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Re-inspection of all three yards took place at 10:30am on May 17, 2006. Present were myself, Robert McClellon, and Jaime Alvarez. Jerry Brannon stayed in the office as we walked the Wilson yards. Inspection started at Yard 1: the Open Air Flea Market site at 3550 N Wilson. Yard had been organized and abandoned vehicles removed. Tire grading station had been set up at north fence of property, using a flatbed for the staging area and five trailers backed up to it for tire storage. Tires in those five trailers were new. One Tri C Recycling bin was full of waste tires for disposal. Seven loose tires were on a pallet near the Tri C trailer. No other tires were in view. Jaime informed us that a hauler was going to be hauling their used tires to other states and/or Mexico. His name is Gustavo Castro, and is recently registered as a CIWMB Used and Waste Tire Hauler. Jaime was reminded to manifest all the tires that he hauls and provide copies of the manifests for inspection. Plans for this yard include a cyclone fence to run east to west at approximately 50 yards south of the north fence and a gate will be placed at the northeast corner into the 3730 N Wilson yard for easy access away from the public flea market. The cyclone fence will be slatted to obstruct viewing the activity in that portion of the yard. The proposal was given verbally by Jaime, Paul, and Jerry Brannon. The inspection continued to Yard 2: at the 3730 N Wilson address. The inspection began at the southwest corner of the yard. Used tires were racked and stacked on both sides of the dirt driveway, along the south side of the Brannon Tire main building. Near to the southeast corner of the Brannon Tire building, tires were stacked and piled in a manner that did not allow inspection of the tires. This area was 63' x 54' x 5', estimated to be approximately 1600 whole tires. Many of the tires contained standing water and larvae. Brown vegetation, trash, and rubber inner tubes were scattered throughout this storage area. I spoke to Jaime about Vector Control violations and Fire Prevention measures that need to take place as soon as possible. To the extreme southeast corner of the yard, tires were racked and stacked appropriately, but vector and fire issues remained and were pointed out to Jaime. Specifically, tall, dry vegetation and a 5 gallon brown bucket full of larvae and adult mosquitoes was brought to Jaime's attention. Immediately under rear truck dock was a pile of rubber tracks (as from a Caterpillar tractor) that measured 6' x 6' x 5', estimated to count for 17 tires. About 130 small tires were behind the dock, stored on the top of a 10' rack, to be disposed of at a future date. Just north of the truck dock was a roll-off garbage bin that was full of refuse and debris from yard clean up, to include solid rubber tires, passenger tires on rims, (5 or 6 tires total) inner tubes, and dry vegetation. There was no explanation from Jaime as to why the tires and tubes were in the bin, but would have them removed from the bin and disposed of properly.