7504T_INSP_20160308

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: POLK
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods X Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 7504
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection X Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: 03/08/2016 Date of Last Inspection: 01/05/2016

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Polk County Transfer Station
322 Landfill Rd
Mill Spring, NC 28756

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.3188° W: -82.1820°

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Larry Walker, Solid Waste Director
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
PO Box 308
Columbus, NC 28722

PARTICIPANTS:
Larry Walker, Solid Waste Director
David Hall, Solid Waste Department
Lee Hill, NCDEQ – Solid Waste Section

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit to Construct issued November 5, 2004
Permit to Operate issued December 9, 2015
Operations Plan approved December 9, 2015

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
All violations of 15A NCAC 13B .0203(d) have been resolved.

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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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
1. All photos were taken by Lee Hill on March 8, 2016
2. The facility is owned managed and operated by Polk County.
3. Waste is transported from the transfer station to Union County Regional Landfill, Enoree, SC by KR Drenth
Trucking, Inc.
4. The service area for the facility is Polk County.
5. The facility receives approximately 85 tons of waste per day.
6. The hours of operation of the facility are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm and Saturday, 8:00am to
4:00pm.
7. Facility signage has been changed to correctly reflect the current permit number.

Records Review
8. The facility has two interconnected 2500 gallon leachate tanks for a total of 5000 gallons. Pumping records
were reviewed. The last leachate pumping was approximately 1700 gallons on 02/23/2016 during facility
cleaning.
Operations inspection of Transfer Station (7504)
9. The damaged portion of the exterior wall of the receiving bay has been repaired.
10. No unacceptable waste was observed on the tipping floor during the inspection.
11. The interior walls of the tipping floor and receiving bay were cleaned on February 23, 2016.
12. Windblown material is being collected on a daily basis. Facility staff was observed cleaning up windblown
material during the inspection.
13. A leachate wagon is being used to collect any leachate that is leaking from loaded trailers.
Leachate wagon

Damaged receiving bay wall January 5, 2016 Repaired receiving bay wall March 8, 2016
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Area outside of receiving bay January 5, 2016 Area outside of receiving bay March 8, 2016

Operations Inspection of Electronic Waste and Fluorescent Bulb Collection Area
14. The large amount of CRT televisions and electronics that were noted in the January 5, 2016 inspection report
have been removed from the site and taken to for recycling.
15. On February 26, 2016, 23,660 lbs. of electronics were sent to GEEP Recycling.
16. Electronics are being stored in roll off containers.
17. The Broken fluorescent bulbs observed during the January 5, 2016 inspection have been removed and the area
has been cleaned.
18. The electronic waste and florescent bulb collection area is being well managed.
Electronics area January 5, 2016 Electronics area March 8, 2016

Fluorescent bulb area January 5, 2016 Fluorescent bulb area March 8, 2016

Operations Inspection of Treatment and Processing Area for Land-Clearing debris
19. The facility is permitted to receive land clearing waste and wooden pallets constructed of unpainted and
untreated natural wood.
20. Any unapproved material that is deposited in LCID treatment and processing area is removed by facility staff
on a daily basis.
21. No objectionable odors were observed.

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Operations Inspection of the Composting Area
22. The facility has both small type 1 and small type 3 permits
23. The facility has ceased operation of the small type 3 composting area.
24. The small type 1 composting area is permitted to receive yard waste, silvicultural waste, untreated and
unpainted wood waste.
25. Material in the composting area has been moved from piles into windrows since the last inspection.
26. Some ponding water was observed around the windrows. Facility staff is currently working on drainage
improvements in the composting area.

Operations Inspection of the Used Oil Collection Area
27. Used oil collection is located to the east of the scale house.
28. The oil residue on the secondary containment unit has been cleaned and the crack in the secondary containment
unit has been repaired that was noted in the January 5, 2016 inspection report.

Oil collection area January 5, 2016 Oil collection area March 8, 2016

Operations Inspection of the Beneficial Fill Area
29. The beneficial area is located to the north of the scale house.
30. Residents are allowed to dump unpainted concrete, brick, concrete block, uncontaminated soil, rock and gravel
at no charge.
31. Any unapproved material that is deposited in beneficial fill area is removed by facility staff on a daily basis.

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

____________________________ Phone: [phone]

Lee Hill
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: March 28, 2016 to
Larry Walker by
X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer – Solid Waste Section