7404T_INSP_20170712

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID
T&P YW
Collection X Transfer X Compost SLAS COUNTY: Pitt
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods X Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 7404T-MWP-1996
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection X Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 12 July 2017 Date of last Inspection: 2 March 2017

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Pitt County Waste Handling Facility
3025 Landfill Road
Greenville, NC 27834

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.59619 E: -077.43281

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
John Demary
252.902.3355

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Pitt County Solid Waste Department
3025 Landfill Road
Greenville, NC 27834
Attn: John W Demary
E-mail: [e-mail].

PARTICIPANTS:
John Demary; Pitt County Solid Waste
Jason Watkins; NCDEQ-Solid Waste
Andrew Hammonds; NCDEQ-Solid Waste
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Permit to Operate (PTO) issued 30 July 2013, expires 30 November 2018. Pursuant to 15A NCAC 13B
.0201(c) and .0206(a) a complete permit review request including updated Facility, Operations, and Waste Screening
Plans is due on or before 20 May 2018. This permit renewal request must comply with all rules in effect at the time of
the submittal.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Comprehensive Facility Compliance Inspection

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None applicable

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:
1) 15A NCAC 13B .1107 2 (c) states “The owner or operator of any scrap tire collection site shall control
mosquitoes and rodents so as to protect the public health and welfare. Whole and sliced scrap tires, and other
scrap tires capable of holding water shall be covered upon receipt with a water shedding material or disposed
of, processed or removed from the site within ten days of receipt.”

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Please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section below for details concerning the violation(s) listed
above.

