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San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department 1868 East Hazelton Avenue, Stockton, California 95205-6232 Telephone:(209)468-3420 Fax:(209)468-3433 Web:www.sigov.org/ehd Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Inspection Report Facility Name: Facility Address: Date: Big Lots Lodi 4106 380 S CHEROKEE LN, Lodi December 29, 2014 SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS (CLASS I,CLASS II,or MINOR-Notice to Comply) Item# Remarks 105 CCR 66262.34(d)(2) Failed to train employees on waste handling and emergency procedures. At the time of inspection, it could not be demonstrated (not necessarily documented)that employees who handle hazardous waste were properly trained. According to records onsite employees are consistently placing items in the wrong totes according to the"Waste Disposal Quick Reference Guide. At the time of inspection there was a leaking bottle of bleach in the tote marked"corrosive base"with a preprinted note on the label saying 'Ingredients usually contain ammonia...... According to Billy Duba the hazardous waste handling program started about a year ago. The generator must ensure that all employees who handle hazardous waste are thoroughly familiar with proper waste handling and emergency procedures. Immediately provide training to all employees who handle hazardous waste and submit a copy of the training material and the training records to the EHD. 202 HSC 25189.5(a) Disposed or caused disposal of HW at an unauthorized point. At this office Big Lots has been on inventory operating at this location since 2002. The EPA ID was obtained 11/06/2013. According to Billy Duba the hazardous waste program started about a year ago. When asked what had happened to hazardous waste before, inspector was told they had been thrown away. Hazardous wastes shall be disposed of only by transportation to a permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF). Immediately cease disposal of hazardous waste to the trash and ensure that all future waste is hauled by a licensed hazardous waste transporter to a permitted TSDF. This is a Class I violation. 405 CCR 66262.34(d)(2) Failed to manage incompatible wastes in containers properly. At time of inspection, a leaking bottle of bleach was seen in a tote marked for storage of Ammonia. When the hazardous waste hauler picks up hazardous waste they remove items from the totes but do not clean them out. It could not be determined if ammonia or ammonia containing products had been stored in that same tote. There was white powder at the bottom of the tote. Incompatible wastes shall not be placed in the same container, or in an unwashed container that previously held an incompatible waste or material. A container holding a hazardous waste that is incompatible with any waste or other materials transferred or stored nearby in other containers, piles, open tanks, or surface impoundments shall be separated from the other materials or protected from them by means of a dike, berm, wall, or other device. Immediately begin the practice of maintaining totes free of incompatible wastestreams. 601 CCR 66262.34(d) Stored hazardous waste onsite greater than 180 days. Aerosol can of glass cleaner with missing actuator and stem was seen stored in a box of"product withdrawals" without a label. It could not be determined how long the aerosol can had been stored there. Facilities who generate less than 1000 kg of hazardous waste per month and do not exceed 6000 kg of waste stored on site at any time may store waste on site up to 180 days. Immediately contact a licensed hazardous waste hauler to dispose of this waste under manifest and submit a copy of the manifest to the EHD. Received by(initial): Inspector: Phone: Date: MICHELLE HENRY, Senior REHS (209) 468-3454 12/29/2014 Page 4 of 5