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Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID
T&P YW
Collection Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Onslow
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 6712-TRANSFER-2016
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE
Date of Inspection: 13 January 2023 Date of Last Inspection: 1 June 2022
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Green Recycling Solutions LLC Folkstone C&D Recycling Collection/Transfer Facility
1172 Sneads Ferry Road (Highway 172)
Folkstone, NC 28445
GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.53936 E: -077.49891
FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
James E Maides
910.938.5900
FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Green Recycling Solutions, LLC
166 Center Street
Jacksonville, NC 28546
E-mail: jamesmaides@csbenc.com
PARTICIPANTS:
John Bagley; Site Supervisor/Green Recycling Solutions
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Permit to Construct and Life-of-Site Permit to Operate a C&D Recycling Collection/Transfer Facility issued 2
December 2016. Site and Facility Plan modification/update approved 11 May 2020.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Facility Compliance Inspection without records review
STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) states “The owner or operator of a transfer station (site) shall maintain and operate
the site in accordance with the operations plan incorporated into the permit by Rule .0404(d) of this
Section…” Resolved
2) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (6) states “Erosion and Sedimentation Control Requirements. The site shall
comply with 15A NCAC 04, and the owner or operator shall utilize erosion and sedimentation control
measures that prevent sediment from leaving the site and prevent on-site erosion.” Resolved
3) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) states “Windblown waste: Site staff shall conduct daily inspections for
windblown waste on the site property. Windblown litter from site operations discovered during the daily
inspections or observed on adjacent properties shall be picked up and containerized for disposal by the end of
each operating day, unless the landowner of the adjacent property denies access to site staff. The site shall
prevent waste from being blown outside the waste handling areas by the wind…” Resolved
4) 15A NCAC 13B .0405 (a) (10) (c) states “preventing waste from leaving the site using methods such as
fencing, netting, or diking.” Resolved
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Solid Waste Section
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OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
There were no observed violations during this Facility Compliance Inspection. Please see the ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS section below for details concerning this inspection.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This is a Construction & Demolition (C&D) Waste Transfer Facility as defined in 15A NCAC 13B .0101
(59) and a Temporary Disaster Debris Site (TDDS) for disaster generated demolition material.
2) This Facility is recorded with the Onslow County Register of Deeds at: Book: 4350 and Page: 612.
3) This Facility is permitted to receive construction and demolition debris as defined in 15A NCAC 13B .0101
(14).
4) This Facility is permitted to receive the aforementioned waste generated in Brunswick, Carteret, Craven,
Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, and Wayne Counties.
5) The hours of operation for this Facility are 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday excluding the
following holidays: New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
6) This site is secured by a locked gate at the Highway 172 entrance. The gate was open upon my arrival and
attendants were on-site during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
7) Signage is posted at the Facility entrance stating the Facility name and emergency contact information.
8) The Facility access road is of all-weather construction and appears well-maintained at this time.
9) The signage indicating acceptable waste types has been knocked down by vehicle traffic. *Please
repost this signage to ensure the Facility’s permitted waste stream is properly communicated to all
customers.
10) All C&D waste received by this Facility is transferred to the Maysville C&D Recycling & Recovery Facility,
permit #52-02 in Maysville, NC for recycling.
11) This Facility is currently receiving +/- 600 tons of waste per week.
12) This Facility maintains a Caterpillar 924G High-Lift Wheel Loader, a John Deere 210G Crawler Excavator,
and a Doosan DX180LG Crawler Excavator on site for waste handling and site maintenance activities.
13) This Facility maintains a roll-off container on-site adjacent to the concrete pad for the collection and proper
management of any unpermitted wastes screened from the waste stream. This container is removed from the
site weekly, all unpermitted waste is disposed at the Onslow County MSWLF permit #67-09.
14) Due to equipment traffic and the facility soil type, the area directly around and to the rear of the transfer
station are generally in need of daily repair and/or maintenance operations. *These areas would greatly
benefit from the installation of a hard surface or rock travel lane.
15) The waste types were reviewed, no unpermitted materials were observed during this Facility Compliance
Inspection.
16) All incoming waste is being deposited and managed on the concrete pad inside of the covered area.
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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17) Overflow and windblown debris are policed and returned to the tipping floor throughout the workday as
needed. Minimal overflow and windblown debris were observed around the perimeter of the transfer station
during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
18) Facility personnel were on-site collecting overflow and windblown debris upon my arrival and during this
Facility Compliance Inspection.
19) An adequate number of trailers are currently being maintained for the volume of waste managed by this
Facility.
20) All incoming waste is being managed in a timely manner.
21) Scrap concrete and concrete block is staged on-site in an area adjacent to the transfer trailer loading area for
future grinding/crushing and re-use. *Please note that the State rules regarding recovered materials state that
for a material to qualify as a recovered material, the majority of the material (75% or more) must be sold,
used, or re-used within the calendar year of staging at the site. If the required volume of materials is not re-
used as required, then the materials must be properly disposed at a Facility permitted to receive such wastes.
22) *Corrective measures are required as a result of 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: 19 January 2023 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. []
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