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State of California DATE OF ORIGINAL INCIDENT INCIDENT 0 OR ID COUNTY ['A(;E Department of Pesticide Regulation Pcs icide Enforcement Mo.04 DAY 18 YR. 2006 INV 13-24 Sart Joaquin 2 PESTICIDE EPISODE LOCATTONISUSJECT INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NARRATIVE CONTINUATION San Joaquin County Mosquito Abatement District White Slough Facility ❑ SUPPL.E IE-NPAL.REPORT ❑ OTHER: On September 4,2013 at 9:37 am San.Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner Scott Hudson, received an e-mail from Roberta Jetter Environmental Scientist with the Department of Pesticide Regulations Enforcement Branch. In the e-mail she asks our office to investigate complaint number It 992 that is attached to the e-mail. Complaint No. 11992 is on a Cal/EPA Environmental Complaint form and was submitted September 3,2013 at 3:14 p.m. from a Ms. Tiffany Anderson. Ms. Anderson's complaint is about the San Joaquin County Mosquito Abatement District(SJCMAD)mainly at their White Slough site. SJCMAD provides surveillance and control services to enhance public death by managing mosquito populations as well as a variety of vector control programs. She states concerns that there was failure to provide for the appropriate safety of their employees, disclose the exposure to certain chemicals to their employees,ensure the district educates and trains employees on the chemicals used, and ensure the district reports all chemical treatments to the appropriate governmental agencies. She listed Formalin as a material that she had specific concerns with. Ms. Anderson also lists additional complaints in the e-mail that the Agricultural Commissioner's Office does not have the authority to investigate those matters for example testing the surrounding bodies of water for chemicals,pathogens,parasites, and human viruses. On September 11,2013 I(Agricultural Biologist Kimberly D. Martin)received the complaint and contacted Mr. Eddie Lucchesi manager of SJCMAD. I asked if he was aware of the complaint by Ms. Anderson. He said he was and had already been contacted by Mr. Gary Stoekel, Assistant Agricultural Commissioner for San Joaquin County. He told me that he had sent documents over to our office that included the label for Parasite-S the product containing Formalin,detailed information on the application procedures for the product and the San Joaquin County Grand Jury findings from Case number 0311. According to Mr. Lucchesi we were not the first agency to inspect SJA.M.AD because of a complaint from Ms. Anderson. They had also been inspected by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health(DOSH) and the afore mentioned Grand Jury investigation. Among the previously mentioned documents there was a copy of the inspection treatment record for Parasite-S. I discussed with Mr. Lucchesi that I needed to schedule a Headquarters inspection for the facility at White Slough and the Stockton Facility to go over the pesticide training records since there was a general complaint that there was failure to provide for the appropriate safety of their employees, disclose the exposure to certain chemicals to their employees,ensure the district educates and trains employees on the chemicals used, and ensure the district reports all chemical treatments to the appropriate governmental agencies. We set dates and times for the following,week to complete the headquarters inspections. Inspection of the Parasite-S Label showed that it does not have an EPA Registration number and any safety regulations that pertain to the material are regulated by DOSH. The label indicates that Parasite-S is used for the treatment of parasites, external protozoa and fungi on fish and fish eggs (See Label Attached). From a memo dated September 5,2013 (See Attached)the last time Parasite-S was used was March 12, 2009,supported by an inspection treatment record(See Attached). There was also a label for Parasite—S (See Attached). On September 18, 2013 at 9:15 am I met with John Fritz assistant manager for SJCMAD at the White Slough site. We began our inspection by touring the outside of the facility looking at the fish ponds where applications of Parasite-S and other materials. There are two types of ponds on the site, the first kind are large above ground black plastic ponds. I was told they were for the younger fish and would also be used as quarantine tanks if there are any sick or wild fish at the site. These smaller tanks are to the north of the office at this site. There are also large ponds on the west side of the site,these ponds are in ground dirt ponds and house the older fish. PPLEPARED BY PREPARED REVIEWEDIAPPROVED BY APPROVED NAME TITLE MOtDAYIYR NAMFlI'fl'I E MOIDAYIYR Kimberly D. Martin Eft Barbara Huecksteadt DAC 33A27A(EST. 1479)(Rev SJC 1I96)