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from which it was transferred to their facility located at 500 Ireland Drive in McCarran, Nevada for re-refining.] b. provide the facility name(s)and address(es)where non-red-dyed diesel trans mix is transferred from the Stockton,California facility to the receiving facility, and how is the non- red-dyed trans mix managed at the receiving facility(ies).For example,on April 20,2020, NuStar provided a weighmaster certificate,No. 1180 dated April 4,2018. The destination facility is identified as Shore Terminals,LLC(Shore Terminals),90 San Pablo Avenue, Crockett, CA 94525. What does Shore Terminals do with the non-red-dyed trans mix. [Shore receives this material as product and uses it as a component in their vapor recovery process. It is put into a tank where it acts as a media for adsorption.]—Note that Shore Terminals LLC is a NuStar facility. 4. On February 19,2020,Garrett Backus,San Joaquin County,Environmental Health Department provided NuStar with the requirements for a material such as trans mix to be classified as an excluded recyclable material. One of the requirements is that the generator of the excluded recyclable material must be able to demonstrate that the trans mix is being transferred to a petroleum refinery and made into a product(see California Health and Safety Code 25143.2(d)(2)(D)and 25144(a)(4)). If none of the facilities where NuStar ships its trans mix to are petroleum refineries,how is NuStar able to classify the trans mix as an excluded recyclable material(see Item 3 above)? [This material has been shipped to Golden Gate Petroleum as an ERM;they re-refine into viable product at their McCarran, NV facility. Shore Terminals LLC receives this material not as an ERM,but as product.] 5. Provide copies of NuStar Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs)the company had in place at the time of the CEI regarding the management of trans mix at the Stockton,California facility. [Please see attached copy of procedure NOP-STL-13 BP Pre-Load Draining.] 6. Referencing NuStar's April 20,2020 and April 24,2020 response to EPA's April 2,2020 NOV, NuStar provided a figure of 10,240 pounds(lbs)of trans mix that was on-site on April 3,2018. Additionally,NuStar provided a figure of 1,470(5 X 294)lbs of trans mix which represented the trans mix containers observed by EPA during the CEI. a. Please confirm that the 10,240 lbs represent non-red-dyed trans mix that was being stored in Tank 1501. [The 10,240 lbs represents 5 55-gallon drums of trans mix.] 7. NuStar stated in its April 24,2020 response to EPA's April 2,2020 NOV that additional trans mix was generated between March 12,2019 and March 31,2020 and shipped off-site on March 31,2020 as D001 and D018 hazardous waste(Manifest 014796289FLE). a. How much of the trans mix shipped off-site was red-dyed diesel trans mix? Please provide internal tracking documents that supports the amount of red-dyed diesel trans mix included in the March 31,2020 off-site shipment. [As provided in Question I.a.ii.,red-dye and non-red-dye trans mix is not segregated.] 8. Provide copies of internal tracking records of the amounts and disposition of red-dyed diesel trans mix generated by NuStar between January 1,2018 and February 18,2020. [Please see attached copies of Bills of Lading dated 04/04/2018 and 03/12/2019.1 III-1