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Home My WebLink About6403_NashLF_yardwaste_20200318From: Watkins, Jason Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:56 PM To: William Hill; Solid Waste Cc: Hammonds, Andrew; Conners, Davis; Matthew Richardson; Trey Wright; cfortner@garrett-moore.com; Steve Nichting; Stanley, Sherri; Mussler, Ed; Wilson, Donna J Subject: RE: [External] Re: Removal of YW and vegetative debris from temporary YW site and storm debris area Ben and all, The Section is willing to allow a one-time disposal of the comingled yard waste/trash material and storm debris in the Nash County C&D landfill under the following conditions: Due to the comingled yard trash, there is an increased risk of fire and the potential generation of landfill gas and odors as the partially decomposed material is buried in the landfill. As such to abate those concerns, a minimum of 6" of soil cover must be applied to the landfill at least every other day while the material is being placed. Cover should be documented via the facility's cover log including date stamped photos, and shall be made available to Section staff to review upon request. This only applies to material currently stockpiled at the expired YW site and the remaining 2019 storm debris. Approving this request is a band -aid to a larger problem of how the County manages this waste, that must be corrected immediately. As has been documented in inspection reports and other correspondence over the last year, the County has mismanaged this material since at least 2018, and has opposed many suggestions made by the Section to come into compliance before now. However, the Section has chosen this decision in hopes of bringing this portion of the facility operations into compliance rather than dragging this out for additional months. Further, the County needs to immediately take the necessary actions to be positioned to handle debris for the forthcoming 2020 Hurricane season. The management of this material to date should be seen as a disservice to the County's citizens and is resulting in the elimination of valuable landfill capacity for material that doesn't need to be disposed. The rules and laws are meant to be followed and the County took on that responsibility in applying for and obtaining a permit to operate this facility. Choosing to not maintain that responsibility due to inconvenience or otherwise will not be tolerated moving forward. Jason rvoRr�� cnRouu� ~ Oeparlmem o1 Envimmen[al 0._4 Jason M. ❑►'aticins. CPM Field Operations Branch Head Division of Waste Management — Solid Waste Section North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 336.776.9674 (Office) 919.208.0765 (Mobile) 6frrd cxarrrxwuY)fkYxx) hi cvxi kwn lips :KJFkros h. mjbycx; OY , ('.fwA;j A9*% Al�±cxx�� J wNf►r�t;l�:�x�x�*= � . _ . ,: •.. From: William Hill <William.Hill @nashcountync.gov> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 2:50 PM To: Solid Waste <Solid.Waste@nashcountync.gov> Cc: Watkins, Jason <iason.watkins@ncdenr.gov>; Hammonds, Andrew <andrew.hammonds@ncdenr.gov>; Conners, Davis <davis.conners@ncdenr.gov>; Matthew Richardson <Matthew.Richardson@nashcountync.gov>; Trey Wright <Trey.Wright@nashcountync.gov>; cfortner@garrett-moore.com; Steve Nichting <snichting@garrett-moore.com> Subject: [External] Re: Removal of YW and vegetative debris from temporary YW site and storm debris area External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify. Send all suspicious email as an attachment to report.spam@nc.gov Thanks Ben —per our discussion this morning. Bill Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2020, at 2:19 PM, Solid Waste <Solid.Waste@nashcountync.gov> wrote: Jason, Drew and Davie: Craig, let us know if I am incorrect about anything. Afternoon, We are now in the process of having a local contractor (Al Collie) install the intermediate cover for the old C&DLF. The burned and composted material from across the haul road is being used to promote grass growth. He is making good progress and anticipates seeding by the end of March. Collie is using a large off road dump truck to move the old material to the C&D. Once the C&D cover has been finished the dump truck would be ideal for removing the material from the temporary YW site and the storm debris site. I believe with his equipment, the YW could be removed within 3 to 5 days. The storm debris perhaps in the same length of time. This would satisfy most of the pending violations. Transporting this material to the C&D would expedite the process and help with the standing water problems in the operating cell. This material would probably be enough to fill to ground level. My understanding is that we are awaiting a decision from the Section re disposing in the C&D. If this could be expedited, I think we could have most of the violations corrected within 4 to 6 weeks. We are ready to proceed. Thanks Ben My Cell is 252 904 3396 Ben Barnes Solid Waste Manager Nash Co. 3057 Duke Rd. PO Box 849 Nashville, NC 27856 Office phone: 252 459 9899 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized State official. Unauthorized disclosure of juvenile, health, legally privileged, or otherwise confidential information, including confidential information relating to an ongoing State procurement effort, is prohibited by law. Ifyou have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all records of this email.