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The load checking program is designed to find prohibited waste before it is disposed and to have the customer remove such waste from the site for proper disposal . Once prohibited wastes have been deposited at the site, the Program attempts to detect prohibited wastes in containers greater than five gallons in capacity or spills and provide for cleanup and ultimate disposal of these materials . The steps involved in the load checking program are summarized in the flow chart shown as Exhibit 2 . These steps include both situations for which the prohibited waste is removed from the site when requested by the load checker and situations for which ; the County must perform ultimate disposal . The actions taken upon the discovery of prohibited waste are as follows : A. LOAD CHECKER FINDS PROHIBITED MATERIALS BEFORE USTOMER LEAVES $TI,E Typically, the load checker will observe prohibited waste being dumped from a vehicle and will instruct the customer that such waste is considered hazardous and is not accepted at the NCRC&SL. The customer is then advised to remove the materials from the site and dispose of them ata site licensed to accept such waste or to have a licensed hazardous waste hauler dispose of the materials . The customer is given a brochure (see Exhibit 7) which describes prohibited materials and gives sources of information for disposal methods of the more common prohibited material . Also, the customer is advised to contact the San Joaquin County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division at (209) 468-3066, for further information on how to dispose . of the materials, and the incident is recorded in the Load Checker ' s Log kept by the load checker. If the hazardous materials are not containerized such that the customer may transport them from the site, or if the customer refuses to remove the material, the customer is informed that the County will contract with a licensed hazardous waste hauler to perform cleanup, removal, and ultimate disposal of the materials . The customer will be billed for the costs incurred. The incident is logged in the Load Checker' s Log and the site ' s Special Occurrence Log. The site ' s supervisory personnel follows the procedures listed in Section IV, "Procedures for Handling Identified Hazardous Waste, " for performance of ultimate disposal . I i -3-