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0 • GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.GRNRme1 EIAIL OF CALIFORNIA—NEALIN AND WELFARE AGENCY DEPARTMENT HEALTH SERVICES s TOXIC SUBSTANCESSCONTROL PROGRAM ro I REGION 1 i 10151 CROYDON WAY,SUITE 3 a SACRAMENTO,CA 95827.2106 E ' (916)855-7700 MAY 14 1990 STATEMENT OF FACTS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERMIT/SERVICES Overhead/Lodi Door Co. San Joaquin County EPA I.D. #CAD009174673 Overhead/Lodi Door Company, owned by the Dallas Corporation has submitted a Closure Plan for the former hazardous waste surface impoundment located at their Lodi facility. The facility began operations in 1960 as Lodi Door and Sheet Metal Company. Operations included garage door manufacturing and the fabrication and manufacture of other sheet metal products. The Dallas Corporation purchased the facility in 1983 and expanded the operations. Current processes include the fabrication, cleaning, painting, storage and shipment of a variety of galvanized steel doors. The surface impoundment (pond) was constructed by Lodi Door and Sheet Metal Company in the early 1960s and was used as a settling basin and evaporation pond for various process wastes. There are no records of the exact wastestreams which entered the pond prior to the 1983 purchase by Dallas Corporation. Since 1983 , rainwater run-off and waste rinse waters from various plant operations have been disposed in the pond. Solid wastes and solvents have been containerized, and managed at permitted offsite facilities. In response to state laws and regulations, Overhead/Lodi Door ceased discharge to the pond in November 1985. The liquids were removed and the sludge allowed to dry for subsequent removal and disposal to a permitted disposal facility. Draft closure . plans were submitted in 1986 and 1988 with a final draft submitted in February 1990. A Hydrogeologic Assessment Report (HAR) to comply with Health and Safety Code Section 25208 was submitted in November 1987 with several amendments filed in 1988 and 1989 .