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S A N J 0 A Q I I I Irl Environmental Health Department <br /> C o u N T AMENDED <br /> 12/1/2020 <br /> Large Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Inspection Report <br /> Facility Name: Facility Address: Date: <br /> QUEST INDUSTRIES LLC 2518 E BOEING WAY, STOCKTON November 04, 2020 <br /> SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS <br /> (CLASS I,CLASS II,or MINOR-Notice to Comply) <br /> Item# Remarks <br /> 203 HSC 25189.5(c)Transported or caused transportation of hazardous waste to an unauthorized point. <br /> OBSERVATION: Used paint filters are disposed of in a trash dumpster(20 cubic yard size)at the northeast corner <br /> of the facility. The trash dumpster is hauled offsite by Republic Services, not using a hazardous waste manifest. <br /> According to Nasrat Fazli, quality manager, and Joel McDonald, plant manager, excess dried paint is scrapped off <br /> of filters to be reused in the process. After the paint is scrapped off,the used filter material is thrown away. <br /> A sample of white paint powder was taken from a filter in the dumpster on 11/4/2020 by the San Joaquin County <br /> Environmental Health Department(EHD). The sample was labeled as SAMPLE 1, and was tested for the Total <br /> Threshold Limit Concentration (TTLC)of inorganic toxic substances. The sample exceeded the non-RCRA <br /> hazardous waste threshold as follows: <br /> SAMPLE 1: TTLC: Zinc, 73,000 mg/kg <br /> Hazardous wastes shall be disposed of only by transportation to a permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage, <br /> and disposal facility(TSDF)or other authorized point. <br /> REGULATION GUIDANCE: Any person who knowingly transports or causes the transportation of hazardous waste, <br /> or who reasonably should have known that he or she was causing the transportation of any hazardous waste,to a <br /> facility which does not have a permit from the department issued pursuant to this chapter, or at any point which is <br /> not authorized according to this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not <br /> more than one year or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h)of Section 1170 of the Penal Code. <br /> CORRECTIVE ACTION: Immediately start using a registered hazardous waste transporter to haul hazardous waste <br /> to an authorized point and use a uniform hazardous waste manifest for each load. Provide a corrective action <br /> statement to the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department within 30 days. <br /> This is a Class II violation. <br /> FA0014398 PR0538472 SCO01 11/04/2020 <br /> EHD 22-02 Rev.9/16/2020 Page 11 of 27 Large Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator OIR <br /> 1868 E. Hazelton Avenue I Stockton, California 95205 1 T 209 468-3420 1 F 209 464-0138 1 www.sjgov.org/EHD <br />