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E 0 C(OF)YIRCUIT WORKS WARRANT INSPECTION REPORT On September 24, 1992, Public Health Services -Environmental Health Division conducted a warrant inspection at the Circuit Works facility located at 152 Frank West Circle in Stockton. The following represents a chronological account of the inspection. At approximately 8:30 am, Eleanor Ratliff and I met at the District Attorney's office along with Rhonda Archbald and Larry Williams, both from the City of Stockton Municipal Utilities Department (C.O.S.M.U.D.). We discussed the duties to be performed by each agency and agreed to meet at the facility, located at 152 Frank West Circle in Stockton, as soon as possible. Ms. Ratliff and I arrived at the facility at approximately 10:00 am where we found Lisa Brown, David Irey, Dean Hendricks and Elaine Antion (sp?) waiting for us. Mr. Irey and Mr. Hendricks escorted Ms. Ratliff and me through the building to the back hazardous waste storage area, outside of the building. Ms. Ratliff, Mr. Irey and I inspected the back area of the facility, where several hazardous waste storage, labelling and disposal violations were noted. Mr. Irey noticed two 1 -gallon containers of Hydrochloric Acid were stored right next to a container of Sodium Hydroxide. We decided where to sample and Ms. Ratliff and I went back to the car to obtain our personal protective equipment as well as our sampling equipment. After donning our personal protective equipment, we began taking photographs of the area to document the hazardous waste storage and disposal violations. We first sampled the white bag beneath the "funnel-like" object. We labelled the sample (CW9-25-92-1)*, photographed it (photo #1), placed custody tape over the top of the jar and placed the jar in the ice chest that had "Blue Ice" in it. We then carried the ice chest to the next sample area, where the approximately 1000 -gallon above ground container was located. We sampled the black liquid inside the unlabelled 1000 -gallon container. We again labelled our sample (CW9-25-92-2)*, placed custody tape over the top of the jar, photographed it (photos #3 & #4), and placed the jar in our ice chest. The ice chest remained with us throughout our sampling activities. We then walked past the "Treatment Area" on our way to the other side of the property, near the dumpster. The area between the fenced facility and the dumpster appeared to have hazardous waste dumped on the ground, with a cart with wheels turned upside down next to it. This hazardous waste closely resembled the hazardous waste stored in the "Treatment Area" in the cart with wheels, inside the facility (photos #5 & #7). Ms. Ratliff and Mr. Irey went outside the fence to obtain the sample of the waste on the ground. This sample was labelled (CW9-25-92-3)* and had custody tape placed over the top of the jar, the jar was photographed (photo # 6) and placed in the ice chest. .