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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
X
YW
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: Forsyth
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 3426-LCID-2020
Closed
HHW
White
Incin
T&P
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
Tire T&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: February 3, 2021 Date of Last Inspection: January 13, 2021
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Union Cross Land Development LCID Landfill
7301 Watkins Ford Road
Kernersville, NC 27284
GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: 36.043868'
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Tanner Boyles, Operator
Telephone: [phone] (mobile)
Email address: tannerboyles l (a)yahoo.com
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Union Cross Land Development LCID Landfill
Tanner Boyles, Operator
7301 Watkins Ford Road
Kernersville, NC 27284
PARTICIPANTS:
Tanner Boyles, Operator — Union Cross Land Development LCID
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist — Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Approval of Notified LCID Landfill (NI 110) issued: 6/11/2019.
Permit to Operate LCID Landfill issued: December 21, 2020.
Permit to Operate expires: December 21, 2025.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None.
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None
Long.:-80.099191 °
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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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
NORTH CAROLINA
Solid Waste Section
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. All photos included in this report were taken by Susan Heim during the inspection on February 3, 2021.
2. The facility is permitted as an LCID landfill, a small Type 1 compost facility, and a treatment and processing
facility for wood waste and used concrete. The compost operations area as well as the wood waste and concrete
treatment and processing areas are currently under construction. Once construction is complete, a pre -
operations inspection will be required prior to beginning these ancillary operations.
3. This inspection was conducted following the opening of the newly permitted expansion of a 2-acre notified
LCID landfill.
4. The facility is permitted to accept only land clearing debris, untreated wood, yard trash, and inert debris that is
strictly limited to untreated/unpainted concrete, brick, concrete block, uncontaminated soil, rock, and gravel.
5. The facility appeared to be clean and well -maintained, and no windblown litter was observed.
6. Unauthorized entry into the site is prevented by means of fencing, wood lines and berms, and the facility is
secured by means of a locking gate at the entrance. Proper signage was observed at the facility entrance and
along the access roadway.
7. The entrance roadway is of all-weather construction, made of compacted stone, and was found to be in good
condition. An access roadway leading from the main parking area up the south side of the landfill to the tipping
areas appeared to be stable and in good condition, capable of accommodating landfill traffic and equipment.
8. Landfill operations are conducted from an office located at the end of the entrance drive. Incoming waste is
tracked by volume. Records are maintained in the office and are available for review upon request.
9. The facility maintains a cover log that lists the dates of each application of cover soil, slope repair, and seeding
that takes place at the landfill. The cover log was reviewed during this inspection and found to be up to date.
10. An attendant is on duty during operating hours as required. The facility was operating during this inspection,
and customers were observed dumping loads of brush and tree waste. Landfill staff met and directed each
customer to a specific unloading spot, then screened the waste as it was unloaded.
11. All erosion control measures appeared to be functioning as designed, and no visible signs of erosion were noted.
12. Three phases of landfill development are included in the permit to construct. The first phase encompasses the
notified 2-acre fill area. Phases 2 and 3 are lateral expansions north of the original landfill, and Phase 4 is a
vertical expansion that will tie in Phases 2 and 3 to the original notified landfill area. Verbal permission was
given to begin accepting waste in Phase 2 during the pre -operations inspection on January 13, 2021. Excavation
in Phase 3 was observed to be underway at the time of this inspection.
13. Please provide as -built drawings and a construction certification to Permit Engineer Ming-Tai Chao
(min2.chao(&ncdenr.2ov) when construction of Phase 3 is completed so that an inspection can be
scheduled prior to accepting waste in Phase 3.
14. Edge of waste markers had been installed to identify the perimeter of the entire landfill as well as the
boundaries between Phases I and 2, and between Phases 2 and 3. Markers were spaced so that the perimeter of
the fill area is easily discernable along each side of the landfill. Mr. Boyles noted that he would be removing the
edge of waste markers between Phases 1 and 2 as fill progresses, beginning with the western side.
