9401_INSP_20171011

FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section

UNIT TYPE:
Lined
MSWLF LCID
T&P YW Transfer Compost SLAS COUNTY: Washington
Closed MSWLF HHW White goods Incin T&P FIRM PERMIT NO.: 9401-INDUS-2008
CDLF Tire T&P /
Collection Tire
Monofill Industrial
Landfill X DEMO SDTF FILE TYPE: COMPLIANCE

Date of Inspection: 11 October 2017 Date of Last Inspection: 21 September 2017

FACILITY NAME AND ADDRESS:
Domtar Paper Company Landfill
Ken Trowbridge Road
Plymouth, North Carolina

GPS COORDINATES: N: 35.84238 E: -076.77731

FACILITY CONTACT NAME AND PHONE NUMBER:
John Thomas Lilley
252.793.8825

FACILITY CONTACT ADDRESS:
Domtar Paper Company, LLC
PO Box 747
Plymouth, NC 27962
Attn: John Thomas Lilley
E-mail: [e-mail]

PARTICIPANTS:
Diane Hardison; Domtar Paper Company-Environmental Manager
Ray Williams; NCDEQ-Solid Waste

STATUS OF PERMIT:
Active; Permit to Operate (PTO) Landfill 3 Phases 2, 3, and 4 issued 4 October 2013. This permit expires 22 May
2018. Pursuant to 15A NCAC 13B .0201(g) a complete permit review request including updated facility, operations,
and waste screening plans is due on or before 22 November 2017. This application must comply with the rules and
regulations in effect at the time of the application.

PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT:
Partial Facility Compliance Inspection to review corrective measures taken in response to FCIRs
9401_INSP_20170222 and 9401_INSP_20170921

STATUS OF PAST NOTED VIOLATIONS:
None applicable

OBSERVED VIOLATIONS:

No violations were observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection, please see the ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
section below.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
1) This facility is permitted to receive solid waste generated by and on the property of Domtar Paper Company,
LLC and the Weyerhaeuser Plymouth Lumber Technology Facility located off of Ken Trowbridge Road,
Plymouth, North Carolina.
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2) This facility is recorded with the Washington County Register of Deeds at: Book 443; Page 595.
3) This Facility is currently landfilling +/-4 tons of waste per day.
4) This landfill is currently operating in Unit III cell 2. Unit II Cell 1 has been closed and covered.
5) Phases 3 and 4 of the Landfill are currently being used for staging, screening, and processing ash from the
Domtar plant which is removed from the site for use as an agricultural soil amendment.
6) A cover crop of native warm season grasses has been well established and maintained on the closed areas of
the landfill. The Facility cover crop is mowed throughout the growing season as needed.
7) The filling and grading project to repair the differential settlement of the landfill has commenced. Due to
inclement weather, no grading operations were underway during this Facility Compliance Inspection. *Please
continue to communicate the progress of the repair project to the Solid Waste Section as the project proceeds.

8) Leachate is collected and treated on-site at the Domtar Paper Company Wastewater Treatment plant.
9) The leachate collection system cleanouts are highly visible, accessible, protected, and well maintained.
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10) The Facility access road is of all-weather construction and is being maintained in overall good condition at
this time.
11) Highly visible edge-of-liner stakes are being maintained throughout the Facility.
12) The area of leachate seepage noted in the previous inspections (please see FCIR 9401_INSP_20170222
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS section, Line #30 and FCIR 9401_INSP_20170921 ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS section, Line #16) as being observed near the toe of the western sideslope of Phase 1 is still
ongoing. A temporary clay berm with absorbent socks is being maintained below the seep to prevent leachate
migration from the permitted disposal area. No leachate was observed leaving the permitted disposal
boundary. This area will be repaired during the differential settlement repair project. *Please closely monitor
this area until the permanent repairs have been completed to ensure no off-site leachate migration occurs.
13) The stormwater/sedimentation control basins were clear of excess sedimentation and woody vegetation and
appear well maintained at this time.
14) The surface water drainage and collection features are well maintained, in good working order, and appear to
be functioning properly at this time.
15) No off-site erosion was observed during this Facility Compliance Inspection.
16) *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: 16 October 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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