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* 6 Continuation Sheet 00 Page 1 Subject: Olivera Food,Inc.,944 Bowman Road,French Camp,CA Complaint Inspection Conducted on May 24,2006 On May 23, 2006,the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department(EHD)received Complaint Number 000024537 concerning the egg poultry operation located at 944Bowman Road in French Camp. The complaint alleged problems with manure management,weeds, substandard chicken houses,and abandoned vehicles. A complaint inspection was conducted on May 24,2006 with facility operators Richard and Jerry Jenkins; Rick Matuska, Senior Building Inspector,and Juanita Huerta, Code Enforcement Officer,with the Community Development Department; and Robert McClellon, Supervising REHS, with the EHD. The facility houses 600,000 to 700,000 birds in ten houses,with four houses vacant. The poultry houses are equipped with the modern"Chore Time"brand equipment, and utilize an automated belt system that operates separate belts to deliver bird feed and remove the eggs for processing. Houses #2—#5 are equipped with belts to remove the manure generated by the operation.The manure was relatively dry. The houses closest to Biggs Road(#7—#14), oriented in a north- south direction,did not have a belt system for the manure,but contained an automated process for feed and egg removal. The chicken manure in these houses is scraped to a sump and then flushed out of the houses with water into the manure holding ponds. The interior of the houses was clean with little odor detected.The bird mortality at the facility is removed daily and incinerated. Operational and structural issues observed during the inspection are to be corrected as indicated below within the time frames noted: Operational: 1. The egg poultry operation lacks a manure management plan.The facility operator is required to develop a manure management plan and submit the plan to the EHD by June 24,2006. A guidance document for developing a manure management plan was faxed to the operator on April 7,2006, and is also provided with this inspection report. 2. Houses#1 and#6 are no longer in use.The houses still contain small amounts of manure and feed.The houses must be cleaned so that they don't serve as an attractant for flies or fly breeding and don't provide a food source for rodents. Properly clean Houses#1 and #6 and remove all remaining manure and feed by June 7,2006. 3. Feed silos for Houses#1 and#6 and the east ends of Houses#7—#14 located near Biggs Road contain feed spillage on the concrete below the silos. Remove all feed spillage on a regular basis(at least weekly)and implement a regular cleaning schedule by May 31, 2006. 4. The ash and feathers from the mortality incineration process was being stored on the ground. The ash and feathers must be handled as solid waste and properly disposed of by May 31,2006. The operation of the carcass incinerator has been referred to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District for possible permitting requirements. 5. Approximately 75 waste tires were located by the south side of the shop. The tires must be removed from the site to an approved end-use facility.To haul more than nine tires, the hauler must be registered with the California Integrated Waste Management Board