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AN J O A Q U I N Environmental Health Department COUNTY— Complaint Record Daily Time and Activity Summary from 1/5/2017 to 6/5/2017 for C00043200 located at 1990 N PICCOLI RD Activity Date Recorded by 04/03/2017 Kim Blackwell gave me spill report(CTRL#172535) that was emailed to EHD at PE 2546 SAEED 180 min 1:25 am today. The incident happened at 1:00 am at Unified Grocers warehouse SC 544 located at 1990 Piccioli Road in Stockton today. The spill report stated that"a forklift operator was moving pallet of bleach from an upper level and due to unknown reason the pallet fell and released approximately 180 gallons of household bleach. The release was contained to the cement floors and did not enter the storm drains or waterways. The release will be mitigated by a third party contractor'. Around 09:08 am EHD received a notification call of the incident from Unified Grocers. At 09:13 am I called the reported party, Thelma Sass. Thelma confirmed the information reported on the spill report, and told me that HazMat Trans(Third party contractors) are coordinating the cleanup and their ETA is around 11:00 am today. I asked Thelma why it is taking too long to respond since the incidents happened around 1:00 am. She told me that she called HazMat Trans right after the incident, but it took them time to coordinate with the cleanup crew. She added the area was secrure with caution tape and isolate from entry. Thelma told me there was no exposure, injuries, or evacuation due to this incident. Also, she confirmed that the spill did not impacted the waterways or storm drains. I obtained HazMat Trans contact Info (Mike Hammer via 909-889-5607)to follow up with the cleanup crew ETA. At 10:46 am I called Mike and he told me that he is the broker, and he hired Double Barrel Environmental out Bakersfield to conduct the cleanup. I asked Mike about their ETA, and he told me that he will contact them and get back to me. At 10:52 am, Mike called me back and told me that the cleanup crew ETA within two hours. I obtained the contact info. For Double Barrel Environmental ( Chris Parko via 661-203-7645). 1 asked Mike about the time Unified Grocers notified them of the incident and told me around 1:30 am but it took sometimes to find a contractor to do the cleanup and get the equipment and the crew ready. At 12:35 pm I called Chris and told me they are 50 minutes away from the site. At 1:15 pm I responded to the incident. At 01:30 pm I arrived on site, and I met with Thelma. Contractors arrived on site at the same time. I inspected the area where the spill occurred. A pallet full of%:gallons household bleach containers fell into the floor, and some of the containers were impacted leaked into the floor. The amount of bleach spilled was unknown. I was given permission to take photos by Thelma. The spill contaminated three Aisles inside the warehouse. Dry absorbent was placed to contain the spill. Caution tape was on place to restrict entry. Chris told us it will take them about 30 minutes to finish the cleanup. We asked Chris if they can estimate the total bleach leaked into the floor. I completed the notice to abate, had Thelma sign it and gave her a copy. Later on we realized that the cleanup would take longer than the contractors anticipated. Thelma asked the contractors about the estimated time to finish the cleanup and told us about 05:30 pm today. I told Thelma that I will leave and someone else will come after 5 pm to witness the final cleanup. The cleanup crew estimated about 168 gallons spilled into the ground. At 03:14 pm I called Garrett and updated him with the status of the incident, and told him that I will leave the site because they are not finishing up before 5 pm. Garrett told me to come back to the office and discuss it with Elena. Thelma told me she will take photos after the cleanup and send them to us; I told her it is up to the next ER person to decide, but most likely will be here to witness the final cleanup. At 03:27 pm I left the site. At 03:45 pm I was back at the office and I discussed the incident with Elena. Page 1 of 2