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6:40am Arrived at Midway Road and Patterson Pass Road, called Dave. He said head N on Midway Road. On the right hand side I would see cones and a gate. He would have an employee meet me there and drive me out to the area of the release. I said ok. Meet Jeremy at gate. Signed in with Ponder Environmental. Jeremy had me follow him through the hilly terrain (not on a road,just a path that appeared to be worn down from the vehicles going to the site, very dry, grassy and uneven). We of to the site and could see the impacted area from a distance. I asked Jeremy the area covered. He said he thought it was about 250' by 40'. It was on a slight hill, looked like it had released from the top and run down the hill a bit. Jeremy said they would need to clear a road to get to this area for clean-up and repair because they were worried the grass might catch fire with hot heavy equipment driving over dry grass. We drove back through the hills and Jeremy had me follow him down to the office. Meet with Dave Harder, Shell, several Shell employees, Ponder Environmental and Patriot Environmental. Dave gave me coordinates of where the spill was N 37.72926, W - 121.55971. When I was up at the site I dropped a pin on the iPhone and the spill was located in SJC They were working on logistics to get to the area, repair, and clean. Dave did not think the abatement and repair/replacement of the piping would begin for a few hours. I said ok I would leave and follow-up. He said ok. Left the site at 8:10am. 9:30am Arrived back at the office, Brad Shelton from CVRWQCB had called regarding the spill. Kasey had spoken with him but he wanted to speak with me. 11:30am Called Brad back. Left him a voicemail message for a return call. Did some research on site location. When the coordinates are entered in Google earth it says the location is Alameda county. When I looked at the same location in Parcel viewer the location is listed as SJC. 1:30pm Received a phone call from Brad. Told him the status of things out at the site. I confirmed with Brad we would be referring to the CVRQWCB. He said ok. 2:50pm Received phone call from Lowell Allen, SJC OES. He had been receiving calls from Cal-OES about the spill. He asked me for an update, specific questions to respond to. He and I prepared a response. Lowell also forwarded to me an update from CA Department of Fish &Wildlife. "Responders from OSPR's Northern Field Response Team deployed to the incident location. It was determined that spill release did not present a threat to state waters and was isolated to the immediate site and its surrounding soil. OSPR was joined with US EPA. Cleaning and pipeline repair operations are currently underway. This will be the final notification on this incident unless the situation changes." Prepared Prop 65 3:30pm Called F&W to find out who from US EPA had been on site. Warden Scott Murtha, (510)414-7229 did not know the names. Lt. Nichols called me and let me know US EPA was Harry Allen. I called and left him a message. May 21, 2016 Sent an email to Dr. Garza to inform of the release and our response. 10:00am Prepared referral to CVRWQCB. Emailed to Brad Shelton, Kristin Shelton, and Scott Meeks. Hard copy to follow. May 23, 2016 Received updated Cal-OES spill report with an update that this spill occurred in Alamadea county. I called Susan Hugo from Alameda county CUPA and provided her with the information I had and what I had done so far. She thanked me. Received email from Kristi Shelton, CVRWQCB requesting information about the release. Called her back and sent her what I had. Discussed the uncertainty of the spill location if within SJC or Alameda-conflicting information. Discussed Spill with PIO Lisa Medina regarding our joint information that from OLS and EHD. May 24, 2016 Discussed incident with GB, LM and LT