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Complaint Investigation Summary Report#:5105 COMPLAINT ID: CON07DK5W Site Location: 1000 E ROTH RD Activity Summary Activity Date Recorded by 08/25/2019 TIME SPENT: 11:42 a.m.-5:48 p.m. ALANIZ Received a page from San Joaquin General Hospital at 11:42 a.m. A release of an unknown material occurred at the Union Pacific Intermodal facility, 1000 E Roth Rd French Camp, CA, 95231. Called the Union Pacific (UP) Emergency phone number, 888-877-7267, and spoke with the operator. The operator informed me that the release was discovered on 8-25-2019 and was going to be cleaned up by Patriot Environmental. The operator also informed me to call Paul Holt, Hazmat Specialist for UP, 916-540-0496. Called Holt at 11:52 a.m. and discussed the cleanup. Patriot Environmental, the contractor hired to clean the spill, was in the process of going through the car looking for the source of the release. Holt informed me that crystals were observed on the sides of several boxes and that the car contained peroxide containers. Loup is going to be the responsible party. Called and updated Muniappa Naidu, Program Coordinator. Left for the site at 12:18 p.m. Received a call from Holt en route to UP. Pulled over and called him back at 12:55 p.m. Patriot discovered that container leaking was one 55 gallon drum of sausage casings containing a salt water brine. When the liquid dried, salt crystals formed. Called and updated Naidu. I informed Holt that I was still going to be traveling to the site. Arrived at the site at 1:18 p.m. While I was signing in, I received a message from Holt that another spill occurred. Two releases occurred with the same responsible party. Release 1: Approximately 2-3 gallons of a salt brine released out of a 55 gallon drum located in car EMHU 200166. The release could also be seen on the container below it(EMHU 206014). The UP spill report number for this release is 2019-08-25-063 MMR. Release 2: Approximately 1 gallon of battery acid and 2-3 gallons of a hydraulic oil were released from several containers located in car EMHU 263361. The release sprayed onto the side of another container(EMHU 249268). The UP spill report number for this release is 2019-08-25-111 NJW. On site were Patriot employees Joseph McGuffin, Emergency Response Manager, and Derek Smith, Field Supervisor. Regarding release 1 where white crystals were observed in car EMHU 200166: Patriot Environmental searched through the entire car containing white crystals and found the source of the release to be a salt water brine from a 55 gallon drum containing sausage casings. The car also contained peroxides. According to Patriot, all of the peroxide containers were intact with no signs of a release. The crystals that were observed from the brine release were wiped up using cloths including any material that was observed on the car below it (EMHU 206014). One 10 gallon plastic bag of wipes was generated. The waste is going to be disposed of as non-hazardous and thrown away at the Patriot Environmental Yard. When I arrived on site, the cleanup had been completed. I looked inside container EMHU 200166 and did not see any signs of a release. I asked McGuffin how the hazardous waste determination was made. He replied that the pH of the crystals was between 6 and 7. In other words, it was just salt water that spilled. I contacted Holt to ask if he had an SDS for the brine. He did not. I asked McGuffin where the sausage casings were coming from and going to. He replied that they were coming from Chicago (address unknown) and going to Silva Sausage Co., 5935 Rossi Ln, Gilroy, CA 95020. Looked up the facility in CERS to see if they had any information on the salt water brine. They did not have a CERS account. At this time I received the contact information for the responsible party via email from Holt. The company is Loup Logistics. The address is 1400 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE 68179. The contact person is Chris Calabro (1-800-262-2549). Called Calabro and discussed the releases and the EHD process with him. I informed him that the EHD does charge for time spent and that he would be receiving a notice to abate. I asked Calabro if he had an SDS. He said he did not and that he would have to discuss the waste disposal with the person that would be handling the incident, Danny Meyer. I asked for Meyer's phone number and 5105.rpt Page 2 of 4