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2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />II <br />12 <br />13 <br />2 8. In June 2005, an in spection of the WaJ·Mart store at 605 Fletcher Parkway in EI <br />Caj on revealed that used automotive batteries were haphazardly stored. tipped ovcr and lea ked <br />s ulfuric acid o n the asphalt pa ve me nt where the acid dried. <br />29 . In October 2005. an ins pect io n orthe Wal -Mart store at 3382 Murph y Can yon <br />Road in San Diego rev ea led that absorbent con tamin ated w ith a spille d haza rd ous material. pa i m . <br />was thrown into the lra sh. Similarly , at 170 Town Cenler Parkway in Santee, Wal-Mart <br />employees cleaned up hazard o us spills and left the used ab so rbent to be thrown out in the trash. <br />3 0. In January of2005, employees at the Wal -Mart store at 265 02 T o wne Center <br />Pa rkway in Footh ill Ran c h, Orange Count y, d is po sed o f expired fe rtili ze rs and oth e r gard en <br />products by s pre ading them o ut in a planter behind th e store. Whcn Orange County Di s trict <br />Atlorncy Inve stigators (who had been al erted to the disposa l by an e mpl oyee co mplaint Lo th e <br />Ir v ine Ranch Water Di strict) arrived, the fertilizer was observed in small pile s spread thro ugh out <br />th e 10 foot by 200 foot planter an d , due to rain, was seen going into th c stonn drain. La bo rat o ry <br />tests of thi s fert il izer confinned it to be h azard o us. During t he s ubsequ ent investigation, one of <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />2 1 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />the employee s who disposed of the waste no ted he had bee n e mpl oy in g this practicc of fe rtil ize r <br />disposal for approximatcly o nc year. <br />3 1. In August 2 00 5, inspectors at the Robert Nelson Transfer Station in Riv e rs ide <br />County discovered bags of the pe st ici de AMAZE® at the bo ttom of a loa d of trash that came <br />from a Wal-Mart s tore in Rialto in San Be rnardin o County. Riverside Co unt y Di stri ct Atto rn ey <br />investigators, Ri ve rs id e Count y Environmental Healt h, Hazardous Materials Divis io n Specialists <br />and th e Riv e rsi de Co unty Wa ste Management De partm ent responded to th c transfer s lat io n , <br />findin g 77 of the 8 pound bag s of pesticide in the load. Upon examinati o n of the EPA re g istered <br />pesti c id e, investigators from the County of Riverside Agricultural Commissioner's Offi ce <br />determ ined that the Rialto Wal-Mart had v iolat ed California law re lated to tbe proper di s posal of <br />waste pesti ci des. <br />32. In September 2005, inspect ions of th e Wal-Mart store located at 4 70 McKinley <br />S treet in Corona and the store at 32225 Highway 79 in Teme cula, both in Riv e rsid e County, <br />revea le d that hazardous wastes in damaged containers and s pill s of hazardou s chemicals thal were <br />10 <br />COMPLAINT FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION , CrV IL PE NALT IES AND OTH ER EQUITAB L E RELIEF