9810_INSP_20240227

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Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
MSWLF X COUNTY: Wilson
PERMIT NO.: 9810-COMPOST-2024
FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: February 27, 2024 Date of Last Inspection: 5/11/2023
FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
D & D Organic Farming, LLC 7984 Pelt Road
Stantonsburg, North Carolina 27883 GPS COORDINATES (decimal degrees): Lat.: N: 35 °59776 Long.: - 77 °87581 FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Name: Daniel Newsome (Son) Name David Newsome (Father)
Telephone: [phone]
Email address: [e-mail] FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
D & D Organic Farming, LLC 441 Buck Newsome Road Fremont, North Carolina 27830

PARTICIPANTS: Daniel Newsome, D & D Organic Farming, LLC David Newsome, D & D Organic Farming, LLC
Andrew Hammonds, NCDEQ-DWM-SWS-Eastern Area Supervisor
Autumn Romanski, NCDEQ-DWM-SWS-FOB Chester Cobb, NCDEQ-DWM-SWS-Septage Management Program Art Barnhardt, Consultant
STATUS OF PERMIT:
Site Permit No. (PTC & PTO) 9810-COMPOST-2024 issued on January 9, 2024, and expires January 9, 2034; This site previously operated under Permit Number 9810-COMPOST-2016.
PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT: Compliance Inspection and Pre-operative onsite meeting STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS: None
OBSERVED VIOLATIONS: N/A

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1. This Site Permit 9810-COMPOST-2024 approves expansion and continued operation. The Permit to Operate in Wilson County is found at the Register of Deeds Book 2508 and Page 955, and Book 2469 and Page 881, as D &
P Land Company, LLC, 2010 and 2011. A total of 15 acres of the 325-acre Tract is designated for compost. The primary reason for this inspection was to make an initial site visit post permit issuance. 2. This facility is permitted to construct and operate a Type 3 Compost Facility. The certification along with photos taken during the construction by the Registered Engineer was requested to be provided as required. Any revision or modification to these plans must be submitted to the Section for review and approval prior to implementation of the change. Mr. Newsome stated that he would like to create an additional entrance and delivery pads entering the property from the south of pads #5 and #4. Mr. Newsome was instructed to submit any changes to permitting for approval prior to constructing or changing these areas. 3. This facility is required to establish and maintain financial assurance. 4. A responsible party, Daniel Newsome is to provide a copy of the training certificate for compost operations. He was onsite during operational hours with a cell phone and a number is provided in the permit for contact. 5. The facility has a locked gate at the entrance and a chain link fence on the road frontage. 6. The facility has a permanent sign posted with all required information. 7. Interior roads with all-weather construction were present at the current operation area. Please construct and maintain all weather roads on all sides of the bulk waste (yard waste) storage area along the wood line to the northwest of the area depicted on the maps and just beyond the point north of proposed pad #4 to the north. This bulk yard waste pile was not observed in the location as labelled on the map on the permit application. Please address the bulk waste storage. Operations should occur in locations as depicted by map(s) submitted. 8. Mr. Newsome explained the feedstock is currently dewatered Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG), and wood material /land clearing waste. The facility feedstock is limited in the permit to also include: gin trash/cotton waste, tobacco dust and brine from Smithfield Farmland. 9. Ensure that the facility obtains and maintains permits required for managing stormwater or wastewater. 10. The facility must maintain a copy of any odor complaints. No Complaints reported. 11. The facility must maintain in writing compost process data documenting temperatures, moisture levels, and
aeration intervals. Temperatures and aeration intervals were being written in a log, and moisture levels were manually checked. However, the facility needs to improve on the written record keeping in the logs, as some information was missing. 12. Per last inspection: Be sure to calibrate temperature probe. Keep documentation of the calibration annually. 13. Mr. Newsome indicated compost samples were taken as required, however the sample results were not available for review the day of this inspection. Please email the sample results for review.
14. No vector attraction issues were observed the day of this inspection. Vector control was in place. 15. No dust control or airborne emission issues were observed the day of this inspection. A water tanker is used for dust control. 16. No unacceptable waste was reported received, nor was observed during this inspection. 17. The facility was keeping written tonnage log onsite. The next annual report will be due August 1, 2024. 18. The facility has an indoor office space where records are kept onsite. A copy of the permit was observed, and records were partially reviewed as time allowed. 19. No open burning of waste was observed the day of the inspection. Fires are to be reported to the local Solid Waste
inspector within 24 hours. 20. The facility has fire suppression equipment available.2 B/C fire extinguishers, hoses and a water tanker. 21. The facility is reminded that no discharge of pollution dredged material, and/or fill material is allowed into
Waters of the State in violation of the requirements under sections 410 and 404 of the Clean Water Act. 22. The facility is reminded that groundwater quality is subject to classification, monitoring, and remedial action provisions. 23. The facility is to maintain approval with the Wilson County Development Services zoning requirements.
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24. Please ensure the signage is updated to reflect the PERMIT NO.: 9810-COMPOST-2024. 25. Digital pictures were taken during the inspection. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.
________________________________________ Phone: [phone] _ Email: [e-mail] Autumn Romanski Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative
Sent on: March 6, 2024 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ ]
Copies: * Art Barnhardt, Consultant and Engineer * Andrew Hammonds, DWM Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
* Sherri Stanley, Permitting Branch Head – Solid Waste Section * Chester Cobb, DWM Solid Waste Section Septage Management Program * Daniel Newsome, D & D Organic Farming, LLC Facing North - Yard Waste Feedstock Storage Pile Yard Waste Storage Pile by edge of wooded area-no access road

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New Compost Operation Expansion Area – Level Spreaders at edge of planned compost operations.
New Compost Operation Expansion Area