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May 30, 2000 TO: Dennis Fields, Assistant Coordinator of Hazardous Materials San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services SUBJECT: Eddie's Pizza Per your request, this is the best of my recollection regarding George Badway: 12/3/98 - Badway called and asked what was he supposed to do with the phone book that I sent him. I told him I did not send him a phone book. He became irate and started yelling that he had a degree in chemistry and he was unable to understand everything that was in this (the plan). I asked Badway which elements of the plan he was having trouble with and he said the whole damn thing and that he did not have a law library. I told Badway that I was available to assist him. He began screaming into the phone and I was unable to understand much of what he was yelling, however, I did recognize the profanity. I told him that the call was about to end if he continued the cussing any longer. I also told him the plans were past due and that I would be sending a warning letter. 12/16/00 - A verification inspection of the El Dorado St. facility revealed four 50 and one 20 pound CO2 cylinders. One of the 50 pound cylinders was empty. The manager said that the bulk storage tank of CO2 was removed on 12/15/98. 12/16/98 - During a verification inspection at the Waterloo Road Restaurant I observed seven, high pressure, CO2 cylinders in what I would describe as a storage closet located close to the back door of the restaurant. Six of the cylinders I recognized as 50 pound cylinders and each had a small round sticker with "50 lbs." printed on it and attached to the neck of the bottle. The other was a cylinder that I recognized as a 20 pound cylinder. I tilted each of the cylinders to ascertain the weight. Five of the 50 pound cylinders were heavy and did not feel empty. One of the 50 pound cylinders felt much lighter than the others and did feel empty. The 20 pound cylinder felt empty also. Badway said the cylinders were empty and I attempted to show him, by pressing my thumb against the outlet and opening the valve that the cylinder contained high enough pressure that I would be unable to keep the gas from escaping. I explained that it is easy to keep the gas from escaping for cylinders that are close to being empty and, therefore, have little pressure. At this point Badway brushed by me and, with the outlet pointing directly at his face, attempted to do the same. This resulted in the gas blowing in his face and his hair being blown back as he was also unable to hold back the gas. I wrote on the inspection report that there were five full 50 pound cylinders and 2 empties (one 50 lb. and one 20 lb.). He demanded that I write that I did not weigh the cylinders. I told him that I would write what I felt was necessary not what he demand me to write, and if he wanted to write a letter stating that I didn't weigh the cylinders, he was well within his rights. He became very angry and when I asked Badway to sign the report so that I could give him a copy, he wrote his complaint across the report. 12/16/98 - A verification inspection of the Hammer Lane facility revealed four 50 pound CO2 cylinders. The manager indicated that one of the cylinders was empty, however, that cylinder still contained a significant amount of pressure. The manager said that the bulk storage tank of CO2 was removed the week of 12/7/98. 11/1/99 - A verification inspection of the Hammer Lane facility revealed four 50 pound CO2