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CO0042166, Byron Rd & Wicklund, Tracy, CA Incident Narrative At 0633 1 was notified by Troy Hedrick of SJC Public Work Road Maintenance of a fuel spill at Wicklund and Byron Road in Tracy, CA. Troy told me that CHP called and told him that a truck got stuck at the rail road and the saddle tank raptured causing approximately 50 gallons spill of fuel. CHP incident Log#is 37. 1 was given CHP dispatch phone number(209 943-8600). 1 called CHP dispatch to get more information about the incident. I confirmed the incident details with CHP dispatch. I was told by CHP dispatch no water ways were impacted; however the rail road at the rail trucks is closed. I asked CHP about a contact person, who is on scene, and I was told that Eric Gatty was no scene. I asked CHP dispatch about Eric phone number and I was told he does not have one.At 0650 1 called the ER pager, and Fatinah returned my call. I gave Fatinah the incident information. At 0658 1 called Fatinah to ask for updates, and Fatinah told me that Kasey told her to go to the office and discussed the incident with the ER C person, and they will respond. I asked Fatinah if she had called CHP and asked if the cleanup in progress or not, and I was told she would give the information to the C person to call them. I told Fatinah I will call and ask about the clean-up. I called CHP and asked about the clean-up, and I was told by CHP that Public Work told them that we would do the clean-up. I explained to CHP dispatch that we supervise the clean-up and the RP needs to hire someone to clean-up. I told CHP dispatch that the ER person will respond after 0800 due to shift changes; the CHP dispatch was upset and asked me why is taking us too long to respond; I was told that CHP dispatch would cancel the call if we do not expedite the response. At 0719 1 called Kasey Foley and update her with the information I got from CHP. I told Kasey that CHP is upset because we are not responding immediately. Kasey asked me if CHP notified the rail road company and how far the incident from the rail road; I told her I will call CHP and ask. I called CHP dispatch and asked; Dispatch did not know how far the spill is from the rail road trucks, and told me that they did not notify the rail road company. I called Kasey back and updated her on the information I gathered. Kasey told me to respond to the incident. At 0745 1 responded to the incident. At 0814 1 notified Valley Com. that I am on my route to the incident. I arrived on 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 1AI). 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