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SAN10 A Q U I N Environmental Health Department C 0 U N I Y Complaint Record Daily Time and Activity Summary from 7/16/2019 to 9/16/2019 for C00050328 located at FRANZIA WINERY 17000 E HWY 120, RIPON Activity Date Recorded by 08/18/2019 Received a page from 209-468-6000 at 8:48am. Called SJGH and they said The PE 2546 BAKER 42 min Wine Group reported a small ammonia leak. They are reporting it only and do not SC 907 need assistance. It was reported by Kevin Jones (209-481-5950). The address is 17000 E HWY 120. Called Kevin Jones and left a message. Called him again and he said that leak was under a pound in size. Leak was caused by a valve packing. The seal needs to be replaced. The chiller is shut down and the leak will be repaired within 10 minutes. No injuries and no evacuations. Called Muni Naidu (Program Coordinator) and let him know about the complaint. He said to call back and confirm that the leak was fixed and I don't need to go out. Called Kevin Jones twice and left a message. Looked on CERS for alternative contacts. Called Kyle Schmidt(209-599-0451)with no answer and Chuck Mitten (Plant Manager) at 209-345-7258 with no answer. Received a message from Kevin Jones stating that the leak has been fixed. 8:48am-9:30am 08/19/2019 At 8:10 am today, Lydia Baker with SJC EHD discussed with me this complaint. I PE 2546 SAEED 180 min obtained a copy of the spill report from Lydia. At 8:26am today, I called the SC 544 reporting party, Kevin Jones with Franzia Winery, and left a voicemail to call me back. At 8:30am Kevin called me back, and told me that during the walk around yesterday at 8:30am, slight ammonia odor was discovered at Chiller#5, which is located outside. The ammonia odor was coming from the expansion valve. The amount of ammonia estimated to be less than one pound. The release was stopped immediately and the system is running again. Incident investigation has already started. I told Kevin I will be at the site today at 10:00am to inspect the point of the leak. I left the office at 9:30am and arrived onsite at 10:00am. I met with Kevin Jones and Mark McPherson. I inspected where the leak occurred and took photos. Kevin estimated the release to be less than a pound. The release occurred due to a loose expansion valve. The operators tightened the loose valve and issue was resolved and the facility continued to operate on the same day. Incident investigation in progress, Mark McPherson mentioned that they replace the valve packing annually. According to Mark and Kevin the have not had issues with the other valves on the other chillers, and the reason for the leak could be thermal expansion. I asked him if it has been replaced this year, and told me he needs to look at the records. I left the site at 10:25am. I issued a notice to abate with corrective actions to Keven Jones to send the documents showing that the valve package was replaced this year, and to email me a copy of the incident investigation report by 09/18/2019. 1 filled out the complaint info in ECR. I completed the Emergency Response Record, PROP 65, Narratives, and the Photo Log. Page 1 of 2