FIELD DOCUMENTS - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

least two of the 55-gallon drums were placed in a metal tub secondary containment, which would reduce the material threat of a spill(s)or release(s). • There was a parts-washer on the site that included a sink-washing area atop a 55-gallon drum, which was located along the southwestern interior wall of the warehouse at 270 Oak Street. According to the Borrower the parts-washer utilizes non-chlorinated solvents. However, there was some staining noted about the parts-washer and the presence of a parts-washer on the site would be a recognized environmental condition for the site due to the potential for spill(s) or release(s) of solvent directly onto or through concrete surface. • There were no sump- or trench-drains, grease or sediment traps, oil-water separators, or clarifiers noted on the subject property during the site inspection. However, there were features in the southwestern part of the warehouse at 251 Oak Street that appeared to be a trench-drain and/or sump that were filled with concrete. These features may also be associated with electrical wiring for machinery. However, the Borrower was not aware of the former purpose of these features. Additionally, these features were likely present during the period of time in which seed treatment operations took place in this warehouse and, if a trench drain and sump, would provide a potential `point-source' for contaminant migration to the subsurface. As such, these features would be considered a historical recognized environmental condition for the subject property that absent additional information pertaining to former use or possible migration of pesticides into the subsurface,would currently be a recognized environmental condition for the site. • The historic uses of the subject property including a cannery from the 1920s through the 1960s and seed treatment and warehousing activities from the 1970s through the late 2000s would considered be a historical recognized environmental condition due to the likely storing, applying, and warehousing of fertilizers,pesticides,herbicides,and/or fungicides and treated seeds. • Celpril Industries,a former tenant at the site,was also listed as an SQG of hazardous waste and on the HAZNET, SSTS, and FINDS databases. Bayer Crop Science was listed as an LQG of hazardous waste and also on the HAZNET, SSTS, and FINDS databases. According to the regulatory database report, Celpril Industries generated approximately 3.57 tons of hazardous waste in 1997 and roughly 0.56 tons of hazardous waste in 2005. Bayer Crop Science was listed as generating 252.87 tons of hazardous waste in 2009, more or less coincident with the close of seed treatment operations at the subject property. Hazardous wastes generated at the site reportedly included; off-specification, aged or surplus organics; unspecified aqueous solutions; unspecified organic liquid mixtures; unspecified sludge wastes; laboratory waste chemicals; liquids with mercury at concentrations greater than 20 mg/l, and acidic solutions. The SSTS database identified the operations of Celpril Industries and Bayer Crop Science as inclusive of storing concentrates of fungicides, insecticides and pesticides (Fibronil), and other chemical toxins that were reportedly diluted in ASTs and then applied to seeds. The presence and use of the site for seed treatment operations that included storing and using fungicides, insecticides and pesticides for more than 30 years and the generation of more than 250 tons of hazardous waste at the site during closure of seed treatment operations combined with a lack of soil or groundwater sampling data to accompany the cessation of these business activities would be an historical recognized environmental condition this remains a current recognized environmental condition for the site. More detailed information regarding the historical uses of the subject property is included in the report: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of Industrial Use Properties at 221, 226, 229, 251, and 270 Oak Street in Manteca, (San Joaquin County), California. Zions First National Bank Limited Subsurface Investigation 4 1)UChn Valentine Properties—Manteca, California R114