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5 <br /> CITATION NO. A20627 RAINBOW BAKERY PAGE 5 OF 147 <br /> I ASKED MARTINEZ IF HE KNEW WHO HAD PLACED THE ELECTRIC <br /> PUMP IN THE VAULT. HE STATED, HE DID NOT. I ASKED <br /> MARTINEZ, IF HE KNEW WHO HAD PLACED THE ABSORBENT BOOM <br /> IN THE END OF THE CANAL. HE STATED HE DID. HE PLACED THE <br /> BOOM IN THE CANAL TO ABSORB CONTAMINANTS LEAVING THE <br /> PROPERTY. <br /> MY CONVERSATION WITH STEVE EDGAR THE PLANT ENGINEER WAS <br /> MUCH SHORTER. EDGAR WOULD NOT COMMENT ABOUT THE DRAIN <br /> CONTAMINATION. HE SAID HE COULD NOT TALK TO ME ON THE <br /> RECORD REGARDING THE CONTAMINATION. <br /> I TOLD MARTINEZ AND EDGAR THE END OF THE CANAL WOULD <br /> HAVE TO BE PLUGGED SO THAT NO CONTAMINATED WATER LEFT <br /> THE BAKERY'S PROPERTY. I ADVISED THEM THAT THEY SHOULD <br /> SEEK ASSISTANCE TO CLEANUP THE CONTAMINATION AS SOON AS <br /> POSSIBLE. <br /> ON JANUARY 11, 1991, I RETURNED TO THE BAKERY. I <br /> REINSPECTED THE DITCH AND REPHOTOGRAPHED THE AREA. THE <br /> END OF THE DITCH HAD BEEN BLOCKED BY DIRT. THE DITCH HAD <br /> SOME WATER IN IT FROM A RECENT RAIN. THE SMELL OF OIL <br /> REMAINED ALONG THE DITCH. OIL STILL WAS SEEN ALONG THE <br /> LENGTH OF THE CANAL. NO CLEANUP EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE. <br /> AN ANALYSIS OF THE SAMPLES SHOWED PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON <br /> PRESENT. THE ORIGIN OF THE PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IS ALL <br /> SIMILAR. CONTAMINATION TO THE CANAL IS EXTENSIVE. NO <br /> SIGNIFICANT CLEANUP MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN. IT WOULD <br /> APPEAR THIS DISCHARGE IS A CHRONIC OCCURENCE. <br /> IN ADDITION TO THE PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION, <br /> LARGE CHUNKS OF COOKING GREASE AND BYPRODUCTS OF BAKING <br /> WERE FOUND IN THE CONCRETE VAULT AND CANAL. THESE <br /> DISCHARGES REGARDLESS OF TOXICITY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION <br /> OF FISH AND GAME CODE ALSO. <br /> DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME <br /> 2336 STOCKTON DISTRICT <br />