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Debris Remuva� Begins March 2003 March 2003 at the Tracy Tire Fire Site Tracy, California DEPARTMENT OFTO%IC SUBSTANCES CONTROL COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRE Ia7 Why Did 1 Rei ei�e This Flier? DTSC is one of six This flier/questionnaire is being provided to the local community to provide and Boards and get information regarding the Tracy Tire Fire site(Site)located at 29425 South Departments within MacArthur Drive, Tracy, California. The flier portion will provide you with the California background and history,and information on upcoming activities at the Site. The Environmental questionnaire is being provided so that we can get information from the community Protection Agency. and use it to determine the level of community interest. The Department's mission is to restore, What is the Tracy Tire Fire Site? protect and enhance environment, S.F.Royster Tire Disposal Facility,an un-permitted waste tire facility,was owned the to theeensure public health, and operated by Mr. Silas Fred Royster for many years. An estimated seven environmental million tires were illegally stored at the Site in conditions ranging from orderly piles of bundled tires to large piles of unbundled tires. Drums of used oil filters, quality and old vehicles,trailers,and other miscellaneous debris were also stored at the Site economic vitality, and burned during the fire. by regulating hazardous waste, On August 7, 1998,a grass fire at the Site spread and ignited the tires. Local fire conducting and and police,the San Joaquin County Public Health Services,Department of Toxic overseeing Substances Control,California Air Resources Board,California Integrated Waste cleanups, and Management Board, and California Environmental Protection Agency worked developing together to conduct emergency response activities(e.g.taking air samples)from and promoting the time the fire was discovered through August 10, 1998. However,emergency pollution prevention. response activities did not include putting the fire out completely. Once preliminary emergency response activities had been performed, Federal, State of California State, and local agencies determined that the best course of action to deal with the fire was to let it"burn itself out". This decision was based on several factors M including concern that putting water on the fire might generate excessive amounts of hazardous wastewater and impact local groundwater. The agencies continued to monitor the Site until the fire,which steadily diminished California over time, became small enough to be extinguished with foam and water in Environmental December 2000. Since that time the Site has remained vacant. Protection Agency What is the Next Step? The California Integrated Waste Management Board plans to redevelop the Site into an open-space wildlife habitat on behalf of the Royster Estate. Before that can be done,additional soil and groundwater investigations need to be performed The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, see our website at www.dtsc.ca.gov.