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3 CITATION NO. A20627 RAINBOW BAKERY PAGE 3 OF 14 PROPERTY. ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FIELD IS A CANAL THAT RUNS FROM THE EDGE OF THE WEST END OF THE PARKING LOT WEST TO A TRIBUTARY OF DUCK CREEK. THE CANAL CARRIES STORM WATER COLLECTED FROM THE BAKERY'S PARKING LOT DRAIN SYSTEM TO DUCK CREEK. DUCK CREEK FLOWS INTO FRENCH CAMP SLOUGH AND INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER. AT THE HEAD OF THE CANAL IS A CONCRETE VAULT. THE VAULT IS THE CENTRAL COLLECTION POINT FOR ALL OF THE STORM DRAINS ON THE BAKERY'S PROPERTY. IN THE VAULT AND IN THE HEAD OF THE CANAL WAS A THICK, CHUNKY, LIQUID/SOLID MATERIAL. THE SIDES OF THE CANAL WERE STAINED BLACK. THE GROUND WAS ALSO STAINED BLACK AROUND THE VAULT. IT LOOKED AS IF SOMEONE HAD SPREAD OIL ALL AROUND THE AREA. THE VAULT AND HEAD OF THE CANAL SMELLED LIKE OIL AND DIESEL. THE MATERIAL APPEARED TO BE A MIXTURE OF OIL, WATER, GREASE AND BAKING INGREDIENTS. I WALKED WEST ALONG THE CANAL. THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CANAL SHOWED THE SAME BLACK STAINING AND SMELL OF OIL AND DIESEL. OIL WAS OBSERVED ON THE SURFACE OF WATER POOLED IN THE CANAL. AT THE END OF THE CANAL, I SAW AN ABSORBENT BOOM STRUNG ACROSS THE CANAL. THE BOOM HAD BEEN PLACED TO ABSORB MATERIAL BEFORE IT LEFT THE BAKERY PROPERTY. I RETURNED TO THE HEAD OF THE CANAL. STICKING UP, OUT OF THE VAULT WAS A PIPE. THE PIPE WAS CONNECTED TO A GREEN HOSE. THERE APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRIC PUMP IN THE VAULT. THE PUMP WAS MOVING LIQUID OUT OF THE VAULT THROUGH THE HOSE TO THE CENTER OF THE FIELD SOME 75 TO 100 YARDS AWAY. A LARGE BLACK PUDDLE HAD FORMED AT THE END OF THE HOSE. FLUID WAS FLOWING FROM THE HOSE. I RETURNED TO MY HEADQUARTERS. I CONTACTED THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF STOCKTON'S ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OFFICE. I ADVISED THEM OF THE INCIDENT. I RETURNED TO THE BAKERY LATER THAT AFTERNOON. I WAS MET BY TISH RUSH OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME 2336 STOCKTON DISTRICT