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Receiva bey sju/�'D(E7) on L012020 PF Barfield- PET HOSPITAL 18101 SE 61"Way, Vancouver WA 98683 • phone (360) 784-5000 • fax (360) 784-6000 April 8, 2020 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Ms. Elianna Florido San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department Certified Unified Program Agency 1868 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, California 95205 RE: Response to Inspection Report Amended—9 March 2020 Banfield Pet Hospital#1164 CERS ID: 10643449 Dear Ms. Florido, On behalf of Medical Management International, Inc., d/b/a Banfield Pet Hospital (Banfield) I am writing to provide the response to your 9 March 2020 Amended Inspection Report issued by the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department for the inspection conducted at Banfield Pet Hospital #1164 on 5 December 2019. Each violation is addressed below and the signed Return to Compliance Certification form in included in Attachment A. Violation#103:According to Matthew Salaiz, Practice Manager,the facility has been informed that the liquid waste from the VetScan HM 5 Hematology Reagent Pack equipment, observed in a white plastic container at the time of inspection may be disposed of as non-hazardous waste down the sink. Matthew confirmed that the facility pours this liquid waste down the sink once the container is full. Matthew did not have hazardous waste determination records that support the current handling and disposal of the waste at the time of inspection. Banfield Response: Banfield's HSE department retains the waste determinations for all hospitals.The manufacturer of the equipment and reagents provides a Certification of System Waste Composition (Attachment B) on its website. Using this analysis, Banfield determined that the waste does not meet the definition of a RCRA or non-RCRA hazardous waste. The waste determination and manufacturer-provided analytical are included in Attachment B. Violation#104: No modified contingency plan. Observation:A complete modified contingency plan was not posted at the facility. Banfield Response:As outlined in Banfield's Waste Management Plan, all Banfield hospitals are required to maintain a Contingency Plan, consisting of identifying emergency coordinators and post required information near the phone.The name and emergency phone numbers of the emergency coordinator(Field Director), location of emergency/spill equipment, and the local fire department number/911 have been posted in the hazardous waste storage area for this hospital.A photograph of the posting is provided in Attachment C(Photo 1).