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Environmental Health Department SAN_JOAQUIN —COUNTY— Complaint Record Daily Time and Activity Summary from 3/1/2015 to 6/21/2034 for COODQ70XK located at BNSF, 801 Diamond St, Stockton, CA Activily Date Recorded by 07/13/2017 At 3:45 p.m., I received a spill complaint from Kim Blackwell. There was a sulfuric PE 2546 ALANIZ so min acid spill that was leaking from a railcar. At 3:49 p.m., I called Nick Braucht(817) SC 544 352-2832 of BNSF. He stated that the spill happened at 1:19 p.m. There was a disc that ruptured on the railcar. Patriot Environmental was called out to clean up the waste. They were scheduled to be on site around 5:00 p.m. Braucht also stated that the spill is contained, no longer leaking and that the fire department was not called out to the site. Michael Mays(760) 577-9933, a mechanical foreman was called at 3:38 p.m. He did not answer and a message was left asking for a call back. Robert Saffle(760) 577-1597, general Foreman Il, was called at 4:02 p.m. He did not answer and a message was left asking for a call back. Andy Phillips(909) 386-4082, environmental contact, was called at 4:04 p.m. He did not answer and a message was left asking for a call back. At 4:06 p.m., Saffle called me back. He said that Chris Ortiz(209) 923-0894 was on site to supervise the spill clean-up. Ortiz was called at 4:09 p.m. He said he would be at the site in 15 minutes and that the contractors had not shown up yet. He said that as they were switching rail cars around, the force of the collision caused the leak to occur. He said he marked the area where the spill happened and closed off the rail. Left office at 4:18 and arrived on site at 4:22 p.m. Met with the supervisor on site (name unknown). He said the spill was on the other side of the tracks. Left at 4:33 and arrived on scene at 4:40 p.m., where Garrett Backus took over the over site of the spill cleanup. 07/13/2017 4:42 pm. Met Chris Ortiz, BNSF and Carlos Sanchez, Patriot Environmental, on PE 2546 BACKUS 18 min site. We inspected the spill location. A rail tank car leaked from a valve on top of SC 544 the car. Approximately 1-2 gallons of sulfuric acid was caught by spill containers. Some liquid was observed on the ballast below the car within the width of the rail ties. The spill area was approximately one yard square at two locations on both sides of the rail car. The acid also spilled onto the tracks in a 15 x 6 feet section approximately 100 yards east of the current location of the tank car. This spill occurred when the rail cars were coupled together. 07/13/2017 5 pm-8:30 pm. The spill cleanup started at approximately 5:15 pm. I issued the PE 2546 BACKUS 210 min Notice to Abate to Chris Ortiz which he signed and kept a copy. Cleanup of the SC 944 tank car continued until 8 pm. Carlos Sanchez stated that the ballast cleanup in two locations will continue tomorrow at 7-8 am. 07/14/2017 10:30 am. Patriot Environmental completed the ballast excavation and tie PE 2546 BACKUS so min cleanup. Five 40-gallon blue plastic drums of corrosive solid waste was generated SC 544 by this cleanup. Carlos Sanchez stated that the waste will be hauled off site in the next few weeks as hazardous waste. 07/14/2017 Completed Notification of Hazardous Waste Discharge. PE 2546 BACKUS 30 min SC 203 07/17/2017 Mays called at approximately 4:10 p.m. on 7/13/2017. 1 called him back saying I PE 2546 ALANIZ 54 min received the information I needed. SC 544 Worked on writing report. Page 1 of 2