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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7404T_INSP_20211206FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID T&P YW Collection X Transfer X Compost X SLAS COUNTY: Pitt Closed MSWLF HHW X White goods X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 7404T-MWP-1996 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection X Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Inspection: 6 December 2021 Date of last Inspection: 6 April 2021 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Pitt County Waste Handling Facility 3025 Landfill Road Greenville, NC 27834 GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.59619 E: -077.43281 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: John Demary 252.902.3355 FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Pitt County Solid Waste Department 3025 Landfill Road Greenville, NC 27834 Attn: John W Demary E-mail: john.demary@pittcountync.gov. PARTICIPANTS: John Demary; Pitt County Solid Waste Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste STATUS OF PERMIT: Active; Permit to Construct (PTC) a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Facility Permit #7404T-HHW- 2019; Permit to Operate (PTO) a Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facility, a Construction and Demolition Waste Transfer Facility, permit #7404T-MWP-1996; and a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility, Permit #7404T- HHW-2019 issued 22 July 2019. The HHW Permit 7404T-HHW-2019 expires 22 July 2024. Pursuant to 15A NCAC 13B .0201(c) and .0206(a) a complete permit review request including updated Facility, Operations, and Waste Screening Plans is due on or before 22 December 2023. This permit renewal request must comply with all rules in effect at the time of the submittal. The Transfer Station Permit 7404T-MWP-1996 expires 16 January 2056. The owner or operator must contact the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section for coordination of significant site changes, including, but not limited to, pertinent Facility plans, Facility operations, and Waste Screening Plans. All changes must comply with all rules in effect at the time of the changes. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None applicable FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20211206 Page 2 of 6 OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 1) This is a Solid Waste Transfer Facility and is permitted to receive Solid Waste as defined in NCGS 130A- 290(a)(35). 2) Hazardous waste, yard trash, liquid wastes, regulated medical waste, sharps not properly packaged, regulated asbestos containing material as defined in 40 CFR 61, PCB waste as defined in 40 CFR 761, infectious waste, animal carcasses, radioactive waste, septage, fluorescent and high-intensity discharged lamps, ashes/incinerated residues, and wastes banned from disposal in North Carolina by NCGS 130A-309.10(f) are prohibited from being accepted at this Facility. Barrels and drums must not be accepted unless they are empty and perforated sufficiently to ensure that no liquid or hazardous waste is contained therein. 3) This Facility is permitted to receive Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Construction & Demolition (C&D) Waste, Inert Debris, Asphalt, Land-clearing Debris, Scrap Tires, and Yard Waste generated in Pitt, Greene, Lenoir, Craven, Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Martin, Wilson, and Nash Counties. 4) All MSW received by this Facility is transported to the East Carolina Regional Landfill, permit #0803- MSWLF-1993 in Aulander, NC for disposal. 5) All scrap tires received by this Facility are transported to Central Carolina Tire, permit #4304-TIRELF-1992 in Cameron, NC for disposal. The Scrap Tire Management Area appears well maintained at this time. 6) All C&D waste is transported to the adjacent Pitt County Materials Recovery & Recycling Facility, permit #7404-MWP-2016 for processing and recycling. 7) Proper signage including the Facility permit number, accepted waste types, banned or excluded items, hours of operation, and the emergency contact number is posted at the Facility entrance. 8) The hours of operation for this Facility are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. 9) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the Facility entrance. 10) The entrance to the Facility is well maintained and no windblown debris was noted along the roadway approaching the site. 11) Signage is posted throughout the site directing traffic for proper disposal and instructing customers of safe operating procedures. 12) The Facility access road is of all-weather construction and is being maintained in overall good condition. 13) No fugitive dust was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 14) Access around the Facility overall is well maintained and generally stable. 15) This Facility maintains a well-established cover crop of native warm season type grasses on all sideslopes. The cover crop is mowed throughout the growing season as needed. 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 7404T_INSP_20211206 Page 3 of 6 16) No off-site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 17) The Facility is protected by highly visible, safety bollards at the entrance to the tipping floor, and at the entrances to the trailer loading bay. 18) Tipping floor loading bay #1 and bay #5 are being used for equipment and container storage and are not receiving waste at this time. 19) Bay #2, bay #3, and bay #4 are being used for tipping and managing waste. 20) This Facility maintains a Caterpillar 926M Loader on site within the Transfer Station for waste handling operations. 