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f)R e On June 1, 2004, Robert McClellon and Michael Kith employees of the EHD made an inspection at the ESTRF. The inspection was allowed, but the EHD staff could not take any photos during the inspection. The green waste was heavily contaminated with food waste, baby diapers and other putresible solid wastes. The EHD staff attempted to conduct a follow up inspection later that week and was refused access to the facility. Robert McClellon reviewed the ESTRF file and found a restriction in the Use Permit that would preclude the ESTRF from receiving putresible wastes. Robert McClellon forwarded this information on to Randy Friedlander CIWMB staff that inspects the facility. Mr. Friedlander indicated he would look in to it. (see exhibit U). On June 1, 2004, the EHD received an e-mail from Kevin Basso. The e-mail indicated that the Forward Inc. would be taking the green waste into the ESTRF for processing (see exhibit V). On or about June 3, 2005, a meeting was held at the EHD. Kevin Basso, Kevin Chiapello, and Butch Stephani of Forward Inc were present. Robert McClellon, Michael Kith and Ted Tasiopoulis were present from the EHD. The issue was the green waste contaminated with food waste that they were taking to ESTRF for processing. Kevin Basso informed the EHD that it just made sense from a monetary standpoint to have ESTRF handle the material. Robert McClellon explained that I did not have any inspection authority and that it would preclude the EHD from evaluating the effectiveness of the sorting process. Robert McClellon informed Mr. Basso that the ESTRF was in violation of it's Use Permit • by accepting the material. Kevin Basso indicated that he was not aware of that but that he would need to hear it from the management at ESTRF. Mr. Basso indicated that he was going to continue to take the material there until they were told they could not. Robert McClellon offered Mr. Basso a copy of the Use Permit and he indicated that he did not want to get involved. Mr. Basso also indicated that he was only handling 50% of the green waste generated by the City of Stockton and was curious as to where Stockton Scavengers was taking it. On June 3, 2005 Robert McClellon spoke with Brain Bowen of Waste Management Inc. regarding the green waste that was being handled by Stockton Scavengers. He indicated that it was going Forward Inc. for disposal. On June 17, 2004,the EHD conducted a joint inspection of the ESTRF with the Randy Friedlander of the CIWMB staff. The facility was cited for a violation of the terms and conditions for accepting the putresible waste. The operators of the ESTRF began to turn the green waste trucks away. The green waste was then routed to the Forward Inc Resource Recovery Facility for sorting. On June 23, 2004, Randy Friedlander forward the EHD photos that were taken during the inspection at the ESTRF on June 17, 2004 (see exhibit W). Between June 25, 2004 Michael Kith and Ted Tasiopoulis employees of the EHD conducted a monthly routine inspection and noted that the concentrations of methane gas • in the gas monitoring probe GP-9 ranged from 50% to 58%. This was documented under