9231_INSP_20171013

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: WAKE
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9231-CDLF-2012
CDLF X Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: August 24, 2017; October 13, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: July 12, 2016

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Material Recovery C&D Landfill
2600 Brownfield Road
Raleigh, NC 27610

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.71038 E: -78.49949

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Donald Plessinger, General Manager
Waste Industries, Inc.
w. 919-557-9583, c. 919-201-1434, f. 919-557-9523
[e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Wake Reclamation, LLC
(Subsidiary of Waste Industries USA, Inc)
2600 Brownfield Road
Raleigh, NC 27610

PARTICIPANTS:
Liz Patterson - NCDEQ – Solid Waste Section (SWS)
Drew Hammonds - NCDEQ – Solid Waste Section (SWS)
Don Plessinger - Waste Industries, Inc.
Richard Call, Jr. – Waste Industries, Inc.

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate (PTO) issued January 28, 2011
Permit To Construct (PTC) issued in conjunction with PTO
PTC Phase B issued in conjunction with PTO August 18, 2016
Permit expires January 28, 2021

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:

15A NCAC 13B .0542(k)(2) states that: “Adequate sediment control measures consisting of vegetative cover,
materials, structures or devices must be utilized to prevent excessive on-site erosion of the C&DLF facility or unit”
- RESOLVED

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Solid Waste Section

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OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
NONE

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. The facility is a construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfill. PTC Phase B issued in conjunction with PTO
issued August 18, 2016. Permit expires January 28, 2021.

2. The facility is permitted to receive C&D debris, inert debris, land clearing debris (LCD), and (used) asphalt from
Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Orange, Person, Vance,
Wake, Warren, and Wilson and the municipalities contained within those counties. The facility does not currently
accept LCD. Concrete block is stockpiled and crushed for facility maintenance/alternative use.

3. The facility is in operation Monday through Friday, 7:00 am – 4:00 pm.

4. The facility is secured by locked gate. The facility has proper signage. Facility personnel are on site during
operating hours.

5. The facility is prohibited from receiving for disposal (but not limited to) hazardous waste, municipal solid waste
(MSW), liquid waste, industrial waste, and yard trash.

6. Records were reviewed on August 24, 2017. The facility conducts waste screenings of 1 percent of truck loads
received. Waste screening records were verified for January 3, 2017 through August 21, 2017.

7. Cover log showing the time, date, and placement of cover material is being well maintained and was reviewed.

8. The following are facility certified personnel:
a. Donald Plessinger, Certified Landfill Manager, No. 93857, expires 6/10/19
b. Richard Call, Jr., Certified Landfill Manager, No. 994554, expires 6/07/19
c. Terry J. Wilson, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, No. LF-2013066 expires 10/18/19
d. Charlie Jarboe, Certified Landfill Operations Specialist, No. LF-2017009 expires 2/28/20

9. The facility maintains semiannual groundwater and surface water monitoring records. Records for sampling events
conducted on June 8, 2016 and December 13, 2016 were verified. 2L groundwater standards exceedance is
consistent with previous reports.

10. The facility conducts quarterly methane monitoring. Methane monitoring records were verified for 8/29/2016,
12/14/2016, 2/10/2017, and 6/22/2017. No exceedances noted.

11. A perimeter road has been established around the entire footprint of the landfill. The perimeter road is being well
maintained.

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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12. No unacceptable waste streams were noted in the working face. Six inches of earthen material should be properly
applied once weekly or when the working face reaches ½ acre.

13. Areas of erosion on side slopes have been repaired and seeded. Trees have been removed from side slopes and
facility has been mowed.

14. Edge of waste is marked by temporary wooden stakes adjacent to the active cell and green metal stakes in the
inactive areas. These are well maintained.

15. Windblown litter is well managed and no windblown litter was observed outside of the active working area during
this inspection.

16. The facility has a water truck to control dust as needed. It is not used during times in which temperatures are below
freezing.

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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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

Phone: [phone](O) 919-805-6499 (C)
[e-mail]

Liz Patterson
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: 11-3-2017 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Andrew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section