9224_INSP_20170420

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

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UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID YW Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: WAKE
Closed
MSWLF HHW White
goods Incin T&P X FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9224-MWP-2012
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Site Inspection: April 20, 2017 Date of Last Inspection:

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Wake Material Reclamation Facility
421 Raleigh View Road
Raleigh, NC 27610

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.74673 E: -78.63558

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
Donald Plessinger, General Manager
w. 919-557-9583, c. 919-201-1434, f. 919-557-9523, [e-mail]

Carlos Sarria, Operations Manager
w. 919-835-2776, c. 919-868-2719, [e-mail]

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Waste Industries
421 Raleigh View Road
Raleigh, NC 27610

PARTICIPANTS:
Liz Patterson, NCDEQ - Solid Waste Section
Carlos Sarria, Operations Manager, Waste Industries

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Permit To Operate – Change of Ownership (PTO) issued July 18, 2012
Permit To Operate – Amendment (5-yr) issued October 1, 2013
PTO expiration date December 8, 2018

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Inspection

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.
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The facility is a reclamation and transfer facility for construction and demolition (C&D) debris. The facility PTO shall
expire December 8, 2018. The request for a facility permit renewal must be submitted to the SWS by March 8, 2018.

1. The facility is permitted to receive C&D debris, inert debris, used asphalt, and source separated wood pallets
and cardboard from Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash,
Orange, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson and the municipalities contained within those
counties. The facility reclaims wood, concrete, metal, cardboard, and asphalt shingles from C&D debris. All
C&D waste that is not recycled must be transported for disposal to the Material Recovery C&D Landfill (Permit
No. 92-31) or Shotwell Landfill (Permit No. 92-26) in Wake County, the Cobles C&D Landfill (Permit No. 01-
05) in Alamance County, or the Red Rock Disposal C&D Landfill (Permit No. 92-28) in Holly Springs.

2. The facility is in operation Monday through Friday, 7:00 am – 4:00 pm. When not in operation, the facility is
secured by a locked gate. The facility has proper signage.

3. The facility permit and operations plan were reviewed and discussed.

4. The facility conducts waste screening of 1 percent of weekly tonnage received or approximately one per day.
Waste screening records were verified for January 2017 through March 31, 2017.

5. The following are facility certified personnel:
a. Donald Plessinger, Certified Landfill Manager, No. 93857, exp. 6/10/19
b. Carols Sarria, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2005062, exp. 11/18/17
c. Timothy O’Shea, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2014076, exp. 11/6/17
d. Belinda Jarboe, Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist, TS-2014030, exp. 5/9/17

6. The facility submitted an asbestos abatement plan to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services, Health Hazards Control Unit dated December 21, 2009. The plan was approved by the Occupational
and Environmental Epidemiology Branch – Health Hazards Control Unit, letter date December 28, 2009.

7. Demolition and Asbestos Removal, Inc. (DARI) has its office next door to the Waste Industries office. The
facility asbestos abatement plan states that DARI will aid in asbestos matters/the facility will use DARI as their
principal asbestos contractor.

8. Mr. Sarria is responsible for the asbestos abatement plan at the facility. DARI also provides asbestos training
and assistance when needed. The following facility personnel have completed the annual 2-hour asbestos
awareness training:
a. Carlos Sarria, 7/14/16
b. Timothy O’Shea, 7/14/16
c. David Kearney Jr., 7/14/16
d. Richard Call, Sr., 7/14/16

9. The maximum amount of waste material and recycled product permissible on the facility property at any time is
15,000 tons. The facility is currently receiving an average of 220 tons per day. All material is typically
processed the same day that it is received.

10. Concrete barriers have been used to create bays for unloading of different size vehicles. This system improves
safety for customers unloading smaller vehicles such as pickup trucks.

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11. The tipping floor/operations concrete pad does not provide leachate containment. If leachate is observed it shall
be contained and properly disposed. The tipping floor/operations concrete pad appeared to be adequately
maintained.

12. All waste staged for transport and processing is being managed on an impervious surface that will not allow
leachate to come in contact ground or surface waters.

13. Three to four people currently man the C&D sorting picking line. Materials are sorted into covered bays below.
The picking line stops at 3pm to allow sufficient time for cleanup at the end of the day.

Covered bays material is sorted into Picking line

14. The wood pile at the time of the inspection appeared to be a manageable size.

15. Ponded water was observed in several areas onsite. Recent heavy rains had likely contributed to site condition.
No waste was observed in the ponded area. The area should be regraded or repaved prior to use for storage of
waste or recovered materials.

16. Asphalt shingles are not ground on site; shingles are sorted onsite then sent off-site for recycling.

17. No off-site erosion was observed. Site run-off is being managed through a permanent retention pond.
Maintenance is performed on the retention pond as needed.

18. Windblown waste was being well managed.

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Solid Waste Section

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

Phone: [phone](O) 919-805-6499(C)
[e-mail]

Liz Patterson
Environmental Senior Specialist
Regional Representative

Sent on: 5-5-2017 X Email Hand delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

Copies: Andrew Hammonds, Eastern District Supervisor - Solid Waste Section
Jessica Montie, Compliance Officer - Solid Waste Section