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
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. Barrels and drums must not be accepted unless they are empty
and perforated sufficiently to ensure that no liquid or hazardous waste is contained therein.
3) This Facility is permitted to receive Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Construction & Demolition (C&D)
Waste, Inert Debris, Asphalt, Land-clearing Debris, Scrap Tires, and Yard Waste generated in Pitt, Greene,
Lenoir, Craven, Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Martin, Wilson, and Nash Counties.
4) This Facility is currently receiving +/- 600 tons of waste per day.
5) All MSW received by this Facility is transported to the East Carolina Regional Landfill, permit #0803-
MSWLF-1993 in Aulander, NC for disposal.
6) All scrap tires received by this Facility are transported to Central Carolina Tire, permit #4304-TIRELF-1992
in Cameron, NC for disposal. The Scrap Tire Management Area needs attention. A large number of scrap tires
were observed piled uncovered on the ground. *Within thirty days of receipt of this Facility Compliance
Inspection Report, please cover with a tarp, or place the scrap tires stored on-site inside the transport trailer.
Going forward, all scrap tires collected on-site should be, at a minimum, covered with a tarp or placed into the
transport trailer by the end of each workday. It is recommended that the scrap tire management facility place
additional trailers on-site and collect the tires more frequently to prevent the scrap tire area from becoming a
nuisance.
7) All C&D waste is transported to the adjacent Pitt County Materials Recovery & Recycling Facility, permit
#7404-MWP-2016 for processing and recycling.
8) Proper signage including the Facility permit number, accepted waste types, banned or excluded items, hours
of operation, and the emergency contact number is posted at the Facility entrance.
9) The hours of operation for this Facility are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday 8:00
AM to 12:00 PM.
10) The certified operators for this Facility are as follows:
Shawn Briley: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 11 August 2018
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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Paula Clark: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 16 February 2018
Curtis Council: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 20 May 2018
Thurman E Council: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 20 May 2018
Scott W Feller: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 5 December 2017
Teresa N Mills: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 16 February 2018
Rayborn R Parker: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 11 August 2018
Jayne Simmons: SWANA Certified Transfer Station Operations Specialist; expires 16 February 2018
11) A copy of the Facility Permit and Operations plan is maintained in the Facility Supervisor’s office.
12) This Facility screens all wastes received for unpermitted materials with one screening per week documented
in the waste screening log.
13) The Facility is secured by means of a locked gate at the Facility entrance.
14) The entrance to the Facility is well maintained and no windblown debris was noted along the roadway
approaching the site.
15) The Facility access road is of all-weather construction and is being maintained in overall good condition.
16) Signage is posted throughout the site directing traffic for proper disposal and instructing customers of safe
operating procedures.
17) Access around the Facility overall is well maintained and generally stable. This Facility maintains a well-
established cover crop of native warm season type grasses on all sideslopes. The cover crop is mowed
throughout the growing season as needed.
18) The Facility is protected by highly visible, safety bollards at the entrance to the tipping floor, and at the
entrances to the trailer loading bay.
19) Waste received at this Facility is loaded into the transport trailers in a timely manner.
20) Fire extinguishers are readily accessible and maintained throughout the Facility for fire suppression.
21) Hose bibs are located in the Transfer Station and in the trailer loading bay for wash-down and fire
suppression.
22) All leachate on the tipping floor drains into the leachate collection drains. No leachate was observed outside
of the Transfer Station during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
23) The leachate collection drains in the tipping floor were clear of blockage and appear to be functioning
properly at this time.
24) Leachate is collected and pumped via force main to the City of Greenville Sewer Treatment Plant.
25) Overall, leachate and the leachate collection system appear to be well managed at this time.
26) The Transfer Station tipping floor is cleaned and washed down daily.
27) The tipping floor is being adequately cleaned throughout the workday.
28) The tipping floor is well maintained and is in overall good condition at this time.
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29) Recyclable metals and unacceptable waste streams are removed from the Facility for proper management
daily.
30) The tipping floor push-walls and the area along the upper back wall of the trailer loading area are cleaned of
waste daily and were clear of waste during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
31) The interior walls of the Transfer Station are high pressure cleaned on an annual basis.
32) The trailer loading/compactor area is policed when loaded trailers are pulled and throughout the workday as
needed.
33) Staining of the asphalt drive to the rear of the Facility indicates that washdown water from the trailer loading
area may have run outside the building and collected in this area. No evidence of washdown water/leachate
leaving the site was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection. *Please ensure that all washdown
water is maintained inside the Facility and directed into the leachate collection system for proper
management.
34) All leachate in the trailer loading bays drains into the leachate collection drains. The leachate collection drains
in the trailer loading bay were clear of blockage and appear to be functioning properly at this time.
35) This Facility utilizes chain-link type fencing around the perimeter of the property to control windblown litter.
Windblown litter is collected throughout the day and no windblown litter was observed during this Facility
Compliance Inspection.
36) This Facility maintains an adequate number of trailers on site to properly manage the volume of waste
received during operating hours.
37) This Facility maintains roll-off containers on-site for the collection and management of recyclable electronics.
38) All asphalt shingles are collected and maintained in the shingle recycling area. This area is well managed and
was free of windblown materials during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
39) All pesticide containers are maintained within the covered pesticide container storage area until recycled.
Pesticide containers have recently been removed from the site for recycling.
40) Landclearing waste and yard trash are brought on site and staged for processing with a tub or horizontal
grinder. All Land-clearing waste is ground and staged on-site for use as boiler fuel and as mulch used at the
closed Pitt County landfill. No grinding operations were underway during this Facility Compliance
Inspection.
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41) Pallets and other clean, untreated/unpainted dimensional lumber are collected on-site and ground for use as
boiler fuel. No grinding operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
42) All ground materials are screened to separate clean soil from the wood waste for re-use. No screening
operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
43) The yard waste collection/storage area is well maintained with an adequate fire break and clear access around
the area for fire suppression, inspection, and maintenance.
44) All Freon containing white goods are stored separately from other recyclable metals in an upright manner
until the Freon is properly collected. Once the Freon is removed, the white goods are marked and laid on their
side until taken to the metal recycling area.
45) Soil screened from the incoming waste at the adjacent Pitt County Materials Recovery & Recycling Facility,
permit #7404-MWP-2016 is transported to the yard waste element for storage and re-use.

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46) No fugitive dust was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
47) No off-site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
48) No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
49) *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: 25 July 2017 by X Electronic delivery US Mail Certified No. [ _]

cc: Andrew Hammonds; Eastern District Supervisor/SWS: [e-mail]
Jessica Montie; Chief Compliance Officer/SWS: [e-mail]

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