A Carbon County man accused of running a meth lab will have charges bound over to Carbon County Court.

William McFarland, 48, of Palmerton, was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge William Kissner of Palmerton.Instead, McFarland chose to waive his right to the hearing, and will appear next month for a pretrial status conference in the district attorney's office at the Carbon County Courthouse in Jim Thorpe.McFarland faces charges of operating a meth lab, illegal operation of methamphetamine waste, and liquified ammonia gas, precursors and chemicals.He was returned to Carbon County Prison in lieu of $50,000 unsecured bail.According to the affidavit of probable cause, filed by Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigation Agent Charles Horvath, here is what happened.On Sept. 12, a search warrant was executed at a home in Lower Towamensing Township, the residence of Herman McFarland and Kelly Neff.After determining that meth was being produced in the orange box trailer in the backyard of the residence, the Pennsylvania State Police Clandestine Laboratory Response Team was notified and requested to process the scene.The team seized a number of items during their search, including bottles of Ronsonol lighter fluid; un-iodized salt; bottles of sulfuric acid; containers of drain opener; cans of Coleman fuel; a bottle of muriatic acid; coffee filters; lithium batteries; a plastic funnel; pill grinders; instant cold packs; bottle caps with residue; green plastic bottles containing unknown solids and liquid; and a clear plastic Powerade bottle containing unknown white solid.All of the items are commonly used to produce meth.The seized items were packaged and secured for processing by the PSP Clandestine Laboratory Response Team.