15. Phase 2 is an L-shaped area that surrounds the western and northern limits of the original Phase 1 notified
landfill. Fill had begun in the western portion of the dogleg, and waste was being placed in lifts with a very
shallow grade.
16. The working face was small and well managed, and waste appeared to be well compacted. No unacceptable
waste was observed in the working face. The tipping area was located on top of the Phase 1 fill area and
appeared to be of adequate size to accommodate the truck traffic bringing waste to the facility.
17. Additional work had taken place in Phase 3 since the previous inspection on January 13, 2021. Excavated
slopes appeared to be of a grade that would prevent erosion and were observed to be in good condition. Due to
the recent heavy rain events in the area, some small rills were visible.
18. The southern and eastern slopes of the original Phase 1 fill area had been covered with clean soil and graded.
Vegetative cover was becoming established on the southern slope, and Mr. Boyles stated that seeding would
take place on the eastern slope as soon as the contractor became available.
19. Considerable work had been accomplished to reduce the grade on the northern slope of the landfill since the
previous inspection on January 13, 2021; and, repairs were underway. The high, steep northwestern corner of
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Solid Waste Section
the landfill was in the process of being completely reconstructed. The slope had been reduced, and soil cover
had been applied and tracked in to stabilize the area. Some of the large rocks in that corner of the landfill had
been removed to facilitate the reconstruction of the slope there.
20. Mr. Boyles stated that repair of the northern slope had been slow going due to the continued wet weather that
has not only prevented the use of heavy equipment on the slopes but has also made mud of the stockpiles of
cover soil. However, slope repairs had progressed since the January pre -operations inspection, and most of the
exposed waste observed previously had been covered.
21. The mulch that had been piled at the top of the northeast corner of the Phase 1 disposal area was in the process
of being incorporated fully into the landfill. The steep slope previously observed in this corner had been
reduced, and soil cover had been applied.
22. A berm had been constructed south of the landfill to create the 0.38-acre area designated on the approved plans
to be used for wood waste recycling. Mr. Boyles explained that he planned to apply additional stone and clay to
this area, and to shape and compact the surface to create a stable pad with positive drainage on which to conduct
wood waste operations. All of the unprocessed wood waste stockpile that had been observed in this area during
the previous inspection had been removed. Mr. Boyles stated that the entire stockpile had been ground and
either sold as mulch or disposed of in the landfill. He stated that he intended to focus on completing the
construction of the wood waste and compost areas prior to stockpiling waste for processing.
23. The two 1/2-acre compost and mulch storage pads had not yet been constructed, and Mr. Boyles stated that the
area is too wet to allow work to begin at this time. The 1/4-acre inert debris operations pad, to be located on the
east side of the landfill, will be constructed of crushed stone and concrete and will be the last of the treatment
and processing pads to be built. Please contact the Solid Waste Section to schedule an inspection of each of
these 3 treatment and processing areas after construction is complete and prior to beginning treatment
and processing operations.
A view of the western dogleg of Phase 2 from the northwest corner of the original 2-acre landfill (note
the orange -topped edge of waste marker in the foreground). Fill operations can be seen in the
background.
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A view of the northern slope of the 2-acre Phase I disposal area. The northwest and northeast corners of the slope
have been pulled back and repaired, and additional cover is being applied as needed. A portion of the excavated area of
Phases 2 and 3, with piles of excavated cover soil, can be seen in the foreground.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
1 Digitally signed by Susan Heim
DN: cn=Susan Heim, o=Solid
Waste Section, ou=Field
Operations Branch,
email=[e-mail]
v, c=US
Date: 2021.02.10 12:20:36
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Phone: [phone]
Susan Heim
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Sent on: February 10, 2021 to
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Certified No.1j
Tanner Boyles.
Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor — Solid Waste Section
Ming-Tai Chao, Permitting Engineer — Solid Waste Section
Scotty Woods, Environmental Specialist — Forsyth County
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