1305-20151112INSP

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
LCID
YW
Transfer
Compost
SLAS
COUNTY: CABARRUS
MSWLF
PERMIT NO.: 13-05TP
Closed
HFIW
White
Incin
T&P
x
FIRM
MSWLF
goods
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
CDLF
TireT&P
Tire
Industrial
DEMO
SDTF
Collection
Monofill
Landfill
Date of Site Inspection: 11/12/15 Date of Last Inspection: 3/20/14
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Stericycle Medical Waste Treatment Facility
4403 Republic Drive
Concord, North Carolina 28027
GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.41944 W: 80.65054
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Don Nuss, Regional Environmental Manager
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail]
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
4357 Ferguson Drive, Suite100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45245
173 711101171►I IkS
Carol McCormick, Facility Manager
Teresa Bradford, DEQ-Solid Waste Section
STATUS OF PERMIT:
A modification to the Permit to Operate a Medical Waste Treatment Facility was issued on February 11, 2014 and
shall expire on April 12, 2016. The Solid Waste Section has received an application for a permit to operate, five year
renewal for the facility.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS
None
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
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1. The facility is a permitted medical waste treatment facility consisting of two steam sterilization units (autoclaves)
and associated facility appurtenances for storage and processing of regulated medical waste and Animal Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulated waste. The facility also operates a reusable sharps container
program and a medical device recovery program.
2. Observed operations of the two steam sterilization units (autoclaves). The area was clean and well managed.
3. No unacceptable waste was observed.
4. Containers are scanned, weighed and loaded onto the inclined belt conveyor which proceeds to the autoclave bin
loading area. The waste is then loaded into the treatment bins to be processed in the autoclaves. Reusable
containers are sent to an automated washer where they are cleaned and disinfected.
5. Treated waste is compacted into a closed trailer and disposed of at the BFI-Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill in
Cabarrus County (Permit # 13-04).
6. Pathological waste and residual chemotherapy waste is transferred to Stericycle-Haw River (Permit # 01-02) to be
incinerated.
7. Observed operations of the reusable sharps containers program and the medical device recovery program. The
areas were clean and well managed.
8. The reusable sharps containers are loaded onto the automated sharps container dumper where the lids are
mechanically removed and conveyed toward the dumper. The untreated sharps are emptied into treatment bins to
be processed in the autoclaves. The containers are then fed into a tunnel washer where the containers are
disinfected, rinsed/sanitized and then moved on to the force heated air -drying process.
9. The medical device recovery program removes medical devices that can be reprocessed and reused. The
containers are placed into the manifold of the tipping machine. The container is emptied into the sorting tray and
the medical devices that can be reprocessed and reused are sorted by tongs and placed into a shipping container.
All other waste is emptied into a treatment bin to be processed in the autoclaves. The containers are then sent to
the tunnel washer to be disinfected and rinsed/sanitized.
10. Reviewed tonnage records, efficacy tests, processing schedules, waste manifests, chart recorders and trailer logs.
Efficacy tests are conducted every Wednesday.
11. Approximately 100,000-115,000 pounds of medical waste is treated each day.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
Digitally signed by Teresa Bradford
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Date: 2015.12.2812:46:55-05'00'
Teresa N. Bradford
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Phone: [phone]
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ec: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer
Carol McCormick, Facility Manager