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AMP has around 16 empty 55-gallon drums (counting includes drums <br /> i that were visible from outside the stacked perimeter) that <br /> contained various chemical solutions stacked on the south and <br /> southeast side of the waste containers. Willie informed that all <br /> the drums were empty. Willie explained that most of the drums had <br /> a deposit on them and would be returned to the company from which <br /> they where originally purchased. The drum were not all checked to <br /> verify the empty status because no safe usable isle way exists <br /> around the drums and waste sludge containers. Some of drums lids <br /> looked to contain chemical residual along the lid rim. I asked <br /> Willie if the containers still needed to be triple rinsed? Willie <br /> said that only the tops of the drums would be rinsed off and the <br /> inside of the container would not be cleaned. Willie explained <br /> that the drums have a deposit on them and are to be returned to the <br /> company they were purchased from. According to Willie, the <br /> companies reuse the drums and do not want any other liquids other <br /> than the original chemical being placed in them. The drums tops <br /> are to be washed in the drum wash tank in the pretreatment area. <br /> The company which the drums are to be returned are Great Western, <br /> Jones, Allen Baker, and Van Rogers. <br /> The drums to be returned for deposits are made of plastic material, <br /> however, there are three black metal drums which contained epoxy <br /> material used to coat the plating shop floor. Willie said that <br /> these metal drums belong to AMP. Willie said that they were <br /> looking into the proper way to handle them. <br /> It is important to note that there is no secondary containment <br /> provided for any of the waste/chemicals being stored along the <br /> western wall. The floor is concrete without any type of protective <br /> coating. There is a floor drain located around 20 feet to the <br /> southeast of the waste containers and around 6 feet west of the <br /> effluent sump. Spills of waste/chemicals may enter either the <br /> floor drain or may move out of the building through the southern <br /> roll up car door at the end of the western wall. In addition, <br /> sludge if spilled on the floor may be tracked outside by the boat <br /> trailer. <br /> MUD inspector, Toni Duncan took a quick inventory of the types <br /> chemicals stored in the chemical storage area in the northwest <br /> corner of the building. The chemical storage area does have <br /> secondary containment for the materials stored it. <br /> Pretreatment Area: <br /> The effluent holding tank is full of wastewater. MUD inspectors <br /> asked Willie if the effluent holding tank was ready to be <br /> discharged to the sewer? Willie told MUD inspectors Alex Baillie <br /> and Richard Stiffler that he had been filtering the effluent <br /> holding tank for the last three days but the tank still contained <br /> zinc. During the inspection visit, AMP recently installed filter <br /> 2 <br />