2510T_INSP_20231026

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID
T&P YW Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Craven
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 2510T-TRANSFER-1997
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 26 October 2023 Date of Last Inspection: 20 April 2023
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
MCAS Cherry Point Transfer Station
Mockingbird Road
MCAS Cherry Point, NC 28533

GPS COORDINATES: N: 34.89038 E: -076.90673

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Kurt Avellar; Environmental Engineer
252.466.5271

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Environmental Affairs Department
PSC 8006
MCAS Cherry Point, NC 28533
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Richard D Hines; Facility Supervisor-Six Nations, Inc
Kurt Avellar; MCAS Cherry Point
Timothy Lawrence; MCAS Cherry Point
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Life-of-Site Permit to Operate (PTO) issued 5 April 2018, expires 19 November 2057. Any significant site
changes may require permit modification. 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 Site, Operation, and Waste Screening plans.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial facility compliance inspection without records review

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None applicable

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
No violations were observed during this facility compliance inspection; please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
section below for details concerning this inspection.

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
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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.
3) All municipal solid waste and construction & demolition waste managed by this facility is transferred to the
Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority MSW Landfill, permit #25-09 in Tuscarora, North
Carolina for disposal.
4) This facility is permitted to receive solid waste generated by and on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.
5) This facility is not open to the public.
6) Daily operations at this facility are conducted by contract employees of Six Nations Incorporated of Wayne,
Michigan.
7) The operating hours for this facility are from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday. Ten Holidays are
observed: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
8) Site access and security are controlled by means of a locked gate at the facility access on Roosevelt Boulevard
and at the facility entrance on Mockingbird Road. The gate was open upon my arrival and site attendants were
on site during this facility compliance inspection.
9) Proper signage is posted at the entrance to the transfer station stating the facility permit number, list of banned
materials, and the emergency contact number.
10) The access road is of all-weather construction and is currently well maintained.
11) Fire extinguishers are maintained in the facility transfer trucks and in the transfer station office. A hose bib
and water hose are also located at the transfer station adjacent to the loading area.
12) This facility maintains a John Deere 310K loader onsite for facility operations.
13) Roll-off containers are maintained onsite for the management of recyclable metals, cardboard, and wood
wastes.
14) The waste type was reviewed. No unpermitted waste streams were observed on site during this facility
compliance inspection.
15) Incoming waste is loaded into the transport trailers in a timely manner.
16) The transfer station tipping floor is cleaned and washed down throughout the day as needed.
17) The area behind the push walls is cleaned throughout the day as needed. No overflow waste was observed in
these areas during this facility compliance inspection.
18) All water used for washdown and maintenance at the facility is managed as leachate.
19) The leachate collection drains were free of debris during this facility compliance inspection.
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20) The leachate collection and management system appears well maintained and was functioning properly during
this facility compliance inspection.
21) Leachate is managed with an onsite oil water separator and is pumped to the MCAS Cherry Point Sewer
Treatment Plant by means of a pump station and force main.
22) The trailer loading bay is policed throughout the workday and as loaded trailers are removed from the bay.
23) This facility maintains an adequate number of trailers on site to properly manage the volume of waste
received during operating hours.
24) Access around the facility is generally stable, however, areas of sparse cover and erosion were observed on
the south side of the transfer station during this facility compliance inspection. *Plans should be under way
for the filling and grading of all eroded areas. All repaired areas should be seeded and mulched to establish a
cover crop suitable to prevent erosion. Moving forward, to prevent further/future damage to this sideslope,
alternative methods should be employed to mow the cover crop in this area.
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25) Windblown debris was observed along the perimeter fence on the south side of the transfer station. *Please
ensure that all windblown litter is collected and properly disposed at the end of each workday.
26) *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: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Regional Representative

Delivered on 31 October 2023 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]
cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]

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