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FROM : ENVIRONEERING INC FAX NO. : 9258389621 Jul. 12 2007 04:26PM P2 <br />Hazardous Material Release Incident Report <br />Date and Time of Incident — June 26, 2007 at approximately 11:20 AM, <br />Reporting Date and Time — June 26, 2007 at 3:50 PM <br />Report No. 07-3850 <br />Location of Incident — California Tank Lines, Inc., 3105 S. El Dorado <br />Street, Stockton, CA <br />Incident Description — Sodium hydroxide (caustic) discharged from. a <br />storage tank into the secondary containment. It was reported to Robert <br />Lopez at OES that approximately 100 gals of caustic overflowed from the <br />storage tank. Subsequent investigation showed the quantity to be <br />approximately 50 gals., which discharged from a cracked fitting on the tank. <br />The spilled caustic was contained within the secondary containment. <br />Action Taken — the contents of the caustic storage tank were transferred to <br />an empty caustic trailer on site and the caustic in the secondary enclosure <br />was pumped into a tank for use on site. The caustic storage tank was lifted, <br />the bottom was neutralized and cleaned, the tank was removed from the <br />containment area and the cracked fitting was replaced. The containment area <br />was neutralized and cleaned and will be re -coated in the near future, before <br />the tank is reinstalled and put back in service. <br />