.

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

Phone: [phone]

John Patrone
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: October 26, 2017 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - SWS
Shannon Aufman, Permitting Engineer - SWS
Ervin Lane, Compliance Hydrogeologist – SWS
Gordon Dively, Interim Solid Waste Director – Orange County Solid Waste Management (w. 919-918-
4913, [e-mail])