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FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF X LCID YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Randolph
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 76-07
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: March 24, 2017 Date of Last Inspection: December 20, 2016
(partial inspection: 02/23/17)

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Great Oak Landfill
3597 Old Cedar Falls Road
Randleman, NC 27317

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.752822 W: -79.755992

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Mike McFeeley, District Manager
c. 336-865-3201
[e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Waste Management
Mike McFeeley, District Manager
3597 Old Cedar Falls Road
Randleman, NC 27317

PARTICIPANTS:
John Patrone, Environmental Senior Specialist - Solid Waste Section (SWS)
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist - SWS
Daniel Moore, Environmental Protection Manager - Waste Management
Mike McFeeley, District Manager – Waste Management

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate (PTO) issued December 29, 2016
Permit To Construct (PTC) issued in conjunction with PTO
PTO expiration date January 19, 2026

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:

The following observed violation has been resolved:

The facility did not collect all of the windblown material from previous days of operation.

Windblown material is required to be picked up daily per the following:
15A NCAC 13B .1626(11)(c), “Methods such as fencing and diking shall be provided within the area to
confine solid waste subject to be blown by the wind. At the conclusion of each day of operation, all
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windblown material resulting from the operation shall be collected and returned to the area by the owner
or operator.”

During the inspection, windblown material was observed in, and adjacent to, the sediment basin along the access
roadway, in the permanent truck wheel wash, along the creek adjacent to the access roadway, and near
groundwater monitoring wells MW-2 and MW-5.

The facility has complied with 15A NCAC 13B .1626(11)(c). Windblown material observed on February 23, 2017 has
been collected and returned to the working face. During the inspection, facility personnel were collecting windblown
material. The facility has ordered portable litter fences to be placed adjacent to the working face and plans to install
permanent fencing along the access roadway prior to wooded areas leading towards the creek/neighboring properties.

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
None.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
On March 24, 2017, John Patrone and Susan Heim met with Daniel Moore and Mike McFeeley to conduct a partial
inspection of the Great Oak Landfill on Old Cedar Falls Road in Randleman, Randolph County.

1. The Great Oak Landfill is a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill owned by Randolph County and operated by
Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc.
2. This is a new landfill. The facility was issued a permit to operate by the SWS on December 29, 2016.
3. The facility is permitted to operate Phase 1, Cell 1A.
4. The facility is permitted to construct Phase 1, Cell 1B. Construction of the new cell is near completion.
5. The facility shall comply with attachment 2 – conditions of permit approval to construct prior to receiving solid
waste in Phase 1, Cell 1B.
6. Groundwater monitoring wells MW-5 and MW-6 were observed and labeled accordingly.
7. Methane monitoring wells MMW-1, MMW-2, MMW-3, and MMW-4 were observed and labeled accordingly.
Quick release connectors have been installed.
8. A readily accessible unobstructed path to groundwater wells, surface water locations, and landfill gas wells should
be maintained.
9. Phase 1, Cell 1A has leachate sump digital gauges located in a box adjacent to the side slope risers for the leachate
collection system (LCS) and the leak detection system (LDS). During the inspection, the primary liner sump was
32.4 inches and the secondary liner sump was 12.5 inches.
10. The facility shall calculate the action leakage rate (ALR) associated with the LDS. The facility will convert the
weekly LDS flow rate to an average daily flow rate in gallons/acre/day for each sump.
11. The ALR is 182 gallons/acre/day. If the ALR is exceeded, landfill staff will implement the Response Action Plan
as specified in the facility operations plan.
12. Action leakage rate records for February 22 through March 24, 2017 (time of inspection) were reviewed. The
leachate flow meter/totalizer was not functioning for much of that period.
13. The LDS does not function as designed. The facility is in discussion with the SWS – Permitting Branch and is
actively addressing the issue.
14. Windblown material shall be collected by the conclusion of each day of operation.
15. During the inspection, windblown material was being collected by facility personnel.

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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Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this inspection report.

Phone: [phone]

John Patrone
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: April 4, 2017 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Deb Aja, Western District Supervisor - SWS
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer - SWS
Ming-Tai Chao, Environmental Engineer – SWS
Christine Ritter, Permitting Hydrogeologist - SWS
Ervin Lane, Compliance Hydrogeologist – SWS
Susan Heim, Environmental Senior Specialist - SWS
Daniel Moore, Environmental Protection Manager - Waste Management (c. 336-253-0091,
[e-mail])
Bobby Owens, Operations Manager – Waste Management (c. 336-494-8207, [e-mail])
Paxton Arthurs, Director - Randolph County Public Works (c. 336-736-7927,
[e-mail])

Digital pictures taken March 24, 2017
by John Patrone, DWM – SWS

Windblown material removed from stormwater basin

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Phase 1, Cell 1A working face

Landfill gas monitoring well – representative