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Home My WebLink About5405T_LenoirCoTransferStation_Comment_LOSApp_DIN27169_20161219 PAT MCCRORY Governor DONALD R. VAN DER VAART Secretary MICHAEL SCOTT Director Solid Waste Section December 19, 2016 Mr. Joey R. Bryan Assistant County Manager Lenoir County PO Box 3289 Kinston, NC 28502 Re: Comment on a Life-of-Site Permit Application Lenoir County Transfer Facility Lenoir County, North Carolina Permit No. 5405T-Transfer-1998, Document ID No. (DIN) 27169 Dear Mr. Bryan: The Division Waste Management (DWM), Solid Waste Section (SWS) completes a review of the permit application for a life-of-site permit (DIN 27163) and has few comments on the permit application, which are stated below: 1. Please complete, sign, and date the enclosed “Applicant Signature Page.” 2. Please provide the following documents which are not available in the Solid Waste Section (SWS) file system/record: a. Zoning approval letter issued by the County of Lenoir. b. The scaled Facility Plan Drawing(s). The transfer station and recycling units (scrap/used tires, lead-acid batteries, yard waste, pallets, scrap metals & white goods as described in Section VI) should be added to the existing Facility Plan drawing(s) for Lenoir County Landfill Facility. Additionally, the drawing(s) must contain - The transfer station building layout (90-ft by 100-ft metal building structure, tipping floor, loading bay area, retaining walls). - The leachate/wash-down wastewater management system including the location of the sump in the lower bay, the layout of drain lines inside and outside the transfer station building, the oil/water separator & leachate holding/ storage tank and the secondary containment, and/or drain line alignment to the on-site surface leachate impoundment. Mr. Joey R. Bryan December 19, 2016 DIN 27169 Page 2 of 4 - Waste trailer staging area. And - Stormwater/surface water drainage features etc. c. The letter that is issued by the Wastewater Treatment Plan owned by the City of Kinston approves receiving, treating, and disposing of wastewater generated from the transfer station. 3. (Sections I & VI) The Operations Plan states that collected wastes will be transferred and disposed of at Sampson County Landfill (8202-MSWLF-2000) in Section I, but in Section VI, Paragraph D the disposal site is East Carolina Environmental Regional Landfill at Bertie County (0803-MSWLF-1993). Please provide the consistent waste disposal site info. 4. (Section III) The SWS was told that Mr. Miller retired so please provide the new contact of the facility in this Section. 5. (Sections IV or VI) a. Please describe the waste-loaded trailer equipped with a device (s) to mitigate wind- blow litter and leakage such tarps and leak-resistance sorbents according to Rule 15A NCAC 13B .0105(d). b. Please describe the approaches to manage and remediate spill or leakage should occur at the on-site trailer staging area. 6. (Section VI) Please provide additional info or make correction. a. (Paragraph A) i. The recycling or miscellaneous waste management units described in this Paragraph must be shown on the Facility Plan drawing (s) [referring Comment No. 2b.] ii. The Lenoir County Land Clearing and Inert Debris Landfill was a closed unit. Yard waste is prohibited to be disposed of at this unpermitted/closed unit. According to the SWS record, yard waste shall be stockpiled and treated/processed at the on-site Small Type 1 Composite Unit (DIN 16373). b. (Paragraph D) Please use the correct state agency title of North Carolina Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) instead of NCDENR. c. (Paragraph E) Describe the holding tank. i. The position (above ground or underground), material, and capacity/volume (gallons) of the holding tank. Mr. Joey R. Bryan December 19, 2016 DIN 27169 Page 3 of 4 ii. Is there an alarming system installed inside the holding tank to warn overfilling the tank? d. (Paragraph F) i. The applicable rule shall be 15A NCAC 13B .0402. ii. The typical random waste screen from/log should be appended to the Operations Plan. iii. The shipment will also be examined the “waste for disposal” that is permitted to receive and dispose of at the permitted landfill facility whose service area includes the origin of the waste – Lenoir County. Please add this requirement to this Paragraph. e. (Paragraph F) Please add the following fire prevention &reporting requirements to this paragraph. i. Open burning of solid waste at the facility is prohibited. ii. Describe how to handle “hot load (s)” occurring in the following conditions: waste loaded truck is approaching to the scale house, inside the facility, or on the tipping floor. iii. Fires must be reported to the regional waste management specialist with 24 hours or the occurrence, followed by a written notification within 15 calendar days of the occurrence. (The standard “Fire Occurrence Notification Form” can be used and downloaded from the following link http://ncdenr.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs- public/Waste%20Management/DWM/SW/Forms/FireOccurrenceReport.pdf. The form should be appended to the Operations Plan. 7. (Paragraph F) Please provide the Contingency Plan, including, but not limited to: a. Management of waste activities during the courses of the following natural disasters – hurricanes, tornados, flooding events, inclement weather conditions or snow storms. b. Equipment breakdown or long-term power outage. c. Management of non-conformance (not permitted or hazardous) wastes detected in the waste screening course; this should include i. The person(s) or organization(s) are responsible for handle, contain, store, report, and dispose of the non-conformance waste. Mr. Joey R. Bryan December 19, 2016 DIN 27169 Page 4 of 4 ii. Reporting requirement. (The landfill owner or operator shall notify the Division within 24 hours of attempted disposal of any waste the landfill is not permitted to receive, including waste from outside the area the landfill is permitted to serve.) iii. The designated location (s) to temporarily store the non-conformance waste at the facility. iv. The maximum duration that non-conformance waste can be stored at the facility. If you have any questions of the above-mentioned comments, please contact myself at 919-707- 8251 ming.chao@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, Ming-Tai Chao, P.E. Environmental Engineer Division of Waste Management, NCDEQ cc: Wayne Sullivan, MESCO Ed Mussler, P.E, Permitting Branch Supervisor Wes Hare, DWM Drew Hammonds, DWM Central Files Enclosure: Applicant Signature Page – one copy Applicant Signature Page Name of Facility I certify that I have read and understand this application and that the information provided is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that North Carolina General Statute 130A-22 provides for administrative penalties of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per day per each violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules. I further understand that the Solid Waste Management Rules may be revised or amended in the future and that the facility siting and operations of this solid waste management facility will be required to comply with all such revisions or amendments. Signature Print Name Date Title Business or Organization Name