21) Waste received at this Facility is loaded into the transport trailers in a timely manner. All incoming waste is currently being maintained on the tipping floor within the transfer station. 22) The tipping floor in the active area is adequately cleaned and washed down daily. 23) The tipping floor is well maintained and is in overall good condition at this time. 24) Recyclable metals and unacceptable waste streams are removed from the Facility for proper management daily. 25) This Facility maintains roll-off containers on-site for the collection and management of recyclable electronics. 26) The tipping floor push-walls and the area along the upper back wall of the trailer loading area are cleaned of waste daily and were clear of waste during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 27) Hose bibs are located in the Transfer Station and in the trailer loading bay for wash-down and fire suppression. 28) The areas behind the push walls are policed of overflow waste daily. These areas were clear of waste/debris during this Facility Compliance Inspection. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20211206 Page 4 of 6 29) Fire extinguishers are readily accessible and maintained throughout the Facility for fire suppression. Fire extinguisher inspection tags were reviewed and up to date. All extinguisher pressure gauges read full charge. 30) The interior walls of the Transfer Station are high pressure cleaned on an annual basis. 31) All leachate on the tipping floor drains into the leachate collection drains. No leachate was observed outside of the Transfer Station during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 32) The leachate collection drains in the tipping floor were clear of blockage and appear to be functioning properly at this time. 33) Leachate is collected and pumped via force main to the City of Greenville Sewer Treatment Plant. 34) Overall, leachate and the leachate collection system appear to be well managed at this time. 35) All leachate in the trailer loading bays drains into the leachate collection drains. The leachate collection drains in the trailer loading bay were clear of blockage and appear to be functioning properly at this time. 36) Installation of the new compactor has been completed and the new waste compactor was in operation during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 37) The trailer loading/compactor area is policed when loaded trailers are pulled and throughout the workday as needed. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20211206 Page 5 of 6 38) This Facility maintains an adequate number of trailers on site to properly manage the volume of waste received during operating hours. 39) This Facility utilizes chain-link type fencing around the perimeter of the property to control windblown litter. 40) Windblown litter is collected throughout the day and no windblown litter was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 41) Equipment damage to the exterior of the front of the Facility was observed. Planning/budgeting for repairs is currently underway. 42) All pesticide containers are maintained within the covered pesticide container storage area until recycled. 43) Landclearing waste and yard trash are brought on site and staged for processing. All Land-clearing waste is ground and staged on-site for use as boiler fuel and as mulch used at the closed Pitt County landfill. Grinding operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 44) Pallets and other clean, untreated/unpainted dimensional lumber are collected on-site and ground for use as boiler fuel. No grinding operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 45) All ground materials are screened to separate clean soil from the wood waste for re-use. No screening operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 46) The yard waste collection/storage area is well maintained with an adequate fire break and clear access around the area for fire suppression, inspection, and maintenance. FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section 7404T_INSP_20211206 Page 6 of 6 47) Soil from the incoming waste at the adjacent Pitt County Materials Recovery & Recycling Facility, permit #7404-MWP-2016 is transported to the yard waste element for storage, screening, and re-use. 48) An Edge Innovate TRM 516 Mobile Trommel Screen is maintained onsite for the screening of waste materials from soil. All screened waste materials are taken to the transfer station for proper management. Soil screened from this source is transported to the C&D Landfill, Inc, Construction and Demolition Landfill, permit #74-07 in Greenville, NC and used for cover. 49) No screening operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection. 50) Scrap concrete is staged onsite for later grinding/crushing and reuse. Crushed concrete is staged onsite for use in road building and maintenance around the property. 51) No unpermitted materials were observed in the concrete storage/stockpile area. 52) All Freon containing white goods are stored separately from other recyclable metals in an upright manner until the Freon is properly collected. Once the Freon is removed, the white goods are marked and laid on their side until taken to the metal recycling area. 53) No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Facility Compliance Inspection Report. Ray Williams; Environmental Senior Specialist Phone: 252.948.3955 E-mail: ray.williams@ncdenr.gov Regional Representative Delivered on: 8 December 2021 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: andrew.hammonds@ncdenr.gov C: \2021\Pitt\Facilities\74-04T\Inspections\7404T_INSP_20211206 NCDEQ DWM Laserfiche Online Document Management System: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WasteManagement/Browse.aspx?id=1350&dbid=0&repo=WasteManagement   Go Green! Thank you for helping NCDEQ be environmentally responsible.