4122_INSP_20180425

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: Guilford
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 41-22
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: April 25, 2018 Date of Last Inspection: January 9, 2018

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
WI Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC – Burnt Poplar Transfer Station
6313 Burnt Poplar Road
Greensboro, NC 27409

GPS COORDINATES:
N: 36.07157 W: -79.92496

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Seth Heath, General Manager – Waste Industries USA, Inc.
w. 336-668-3712
c. 336-870-4171
[e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
WI High Point Landfill, LLC
Seth Heath, General Manager
5830 Riverdale Drive
Jamestown, NC 27282

PARTICIPANTS:
John Patrone, Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section (SWS)
Seth Heath, General Manager – Waste Industries USA, Inc. (via phone conversation 04/26/18)

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate (PTO) issued December 9, 2016
PTO expiration date: Life-of-Site

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On April 25, 2018, John Patrone conducted a partial inspection of the WI Burnt Poplar Transfer, LLC – Burnt Poplar
Transfer Station located on Burnt Poplar Road in Greensboro, Guilford County.

1. The facility is a permitted municipal solid waste (MSW) and construction and demolition debris (C&D) transfer
station with recyclable and recovered materials operations.
2. The facility is owned by Waste Industries USA, Inc.
3. Custom Ecology, Inc. (CEI) operates the transfer station and hauls MSW to the disposal facility.
4. The scale house is operated by Waste Industries USA, Inc. personnel.
5. All material received is MSW (currently, C&D is not considered a separate waste stream). The recyclable and
recovered materials operations have not operated to date.
6. Concrete crushing is permissible at the facility. The concrete crushing operation has not operated to date.
7. Material shredding or grinding is not permissible at the facility.
8. During the inspection, it was observed that a portion of the tipping floor was cracked/coming apart. The cracks
did not appear to extend through the entire tipping floor.
9. Mr. Heath stated that the cracked portion of the tipping floor is a 6-inch sacrificial layer and that the primary layer
of concrete is intact underneath. He also stated that the primary layer of concrete was poured atop an existing
concrete pad.
10. Mr. Heath stated that the tipping floor repair will require that a 25’ x 25’ section of the floor is removed and re-
poured with concrete. It was stated that the sacrificial layer of the tipping floor does not contain rebar and that
the primary layer contains rebar.
11. Mr. Heath stated that the tipping floor repair is scheduled for Friday, May 4, 2018. Mr. Patrone will inspect the
repair on Monday, May 7, 2018.
12. Mr. Heath was asked to provide the following documentation to the SWS: design characteristics of the tipping
floor primary layer, concrete repair shear fracture test results, digital pictures documenting the tipping floor repair
process, explanation as to why the sacrificial layer of the tipping floor may have cracked/came apart within less
than two years, a statement that a rubber [or the like] push-pad will be installed, and maintained, under the front
end loader bucket to better manage leachate on the tipping floor and concrete apron/approach pad, a statement
that MSW fines will be routinely removed from the leachate rectangular drain holes, located in the push wall
which drains to the load out bay, which shall remain functional.
13. The transfer trailers appeared to be in good condition. Per 15A NCAC 13B .0105(c)(7), “The vehicle or container
shall be serviced, repaired, and cleaned to maintain sanitary conditions, to preserve the integrity of the door seal,
to prevent the accumulation of mechanical fluids, dirt, and filth on the vehicle's exterior, and to prevent
contamination of the environment by fluids.”
14. If MSW fines, wet or dry, accumulate on the concrete apron/approach pad of the transfer station building ensure
they are routinely swept/pushed back into the building.
15. Leachate from the facility flows through two particulate settling tanks then into a collection tank. The leachate
collection tank discharges to the City of Greensboro sanitary sewer.

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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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: April 26, 2018 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies: Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head - SWS
Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor – SWS
Ming-Tai Chao, Environmental Engineer – SWS
Catherine Hernandez, Operations Supervisor - Waste Industries USA, Inc.
(c. 336-706-0763 [e-mail])

Digital pictures taken on April 25, 2018
by John Patrone, DWM-SWS

Transfer station tipping floor - cracked area of tipping floor