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IX. c: The doors automatically close once you are inside the room. In this room, I observed one 55 -gallon drum and one 60 -gallon drum of what Mr. Meyers identified as hazardous waste. Neither drum had hazardous waste labels. Inside this room, there was no internal communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal) to facility personnel outside the room. Next, Mr. Meyers took us to the Press Department. At this location, the ends of the cans are attached to the cylinders with an adhesive material. Mr. Meyers then led us to the Assembly Department. This is where a solvent waste stream is generated from cleaning the machines and from cleaning the chains in the chain filtration system. We then proceeded to the forklift repair area. Here I observed a drum that Mr. Meyers identified as waste oil. This drum did not have a hazardous waste label. This violation was corrected on the spot. Mr. Meyers led us to another hazardous waste storage area adjacent to the forklift repair shop. I observed one 55 - gallon drum labeled as hazardous waste that did not have an accumulation date. Ms. Violett and I returned to Mr. Meyers office to review hazardous waste manifests, contingency plans, employee training records, etc. Ms. Violett determined a total of 15.5 tons of hazardous waste was manifested off site in 1990 and 18.45 tons in 1991. 1 reviewed Pacific Coast Producers contingency plan. When asked, Mr. Meyers could not find a copy of the biennial report that should have been submitted for 1990. Mr. Meyers was not sure if one had ever been submitted. .DISCUSSION WITH MANAGEMENT: After the inspection, Mr. Meyers was asked if questions. He stated he did not. I told Mr. would write the report and mail him a copy of At this point, we left the facility. he had any Meyers I the R.O.V. Alan Ito, CAL EPA, Department of Toxic Substances Control 4