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Morada Produce Co. Cannery Waste Narrative By Ben Escotto, REHS (7/25/11-8/15/11) The site that Morada Produce used to dispose of onions and cherries is now being used to grow walnuts (see 7/25/11 inspection report). When talking with Rafael Gomez, my contact for Morada Produce, he said that they plan to use California Waste Management for disposal. After talking with Robert McClellon regarding this, he instructed me to further investigate as to how the waste is being disposed. When again talking with Rafael Gomez, he changed his story and gave me three contacts that take the cannery waste: 1. Stan Chaves-takes the onions for feed for his cows at his dairy a. phone number: (209) 329-4243. b. has a cannery waste feed permit(FA0003416) 2. Jim Samuel-takes the cherries, dries them, and re-sells them a. phone number: (209) 601-7178 b. owns Sunrise Fresh Fruit and Nut Comp. on Comstock Rd. c. purchased 1.5 million pounds last year 3. Shawn-takes the cherries to make juice (Smucker's) a. phone number: (530) 899-5024 b. cherries are taken to Chico, CA c. by-product is dried and sold for co-generation/alternative energy d. 518 tons purchased this year After talking with Alfonso Arambula, I learned that one his complaints were in a nearby area to Morada Produce. The complaint was about a fly nuisance against another property(duck farm). The complainant, by chance,told him that she could smell onions at night, thinking that Morada Produce was disposing of onion waste in a certain area (northwest side of 601 N. Jack Tone Rd.). The complainant knew that Morada Produce once disposed of onions in that area(see Parcel Viewer map). Alfonso thought that if the onions were being disposed of, it could be the part of the reason behind the fly nuisance. I told Alfonso since I inspect the cannery waste for Morada Produce, I would go and take a look. I made a site visit on August 11, 2011. I looked at the area in question and saw a large amount of decaying onions. The fly population was very heavy and fly breeding was observed(see pictures). Per Robert McClellon's directive, I visited and talked to Rafael Gomez on August 12, 2011. We both looked at the site and Rafael said that this area was used to grow, not dispose, of onions. According to Rafael,the onions were planted in December 2010 and then it was realized in July 2011 that the onions were bad. They were disked in late July and sprayed for flies once a week. He also says that they intend to level the dirt and crop something new in a few weeks. He showed me a permit(see copy) from the Agricultural Commissioners Office to use certain pesticides on crops in