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Inspection Report : • 0 Facility Name Pilkington North America, Inc. provide hazardous waste management training to personnel who handle and manage hazardous waste, a failure to develop an adequate training plan for these employees/job positions, and a failure to maintain the required employ's training documentation pertaining to hazardous waste training. DTSC reviewed the CUPA inspection and noted that PNA has a history of non-compliance related to employee training. PNA failed to provide the required hazardous waste management training for employees and contracted employees who handle hazardous waste, and this might have contributed to a number of hazardous waste management violations observed by both DTSC and CUPA staff. DTSC staff noted that PNA's training plan for maintenance personnel did not include the required procedures for handling hazardous waste. In addition, contract employees responsible for management of acid spills at the battery station had not received training as well. Review of the training requirements for the two positions found that the appropriate personnel did not receive training for hazardous waste container management labeling, on-site storage of hazardous waste, empty container management, universal waste management, and management of used oil and batteries. A review of the CUPA's inspection report for June 30, 2010, indicates that PNA failed to complete training records for the employees handling hazardous waste; therefore PNA has been in continuous violation for not adequately training employees responsible for hazardous waste management since June 2010. On or about December 14, 2010, PNA violated Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, § 66265.16 subdivisions (a)(1) and (d), in that PNA failed to provide training to employees who handle hazardous waste. This violation was not included in the Summary of Violations that was left with the facility on December 15, 2010 but is now being added as a Class I violation to the Inspection Report. Lastly, PNA was unable to produce training documentation for the paint can device. In accordance with Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, § 25201.16(h)(8), employees operating the paint can puncturing device must first receive training on the device. PNA violated Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, § 25201.16(h)(8), in that PNA failed to give training to employees operating the paint can puncturing device. This violation was not included in the Summary of Violations that was left with the facility on December 15, 2010 but now being added as a Class I in this inspection report. 2. Contingency Plan: Pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, § 66265.52, a contingency plan shall list names, addresses, and phone numbers of all persons qualified to act as emergency coordinator and this list shall be kept up-to-date. PNA's emergency contact personnel page indicates that Mr. Xiaosong Wang and Mr. Bryan Villar are the designated personnel qualified emergency coordinator. PNA informed DTSC that the company's Environmental Manager; Mr. Bryan Villar, left PNA in June 2010. PNA informed DTSC that the company then hired Ms. Ward, the current Safety Manager, a week before the inspection. A review of the CUPA's inspection report for the time period 2007, 2009, and 2010, indicates that PNA had repeated violations for failure to update their contingency plan in a timely manner. PNA staff also informed DTSC that the facility stopped automotive window glass lamination, fabrication, and hydro fluoric acid wash operations in 2009 but facility failed to update their Contingency Plan. PNA has a contingency plan but failed follow plan for (1) handling waste oil and acid spills and did not implement cleanup for oil and acid spills, (2) employees were not trained in management of 4 of 73