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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Edgecombe
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 3303-COMPOST-2010
CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: December 10, 2020 Date of Last Inspection: September 03, 2020
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Eastern Composting, LLC
8487 Battleboro – Leggett Rd.
Battleboro, North Carolina 27809
GPS COORDINATES: N: 36 °03307 E: - 77 °74621 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Name: Jason Smith Joel Boseman Todd Johnston
Telephone: [phone] 252-446-3636 252-985-8882 Fax: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Jason Smith – Partner Eastern Composting, LLC P.O. Box 460
Battleboro, North Carolina 27809
PARTICIPANTS: John College – NCDEQ-DWM-SWS-FOB STATUS OF PERMIT: Active. Issued on August 19, 2016. Site is recorded in the Edgecombe County, North Carolina Register of Deeds, Book 1324, Page 396. Edgecombe Co. Parcel number is 387313920000.Total property is 319.4 acres. The actual compost operation is approximately 27 acres. This Permit to Operate (PTO) expired March 04, 2020. Searched Laserfiche
database and no new PTO found.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Partial Facility Compliance Inspection of a Large Type IV Compost Facility.
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: None

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 01 - The Permit to Operate for this facility is a Large Type 4 Compost Facility and was issued on August 19, 2016 and expired on March 04, 2020. No later than November 04, 2019, Permittee must have submitted a request for a permit review and must update pertinent facility plans. On the last inspection, Jason Smith told John College the permit renewal information has been sent in. John College instructed Jason Smith to contact the permitting section to check on this permit’s status on the last inspection report dated September 03, 2020. No new permit was found in Laserfiche by John College on December 10, 2020. Covid-19 may have slowed the PTO process. Keep operating under your August 19, 2016 PTO but also keep checking with permitting staff on the status of
the renewal of your PTO. 02 - Facility has several signs with required information. At the sign at the main entrance, staff has cut the vegetation that was noted in the last inspection report. 03 - Facility has fencing and locking gates/cables for security. 04 - Roads are made of All-Weather construction and maintained well.
05 - All windrows (Stored feedstock, Active compost & Finished product) do not exceed size requirements. 06 - Facility has two windrows stockpiled at the front of the site available for land application. 07 - Active windrows look good. 08 - No leachate issues noted during this inspection. 09 - Leachate pond has plenty of freeboard. 10 - There continues to be very little of non-conforming waste left into the feedstock piles or the active compost piles which reflected that more work has been done to remove the non-conforming waste. 11 - Permit and other records were not reviewed during this inspection at the office in Battleboro, NC. Due to the COVID-19 issue. 12 - This was an Unannounced facility inspection. Todd Johnston was spoken to from 25 to 30 feet and only for less than 2 minutes due to Covid-19. 13 - All Finished product is permitted to be land applied.
14 - Digital pictures were taken during this inspection and some are attached to this report.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _ Email: [e-mail] Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative
Sent on: December 11, 2020 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
Copies; * Andrew Hammonds, DWM Eastern District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section

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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• Signage from last inspection and current inspection. Looks good.

• Feedstock

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• Active compost windrows.

• Leachate holding pond. Marker noted.