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FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT 2_ MUSCO FAMILY OLIVE COMPANY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY On 5 May 2006, Myrah telephoned Kipps to report that another discharge of salty wastewater from Musco's property to Caltrans property had occurred. On 9 May 2006, Kipps notified Leikam of Caltrans' complaint that another discharge of Musco's wastewater to Caltrans' property had occurred. I contacted staff with DFG and Caltrans and coordinated a joint inspection to investigate the alleged discharges. OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS: On 18 May 2006, 1 inspected areas alleged to have been impacted by Musco's wastewater accompanied by Oldfather, Myrah, Moron, and Cruz. We arrived at Masco's olive processing plant at 10 AM and met with-Leikam. Evaporation South Field and Drainage near 1-580 Culvert Initially, we inspected the surface water drainage near 1-580 and Evaporation South Field, .which is in the northeast portion of Musco's property and adjacent to the surface water drainage that flows through a culvert under 1-580 (hereafter referred to as "first culvert"). Moran and Cruz reported that they had observed over the last six years brownish-colored water flowing through the 1-580 culvert during storm events. I observed that soils were moist in the drainage adjacent to Evaporation South Field, but I observed no flow or standing water (Photo 1). l noticed that a section of the drainage in this area had been cleared of vegetation (Photo 2). Leikam reported that two weeks ago Musco € staff had removed the vegetation in and alongside the drainage in this area, as well as in the reach of relocated streambed from the spring above the 84-million-gallon reservoir (Reservoir) to the concrete-lined bypass channel. Oldfather stated Musco did not notify DFG that Musco was going to alter the streambed. I also noticed that Musco staff had re-routed or removed wastewater delivery pipelines that had crossed the drainage in this area (Photo 3), which I had documented in Photos 7 through 13 in my 23 March 2006 facility inspection report (hereafter referred to as "March 2006 FIR"). We followed the drainage to the first culvert and observed dark-brown sediment deposits in several locations (Photos 4 and 5). We followed the drainage to the California Aqueduct (hereafter "Aqueduct"), where it flows in a surface water diversion channel above the Aqueduct (Photos 6 and 7). 1 observed sediment deposits in this channel (Photo 8). Spur North Field We inspected Spur North Field, where Oldfather reported the source of the 1,000-gallon spill to the Aqueduct. She provided me her inspection report (Attachment 1), in which she reports being notified of potential discharges from Musco's property in the first week of April,