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Home My WebLink About0106_ CarolinaResourceRecovery_TP_PTO_DIN28807_20180525 Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page1 of 9 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Waste Management Roy Cooper Michael S. Regan Governor Secretary 1646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1646 Phone: 919-707-8200 Internet: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/solid-waste-section An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLID WASTE SECTION SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY CAROLINA RESOURCE RECOVERY, INC (OPERATOR) STEVEN S. AND LINNDA P. SCOTT (LAND OWNER) are hereby issued a PERMIT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT NOT APPLICABLE PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE Permit No. 0106-TP-2012, LAND CLEARNING AND INERT DEBRIS TREATMENT AND PROCESSING FACILITY PERMIT FOR CLOSURE NOT APPLICABLE located at 3285 Jones Drive, south of Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina, in accordance with Article 9, Chapter 130A, of the General Statutes of North Carolina and all rules promulgated thereunder and subject to the conditions set forth in this permit. The facility is located and described by the legal description identified on the deeds recorded for this property listed in Attachment 1 of this permit. __________________________ Edward F. Mussler, III, P.E., Section Chief Solid Waste Section Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 2 of 9 ATTACHMENT 1 GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS/INFORMATION PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE DATA TABLE Permit Number Status Issuance Date Expiration Date DIN 0106-TP-2012 Active May 25, 2018 December 14, 2022 28807 DIN = Document Identification Number. PART I: GENERAL FACILITY 1. This permit is issued by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management (Division), Solid Waste Section (Section). In accordance with North Carolina Solid Waste Management Rule (Rule) 15A NCAC 13B .0201(d), a solid waste management facility permit shall have two parts: a Permit Approval to Construct and a Permit Approval to Operate. The Permit Approval to Construct must be implemented in accordance with Attachment 2 of this permit. The Permit Approval to Operate must be implemented in accordance with Attachment 3 of this permit. 2. The persons to whom this permit is issued (“permittee”) are the owners and operators of the solid waste management facility. 3. Intentionally Blank. 4. Intentionally Blank. 5. By receiving waste at the facility, the permittee shall be considered to have accepted the terms and conditions of this permit in accordance with Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0203(d). 6. Construction or operation of this solid waste management facility must be in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13B, Article 9 of the Chapter 130A of the North Carolina General Statutes (N.C.G.S. 130A-290, et seq.), the conditions contained in this permit; and the approved plan. Should the approved plan and the rules conflict, the Rules shall take precedence unless specifically addressed by a permit condition. Failure to comply may result in compliance action or permit revocation. 7. This permit is issued based on the documents submitted in support of the application for permitting the facility including those identified in the “List of Documents for the Approved Plan” which constitute the approved plan for the facility. Where discrepancies exist, the most recent submittals and the Conditions of Permit shall govern. 8. Per N.C.G.S.130A-294(a1) this permit may be transferred only with the approval of the Section, through the issuance of a new or substantially amended permit in accordance with N.C.G.S.130A-295.8(b). Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 3 of 9 9. In accordance with N.C.G.S. 130A-295.2(g) the permittee shall notify the Section thirty (30) days prior to any significant change in the identity or business structure of either the owner or the operator, including but not limited to, a proposed transfer of ownership of the facility or a change in the parent company of the owner or a change in the operator of the facility or parent company of the operator. 10. The permittee is responsible for obtaining all permits and approvals necessary for the development of this project including, but not limited to, approval from appropriate agencies for a General or Individual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Discharge (NPDES) Permit, if applicable and a sedimentation and erosion control permit. Issuance of this permit does not remove the permittee’s responsibilities for compliance with any other local, state or federal rule, regulation or statute. PROPERTIES APPROVED FOR THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY Guilford County, N.C. Register of Deeds Book Page Grantee Grantor Acres Parcel No. 2596 329 Steven S. and Linda P. Scott Steven S. Scott 58.69 163061 Total Site Acreage: 58.69 acres Notes: 1. This property has a GPIN# 9812863650. Deed information is identified in an interactive GIS tool for searching tax record and displaying map information for Alamance County, NC. http://maps.co.forsyth.nc.us/forsythjs/. 2. The permitted waste treatment, processing, and storage units occupies approximate 17.2 acres. PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable. PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable. PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable. PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable. PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S) Carolina Resource Recovery Land Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID) Treatment & Processing (T&P) Facility, 0106-TP-2012 Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 4 of 9 Permit History Permit Type Date Issued DIN Permit to Operate (PTO) – Original issuance for compost and T&P under Permit No. 0106-COMPOST August 4, 2000 16465 PTO - 5-yr amendment December 22, 2006 16468 PTO - 5-yr permit for T&P only under Permit No. 0106-TP-2012 December 14, 2012 17841 PTO - 5-yr amendment May 25, 2018 28807 1. The facility was initially permitted as a Large Type 1 Compost Facility and operated under the Solid Waste Management Permit No. 0106-COMPOST in 2000. 