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r S s t FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT _6- MUSCO FAMILY OLIVE COMPANY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 55 East Field I inspected 55 East Field where I observed multiple erosion gullies and little, if any, vegetation (Photo 63). 1 saw a wastewater collection sump half full with wastewater (Photo 64), and a nearby portable pumping station that pumped wastewater from the sump through a hose to the eucalyptus grove (Photo 65). Last March, I had observed that this same sump was nearly full with wastewater and saw evidence of discharge from the sump to the surface water drainage (see Photos 60 through 64 of March 2006 FIR). I inspected another pumping station closer to concrete bypass channel, and observed erosion gullies created by wastewater and/or storm water spills (Photo 66). 1 also observed dark reddish-brown wastewater in concrete structure in the drainage way (Photo 67), which I determined originated from the pump station (Photo 68). Eucalyptus Grove Area I inspected the western and eastern portions of eucalyptus grove area north of 55 East Field and observed large accumulations of sediment in both areas (Photos 69 through 71). There was some standing water in the eastern portion, and areas where the soil had been darkened presumably by waste constituents in the discharge. Harvested NvPa Crops I also observed a small stockpile of harvested NyPa (Photo 71) that Leikam indicated had been harvested from various fields and stored on the southwest portion of the Evaporation West Field, SOIL AND WATER SAMPLING: I collected several field measurements of pH, temperature, and conductivity @ 25 °C (EC) of liquid in sumps, Reservoir, and 1-mg Pond, as well as the spring above the Reservoir. Because my field instrument malfunctioned during my inspection, 1 will present the field data for samples that were analyzed in the laboratory but will not include the field data in my evaluation of the data results. I collected a soil sample (Sample 1) by the northwest corner of Spur North Field, and separated darker soil (Sample 1A) from lighter soil (Sample 1 B), although both were from the same spill location. I collected a soil sample (Sample 5) by the spring source right below a bridge, west of the Reservoir, to represent soil unaffected by the discharge. Table 1 below summarizes the results of this sampling for EC, total dissolved solids (TDS), and sodium (Na) data. The soil data in Table 1 shows soils affected by the discharge have increased the concentration of salinity constituents over background levels. t ' I