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HomeMy WebLinkAbout9240_INSP_20230119FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 1 of 4 UNIT TYPE: Lined MSWLF LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: WAKE Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9240-MWP-2017 CDLF Tire T&P / Collection Tire Monofill Industrial Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE Date of Site Inspection: January 19, 2023 Date of Last Inspection: May 17, 2022 FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS: Apex – Wall Recycling, LLC 520 Pristine Water Drive Apex, NC 27539 GPS COORDINATES: Lat.: 35.70635° Long.: -78.82612° FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER: Dan Wall, CEO, (919) 650-8353, dan@wallrecycling.com Dustin Hill, COO, (919) 896-1829, dustin@wallrecycling.com Dan Jarboe, Manager, (919) 906-2747, djarboe@wallrecycling.com FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS: Same as above PARTICIPANTS: Tim Davis, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section Jordan Russ, NCDEQ, Solid Waste Section Dustin Hill, Wall Recycling Dan Jarboe, Wall Recycling STATUS OF PERMIT: Permit to Operate issued May 8, 2017 and expired on May 8, 2022. The Permit renewal paperwork was submitted to the Section on April 20, 2022, and is currently under review. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Partial Compliance Inspection and Permit Renewal meeting with Jordan Russ 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 Page 2 of 4 GENERAL COMMENT: This inspection report has been revised to reflect an agreed upon discrepancy in the wording of the existing permit and the approved operations plan related to the store of C&D wastes and separated recyclables, as discussed in the April 5th meeting between representatives of Wall Recycling and the Solid Waste Section. Based on the meeting, the facility is working to make those and additional clarifications to the Operations Plans for submittal to the Section, who in turn will issue a modified permit to ensure consistency in language and expectations moving forward. The following comments from the inspection contain additional information and requirements that may also need clarification in the Operations plans and/or require action to be taken on site. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 1. As was discussed in the April 5th meeting, C&D fines which are generated during the processing of C&D debris, consist of soil, wood, concrete, drywall, rock and other miscellaneous material waste particles. Even though the Section currently allows for the reuse of this waste material for use in alternative cover at certain landfills, the method of management of the waste material while on the generating site is different from source separated, homogonous piles of recyclables. This is consistent in application with EPA guidance and that of many other states, due to the likelihood of trace contaminants that remain. C&D fines have the potential to contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, copper, and mercury, and in some cases elevated levels of nitrogen and ammonium. As such, C&D fines must be stored under cover or in a leak proof container to prevent interaction and runoff from precipitation causing an uncontrolled release into the environment. Any release of this material to the environment could lead to soil testing, soil removal, or further action necessary to demonstrate impacts to the environment and could also lead to groundwater monitoring at the facility should an impact be found. 2. During this inspection, multiple certified personnel were onsite. The following are facility certified personnel: 1. Dustin Hill, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2022044, exp. 6/3/2025 2. Dan Jarboe, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2022046, exp. 6/3/2025 3. Brian Kiefer, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2022047, exp. 6/3/2025 Brian Kiefer stated that he is employed full-time at this facility and is on-site during operating hours. 3. The incoming waste streams appeared to be relatively free of non-C&D wastes during this inspection. Any unacceptable waste needs to be removed from the waste streams and properly disposed of as it is encountered. Continue to ensure that any unacceptable waste is removed and properly disposed of. 4. The inert debris stockpile was observed to be relatively clean and free of prohibited materials, though some countertop waste was still evident. The countertop waste must be removed and disposed of properly. Commingled waste such as metal and wood observed within the inert debris stockpile during the previous inspection had been removed. 5. During this inspection, windblown litter was actively being picked up by facility staff, and the amount of windblown litter throughout the facility was observed to be greatly reduced since the previous inspection. However, the southeastern corner of the facility grounds is being used to store what appears to be broken/unused machinery, damaged waste containers, scrap tires and metal which has collected a significant amount of windblown waste. Ensure any unusable/unrepairable items, scrap tires, scrap metal, and windblown waste is removed from this area daily and disposed of properly. 6. Several areas of standing water which were observed during the last inspection at the base of the land clearing waste stockpile and the clean wood waste stockpile, as well as ponding adjacent to the block barricade along the western side of the operating area, had been removed/drained, and no standing water was observed within the operational boundaries. Good job! 7. Creosote timbers and treated telephone poles identified within the wood stockpile in the last inspection report had been removed, and very few pieces of painted wood were observed in the current stockpile. OSB and plywood were present within the current stockpile. A large pile of ground wood waste was being stored adjacent to the eastern concrete barricade and appeared to be spilling over the barricade and outside the operations area. Continue to ensure that only clean wood waste which does not contain paints, adhesives, or chemical treatments is stockpiled for grinding, and that all ground materials are kept within the operations areas as stated in the Permit to Operate, Attachment 3, Part II, (6)(d). 8. Permit to Operate, Attachment 3, Part II, (6)(f), “Mulch and ground material containing yard trash must not be distributed to the public unless it has been composted in accordance with Rule .01406.” Yard trash was observed within the land clearing debris stockpile, and Mr. Hill stated that all this material is ground into mulch and sold to FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 3 of 4 the public. Ensure any ground material/mulch containing yard trash is composted in accordance with 15A NCAC 13B .1406 and temperature monitoring records are kept onsite. 9. During this inspection, at 3:30 pm, the “tipping floor” contained approximately 2 truckloads of C&D waste, and the excavator was actively loading the waste into a trailer. The excavator was not currently on top of the commingled waste pile as observed in the previous inspection. Mr. Hill stated that the pile of C&D waste would be removed from the “tipping floor” prior to the end of the operating day. Continue to ensure any C&D waste left on the floor at the end of the operating day is covered with a tarp. Only an amount to start sorting operations at the beginning of the next day may be left on the tipping floor. 10. At the time of this inspection, the waste sorting line was not in operation due to high winds. 11. Permit to Operate, Attachment 3, Part II, (6)(c) and NC General Statutes Chapter 130A-309.05 (c)(1) state “Seventy-five percent (75%), by weight or volume, of the recovered material stored at a facility at the beginning of a calendar year commencing January 1, shall be removed from the facility through sale, use, or reuse by December 31 of the same year.” Please provide documentation showing that 75% of recovered materials are removed from the facility within 1 year as required by general statute. The documentation should include both volumes of waste removed as well as the location(s) of the markets. 12. Corrective measures are necessary as a result of this inspection and should be complete within 30 days receipt of this report. 13. Digital photographs were taken during the inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report. ________________________________________ Phone: (919) 707-8290 timothy.davis@ncdenr.gov Tim Davis Environmental Senior Specialist Regional Representative Sent on: April 14, 2023 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _] Copies: Jason Watkins, Field Operations Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Drew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor – Solid Waste Section Sherri Stanley, Permitting Branch Head – Solid Waste Section Jordan Russ, Permitting Engineer – Solid Waste Section Dustin Hill, COO – Wall Recycling Dan Jarboe, Facility Manager – Wall Recycling Bill Brian, Morningstar Law Victor Unnone, NCDOJ Rusty Norris, ELM Site Solutions FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT Division of Waste Management Solid Waste Section Page 4 of 4 Photographs taken by Tim Davis on 1/19/2023. View of fine C&D waste stored directly on the ground and spilling over barricade. View of land clearing debris and inert debris stockpiles. View of wood waste stockpile. View of ground wood waste overtopping barricade. View of unused machinery, scrap tires, metal, and windblown waste in southeast corner. View of C&D waste pile.