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diesel tank that has a continuously leaking filter. The berm has a large crack in it from when a vehicle ran into it and there is staining inside and outside the concrete berm beneath the diesel tank. The staining appears to go up the side of the concrete wall about 8-10 inches which was explained by Sheila Lang (who works in Texas and has never been to this site before) that "..because there is a continuous leak from this filter, the wall joint (which is separated due to being run into) allowed the water containing fuel to leak". Therefore, the staining on the outside resulted from seepage from the inside. When it was explained to Sheila Lang that the staining appeared to go higher up the inside wall than she has mentioned, she then added that the staining on the inside of the concrete was caused when "...rainwater collects in the winter creating the line along the wall'. David Irey asked if that meant there would be water in this area with a sheen on top of it and Greg Martz answered "Yes". Greg Martz also stated (when asked) that "There has never been a spill in this area." Upon leaving the area, Sheila Lang said to me that they should put a pan underneath the leaking filter to prevent this from happening in the future. I mentioned that they should probably just repair the leaking filter, to which Sheila Lang countered "Well, I'm sure they will as soon as the level of fuel in the tank will allow that. Once these guys have to pay to have a barrel of this stuff hauled away they will fix their leaks a lot more quickly." We then walked over to an area that held an 500 gallon aboveground gasoline tank. There is no gasoline in the tank now because it was all used up last week according to Greg Martz. We walked over to the "bankruptcy area" where Bud Busch identified the pieces of equipment that were his and the pieces that were in Don Merryman's bankruptcy. Bud Busch also mentioned that they did have something like an old tire disposal area that they will deal with. David Irey asked about the concrete blocks around the property and Bud Busch said that they use most of the concrete blocks and the ones that are not used will be disposed properly. When asked about any underground storage tanks, Bud Busch stated there were none to his knowledge when they "bought the property" and they did not install one. We then went over to the vehicle maintenance area where several chemicals are stored. When Greg Martz was asked what the empty solvent cans were from he replied "The solvent was used to clean parts, but we only used it once." When he was asked where the oil was changed he indicated right next to the concrete slab. Greg Martz stated, when asked, that they have never changed the hydraulic fluid nor the antifreeze. When asked what they did with the used oil once it was changed, Greg Martz stated that they take it over to their waste oil storage area and pour it into their secondarily contained aboveground tank (which is actually inside another bin that has waste oil sitting in the bottom of it). Then they have Evergreen or some other recycler remove the waste oil. When asked for the receipts, Greg Martz said he has never seen any. At this point, Sheila Lang told us that we should be speaking with the people in the office because they