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V <br /> GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN, Gaw.ro� <br /> STATE OF CALIFORNIA—MEALTA AND WELFARE AGENCY <br /> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES <br /> TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL PROGRAM <br /> REGION 1 <br /> 10151 CROYDON WAY <br /> SACRAMENTO,CA 95827-2106 <br /> (916)855.7700 <br /> STATEMENT OF FACTS <br /> KEARNEY-KPF MODIFIED CLOSURE PLAN <br /> FOR SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS <br /> EPA ID NO. CAD981429715 <br /> The Department of Health Services (DHS) has reviewed the <br /> Modified Closure Plan, Kearney-KPF Facility, T <br /> California, submitted by Hargis and Associates. This Modified <br /> Closure Plan selects and finalizes one of four previously <br /> proposed alternatives for closing the surface impoundments <br /> located within the facility. <br /> Kearney-KPF is located at 1624 East Alpine Avenue, Stockton, <br /> California. The site lies on approximately 12 . 6 acres of land, <br /> and is bounded by East Alpine Avenue to the north, Southern <br /> Pacific Railroad tracks to the west and open fields to the <br /> south and east. The central areas of Stockton lie to the south <br /> and west. <br /> KPF Electric Company (KPF) began operations in 1951. KPF <br /> manufactures high voltage switching devices for various utility <br /> companies throughout the United States and Canada. The <br /> facility' s initial manufacturing process included silver <br /> plating operations and in 1972 a galvanizing process was added <br /> to the plant ' s operation. <br /> Until November 1987 , there were four hazardous waste storage <br /> areas: 1) Pond 1 and Dry Well, 2) Pond 2 , 3) Former Solvent <br /> Disposal Area, and 4) Former Drummed Waste Storage Area. Pond <br /> 1 and Dry Well received wastes from the galvanizing operations. <br /> These wastes included 15, 000 gallons a year of spent Oakite <br /> (a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate) ; 17 , 000 <br /> gallons per year of spent muriatic acid; and 130, 000 gallons <br /> per year of rinse water. Pond 2 received wastes from the <br /> silver plating process, which included 140 gallons per year of <br /> spent aquaregia (a mixture of nitric acid, hydrochloric acid <br /> and sulfuric acid) , and 15, 000 gallons per year of aquaregia <br /> rinsewater and silver cyanide rinse water. Small amounts of <br /> solvent were disposed adjacent to the southeast area of the <br /> northern section of Pond 2 , referred to as the Former Solvent <br />