SWC-11-12 102109 Audit

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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
X
sLAs
COUNTY: BUNCOMBE
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: S W C -11-12
Closed
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Incin
T&P
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P/
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Audit: 10/21/09
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Crowell Farms, Inc.
523 Pond Road
Asheville, NC 28806
Date of Last Audit: 11/05/08
GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.538967 E:-82.618917
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Michael Crowell, Owner/Operator
[phone]
AUDIT PARTICIPANTS:
Andrea Keller, NCDENR — Solid Waste Section
Michael Scott, NCDENR — Solid Waste Section
Troy Harrison, NCDENR — Solid Waste Section
Michael Crowell, Crowell Farms, Inc.
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active - January 19, 2007
Expired — January 19, 2009
Permit in renewal process
Large Type III Compost
PURPOSE OF AUDIT:
Partial Audit
NOTICE OF VIOLATION(S):
None
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None
AREAS OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS:
1. Michael Scott has received permit renewal request. It requires some change to update for current site activities
and future site plans, and re -submittal to the Section. Mr. Scott will send a letter to Mr. Crowell outline the
Section requirements. As the facility is a Large Type III operation, Mr. Crowell will require the seal of a P.E.
on the final submitted site plans in the permit renewal.
2. Some windrows have been moved/allocated for waste incoming from Danny's Dumpster (restaurant food
wastes). Runoff from this waste, while outside of bin area, is still captured by the leachate collection system.
M. Scott recommended moving cure pile or creating a berm to avoid recontamination from this waste pile.

FACILITY COMPLIANCE AUDIT REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
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3. Bins #1 and #2 were active (accepting waste: food waste, grease, leaves, mulch, and grass). Bins #3, #4, and
#5 were "off' (not accepting waste).
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10/21/09 Bin System
Facility has seen a recent increase in horse manurelbedding waste from the WNC livestock pavilion.
Bin temperatures are steady around 140 degrees F. Waste is pulled from bins into windrows on concrete pad.
Sludge in pond (two -stage pond, #1 is below leachate tank) is dredged and reintroduced into bin/pit cure piles.
This activity needs to be included in permit renewal as an additional feed stock.
Near screening/final pile area, a concern was noted regarding stormwater runoff. Mr. Crowell was informed
that he should contact Aquifer Protection (Bev Price) prior to any construction/concrete pouring activities in
this area. The hydraulic fluid system from the tractor motor (running the screen operation) should have some
sort of containment system in order to capture leaks/incidental spills.
The system is actively managed and it was noted during the inspection that the facility intends to comply with
all Section requirements and is in the process of reviewing and updating their permit application for submittal
to the Composting Branch:
Attn: Michael Scott, Composting Branch Manager
Division of Waste Management — SWS
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this audit report.
Phone: [phone]
Andrea Keller
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Mailed on: 11/30/09 by Hand delivery US Mail Certified No.[ _1
ec: Mark Poindexter, Field Operations Branch Supervisor
Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor
Donald Herndon, Compliance Officer
Michael Scott, Compost and Land Application Branch Manager