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HomeMy WebLinkAbout9211_INSP_20180531FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 3 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW X Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: WAKE Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9211-TRANSFER-1990 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: May 31, 2018 Date of Last Inspection: February 3, 2017 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Town of Cary Solid Waste Transfer Facility 313 North Dixon Street Cary, NC 27512-8005 GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.79099 W: -78.79032 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Name: Bob Holden, Solid Waste Division Manager 919-469-4388 bob.holden@townofcary.org FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Bob Holden, Solid Waste Division Manager Public Works and Utilities Town of Cary 400 James Jackson Avenue PO Box 8005 Cary, NC 27512-8005 PARTICIPANTS: Liz Patterson, NCDEQ-Solid Waste Section Sammie Chance, Town of Cary STATUS OF PERMIT: PTO issued: August 14, 1990 PTO (amendment): March 23, 2000 PTO (amendment): August 4, 2010 PTO issued: April 13, 2015 PTO expires: August 4, 2020 PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Comprehensive Audit STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: NONE OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: NONE FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 2 of 3 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS The facility is a residential convenience collection and transfer facility for solid waste and residential recyclables. The hours of operation for the facility are as follows: Monday-Friday, 8am-7pm; Saturday, 8am-6pm; Sunday, 1pm-6pm; Holidays 8am-6pm. The facility is closed on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Signs are installed at the entrance and at the unloading area with all required information. The site is secured by a gate at the entrance when not in operation. 1. The Permit to Construct/Operate was issued April 13, 2015. The permit shall expire on August 4, 2020. A request for permit review must be submitted by February 4, 2020. 2. The majority of the waste is brought to the facility by residential customers from the Town of Cary to the convenience boxes. The transfer station generates approximately 50 tons of waste per week. The majority of the Town’s collection trucks are now directly hauling to the South Wake landfill (Permit #92-22). Sampson County Landfill (Permit #82-01) serves as a contingent disposal facility. 3. The Operation of the facility is partially contracted through Waste Industries, Inc. 4. The certified personnel are as follows: a. Sammie K. Chance, Transfer Station Operations Specialist, expires 11/1/2019 b. William J. Stewart, Transfer Station Operations Specialist, expires 2/26/2019 5. Waste screening is completed on each load by facility staff. Any prohibited items identified are pulled out and the customer is informed of the proper disposal facility for the item. The facility does not accept scrap tires. 6. The tipping area for the transfer operations was neat and clean. Good job! 7. The facility contracts with American Greenz for collection and recycling of electronics. Electronics items are stored in a small, enclosed trailer and approximately one trailer load per week is collected. Charging hopper and tipping floor Electronics recycling 8. A fire extinguisher is located at the compactor unit, one is located in the shop building, and one extinguisher is located beside a convenience center compactor box. All fire extinguishers appear properly charged and 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. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 3 of 3 9. Scrap metal and appliances are also collected at the facility. All appliances that contain or may have contained CFCs are transferred to the South Wake County Multi-Material Recycling Facility collection site in Apex for proper handling. Scrap metal and non-CFC white goods go directly to a local metal recycler. 10. Yard waste is collected from residential customers according to the Operations Plan. The vegetative debris is loaded into a trailer and hauled to McGill Environmental (Permit #19-06) on a daily basis. Segregated leaves are taken to Dean Brooks Farm (Permit #19-05). Approximately, 40 trucks (including residential size pick up trucks) per week of yard waste are brought to the facility. Yard Waste Collection Area 11. No windblown litter was observed during this inspection. Good job! Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. Phone: 919-707-8286(O) elizabeth.patterson@ncdenr.gov Liz Patterson Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: 6-11-2018 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] Copies: Drew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor– Solid Waste Section