2. The permit was renewed in 2006 and modified to classify as a Large Type 1 Compost and a LCID T&P Facility under the Solid Waste Management Permit No. 0106-COMPOST. 3. In 2012, the permittee requested a change in permit classification to a LCID T&P Facility only. The permit application (DIN 17843) stated that planned composting portion of the facility was never implemented due to local market demand for mulch. The LCID T&P Facility is operating under the Solid Waste Management Permit No. 0106-TP-2012 List of Documents for the Approved Plan DIN DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION 16465 Application for Compost Facility. Prepared by EcoLogic Associates, PC, Greensboro, NC. Dated March 2000 and revised through August 2000. 16468 Permit Renewal Application for Compost Facility and Land Clearing and Inert Debris Treatment and Processing Facility. Prepared by EcoLogic Associates, PC, Greensboro, NC. Dated December 2006. 17843 Permit Renewal Application for Compost Facility and Land Clearing and Inert Debris Treatment and Processing Facility. Prepared by EcoLogic Associates, PC, Greensboro, NC. Dated November 2011 and revised through June 2012. 28810 Application for Renewal of Permit to Operate. Prepared by Carolina Resource Recovery. October 2017 (DIN 28741) and revised through April 2018. PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT (S) Not Applicable. - End of Section – ATTACHMENT 2 CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT Not Applicable - End of Section – Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 5 of 9 ATTACHMENT 3 CONDITIONS OF PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE PART I: GENERAL FACILITY OPERATION CONDITIONS 1. The permittee must operate the approved waste operations at the facility according to Rules 15A NCAC 13B .0301 & .0302 and the approved Operating Plan (DIN 28810). 2. The facility must be adequately secured by means of gates, chains, berms, fences, or other means approved by the Section to prevent unauthorized entry. 3. A sign shall be posted and maintained at the site entrance providing information on the types of acceptable wastes, permit number, and emergency phone number. 4. Interior roadway must be of all-weather construction and maintained in good condition. 5. All sedimentation and erosion control activities must be conducted in accordance with the Sedimentation Control Act, N.C.G.S. 113A-50 et seq., and rules promulgated under 15A NCAC 4. The Section must be notified of any approved modifications to the sedimentation and erosion control plan. 6. Facility construction, operations or practices must not cause or result in a discharge of pollution, dredged material, and/or fill material into waters of the state in violation of the requirements under Sections 401 and 4040 or the Clean Water Act, as amended. 7. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited. Fires must be reported to the Regional Environmental Senior Specialist with 24 hours or the occurrence, followed by a written notification within 15 calendar days of the occurrence. 8. Copies of this permit, the approved plans, and all records required to be maintained by the permittee must be maintained at the facility and made available to the Section upon request during normal business hours according to the approved plan (DIN 28810). 9. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-309.09D(b), on or before August 1 annually, the permittee must submit an annual facility report to the Section, on forms prescribed by the Section. a. The reporting period shall be for the previous year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. b. The amount by weight of the solid waste that was received at the facility. c. The tons of waste recycled, recovered or diverted from disposal. Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 6 of 9 d. The reports shall indicate, to the maximum extent practicable, by weight the county of origin of all solid waste. The completed report must be forwarded to the Regional Environmental Senior Specialist for the facility by the date due on the prescribed annual facility report form. e. A copy of the completed report must be forwarded to each county manager for each county from which waste was received at the facility. PART II: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable. PART III: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable PART IV: INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable. PART V: LAND CLEARING AND INERT DEBRIS LANDFILL UNIT(S) Not Applicable. PART VI: TRANSFER STATION/TREATMENT & PROCESSING UNIT(S) Carolina Resource Recovery Land Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID) Treatment & Processing (T&P) Facility, 0106-TP-2012 1. This permit shall expire December 14, 2022. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 130A-295.8(b)(2), the permittee must submit the Section a request for permit review and must update pertinent facility plans including, but not limited to, the facility operation. 2. This facility shall only accept wastes which it is permitted to receive according to Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0302(2), the approved waste stream identified in the approved plan (DIN 28810), and the following are permitted wastes for treatment and processing at this facility. The permittee must submit a written request for an approval from the Section prior to receiving additional types of wastes to the facility. a. Land-clearing debris as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A-290(a)(15) means solid waste that is generated solely from land-clearing activities, such as stumps and tree limbs & trunks. b. Uncontaminated soil, an inert debris as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A-290(a)(14). c. Uncontaminated wooden pallet as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A-290(a)(44a). d. Untreated or unpainted wood wastes. e. Storm debris (vegetative debris only) may be accepted at the 4.8-acre disaster debris storage unit when the site is activated according to the Permit Conditions in Part VII, Attachment 3 of this permit. Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 7 of 9 3. Yard trash as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A-290(a)(45) is PROHIBITED to be received at this facility. 4. The permittee must actively employ a training and screening program at the facility in accordance with the approved plan (DIN 28810) for detecting and preventing the receipt of nonconforming or unpermitted wastes. 5. Unpermitted wastes advertently received at the facility must be temporarily stored in leak- resistant containers at the designated area shown on Figure 3 and promptly removed from the facility for proper disposal at an off-site permitted facility according to the approved plan DIN 28810). 6. The permitted wastes at the facility that are also classified as “recovered material” or “recyclable material” as defined in N.C.G.S. 130A-290(a)(24) and (26), respectively shall be temporary stockpiled in the designated area and managed as a valuable commodity in a manner consistent with the desired use or end use as described in the approved Operating Plan (DIN 28810). The permittee must operate and manage received recyclables or recovered material at this unit according to the requirements set forth in N.C.G.S. 130A- 309.05(c)(1), (2), (3), & (4). 7. The facility has the approved operation and storage areas as shown on Figures 1 through 3 of the approved plan (DIN 28810). The approved maximum capacity of combining untreated/unprocessed wastes and products stored at the facility is 6,000 cubic yards (CY). The approved extent of each unit and stockpile dimensions are summarized below: a. 10.5-acre treatment and processing unit consists of two units, 7.7 acres and 2.8 acres which are separated by a service road inside the facility as shown on Figures 1. i) Storage of pre-processed permitted wastes must be limited a maximum of 16 feet high and 33 feet wide (average 14 feet high and 30 feet wide), unless otherwise approved by the Section. ii) A minimum of 20 feet row aisles must be maintained to separate the piles or the windrows. iii) An average of received permitted waste material is approximately 72 CY per week (the equivalent of six tandem axle dump trucks). b. 4.8-acre processed mulch/product storage unit as shown on Figures 2. i) Storage of finished product/mulch must be limited to rows averaging 10 feet wide (maximum 12 feet wide). ii) A minimum of 15 feet row aisles must be maintained to separate the piles or the windrows. Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 8 of 9 c. 1.9-acre waste screening and load-out unit as shown on Figures 3. Soil screenining activities SHALL NOT operate without the Section’s approval. 8. Composting and curing are not permitted at the facility. 9. A minimum of 50-feet buffer must be established and maintained between the boundary of treatment/processing unit or the storage unit and the facility property line and the on-site drainage features according to the approved plan (DIN 28810). 10. Surface water must be diverted from all operational and storage units to prevent standing water in and around stockpiles. Any leachate generated at the units must be managed to prevent contamination of groundwater and surface water. 11. Water that comes in contact with solid waste is leachate as defined in N.C.G.S 130A- 290(a)(16a) shall be contained on-site or properly treated in compliance with the site specific NPDES permit prior to discharge from the site according to Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0302(3). 12. Pursuant to Rule 15A NCAC 13B. 0302(5), the permittee must implement effective vector control measures that shall be applied to control flies, rodents, and other insects or vermin. 13. No waste grinding and soil screening shall take place in the rain. 14. The facility must be operated and maintained with sufficient control measures to minimize or eliminate visible dust emissions which become a nuisance, blowing litter or safety hazard. a. Fugitive dust emissions from the facility that contribute to substantive complaints may be subject the facility to the NC Division of Air Quality requirements as stated in 15A NCAC 2D .0540. b. Waste treatment and processing shall be postponed during periods of high wind to reduce dusting and wind-blown material according the approve Operating Plan (DIN 28810). c. Windblown materials must be collected by the end of each operating day, and no windblown material may be allowed to leave the unit boundary according to Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0302(7). PART VII: MISCELLANEOUS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT (S) Temporary Disaster Debris Staging Site (TDDSS), DS01-001 1. The TDDSS encompasses a maximum of 4.8 acres as shown on Figure 3 (DIN 28810). Facility Permit No.: 0106-TP-2012 Permit Approval to Operate Carolina Resource Recovery LCID T&P Facility May 25, 2018 DIN 28807 Page 9 of 9 2. The TDDSS shall not receive disaster debris without the Section’s approval. When the site is activated following an emergency event: a. Only vegetative storm debris may be accepted in the TDDSS. Vegetative wastes typically include material similar to land clearing waste, yard waste, stumps, tree limbs, brush, and other naturally occurring vegetation. b. Activation must be requested and received from the Regional Environmental Senior Specialist for the facility. c. All permitted debris must be removed from the TDDSS within six (6) months from the activation date. d. Storm debris must be placed in rows with a maximum of 12 feet high and 25 feet wide. A minimum of 15 feet row aisles must be maintained to separate piles. - End of Permit Conditions -