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SANJ O A Q U I N Environmental Health Department UNTY— Complaint Record Daily Time and Activity Summary from 3/1/2015 to 6/21/2034 for C00042166 located at BYRON & WICKLUND Activity Date Recorded by 09/01/2016 Please refer to DA1459561 Daily entry for the previous details for this incident. At PE 2546 SAEED Oso min 0814 1 notified Valley Com. that I am on my route to the incident. I arrived on SC 544 scene at 0825 and notified Valley Com. When arrived on scene, CHP, Eric Gatty was on scene and the towing company. The towing company started the clean-up. However, a proper clean-up was not completed. I told the towing company that more clean-up is required due to soil contamination and the pavement stains; they told me that they do not have more absorbent. I told them the responsible party needs to hire a hazardous waste clean-up company to clean-up, dispose, and haul the waste properly. At 0903 1 called Kasey and update her about the status of the incident. Kasey told me to get the RP information, and Elena Manzo will respond later to carry on with the incident investigation. I talked to the driver, Francine Matte. Francine told me while she was driving this morning (still dark), she accidently ruptured the fuel tank because the rail road level was too high. She told me about 40 gallons of Diesel spilled. I collected the information of the RP/truck company( Liason CAN/US. Logistics INC. , 9936, CH DE LA Cote- De- Liesse, Lachine, QC H8T 1A1). I asked the driver if they have an office or a contact in the U.S, and I was told no. I was given the General Admin. (Richard Legros, phone number to contact. I called Richard and I was told that their office is in Canada. I explained the situation to Richard and told him that he needs to hire a hazardous waste contractor to clean-up the spill. Richard asked me to call a contractor for them to do the clean-up. I told Richard we do not call the contractors, but he needs to call a contractor. At 0945 CHP Sergeant Rickman was on scene and told me to call a clean-up crew; I explained to the sergeant that the RP shall contact a clean-up company. At 0940 Elena Manzo arrived on scene and I discussed the situation with her. At 09521 called Richard to ask for updates on calling up the clean-up contractors, and I was told by Richards that the driver, Francine told him not to call a clean-up contractor anymore because CHP told them if they cannot find one, EHD will call a contractor. I told the driver, EHD is not a calling a contractor, the RP need to do it. I called Richard and told him that if he could not find a clean-up contractor, I can text him a list of contractor he can choose from. I discussed the situation with CHP and told them EHD is not calling the contractor, but the RP responsibility to call them. I texted the contractors list to Richard, and I confirmed receiving it. At 1016 1 called Richard to check the status. Richard told me that he called Ponder Environmental Services, and they should be on scene within 1-2 hours. I updated Elena on the status. A notice to abate was issued to the driver by Elena. Elena left to respond to another incident, and I waited for the clean-up contractors. At 1230 Jose Colin with Ponder Environmental arrived on scene and we discussed the clean-up. Jose told me the trailer for the clean-up/equipment should arrive within 30 mins. At 1248 Ponder Environmental trailer arrived and they started the clean-up. I explained our expectation to the contractors. At 1430 1 called Muni and told him that I am leaving the scene to use the restroom and have lunch. AT 1433 1 left the scene and notified Valley Com.. At 1510 1 returned to the incident scene and the contractors asked me if the need to do additional clean up, and I told them yes. I told the contractors to apply more absorbent to the stained asphalt and to shovel all the contaminated Soil. At 1530 1 sent photos to Kasey to get her opinion if more clean-up is required. I told Kasey that all the contaminated soil was removed, but some of the asphalt is still stained. Kasey told me she is not going to require the contractors to dig the asphalt, and the clean-up should be fine at this stage. Seven drums of Hazardous Waste were collected and labeled as hazardous waste. I took a photo of the shipping manifest. At 1623 1 called SJC PW Road Maintenance and told them that the clean-up is done. I was asked by SJC PW Road Maintenance to put the signs aside and they will send notification to open Page 2 of 3