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Complaint Investigation Summary Report #. 5105 <br />COMPLAINT ID: C00053659 Site Location: 13026 S VALLEY CREST DR <br />Received by: EE0003600 BLACKWELL <br />Received Date: 4/9/2021 Complaint Received Via: PHONE <br />Assigned To: EE0000032 ALANIZ <br />Assigned Date: 4/13/2021 <br />Program/Element Code 2200 - HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR PROGRAM <br />Nature of complaint: <br />COMPLAINANT STATES - EXISTING COMPLAINT WITH AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AND DISTRICTATTORNEY'S OFFICE. <br />COMPLAINANT STATES PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN SPRAYING HIS PROPERTY FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS WITH FUEL, ACID, AND <br />PESTICIDES AND THE OVER-SPRAY IS GOING ONTO THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY. COMPLAINANT STATES THERE ARE TEN PIPES <br />PLACED VERTICALLY UP IN THE AIR ALL OVER THE PROPERTY, SET UP ON A TIMER SYSTEM. DIFFERENT SYSTEMS/LOCATIONS PUMP <br />THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, COMBINED WITH WATER, INTO THE AIR. COMPLAINANT STATES ONCE IT LEAVES THE PIPES YOU CAN <br />NOT SEE IT WITH THE NAKED EYE; BUT, IT CAN BE SEEN WITH A HUNTING CAMERA. COMPLAINANT STATES YOU CAN SEE IT COMING <br />ONTO THE COMPLAINANTS PROPERTY ON THE HUNTING CAMERA. COMPLAINANT STATES DEPENDING ON THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE <br />BEING PUMPED, IT IS EATING THROUGH THE ANIMALS SKIN AND FUR LEAVING BARE SPOTS AND/OR HOLES. COMPLAINANT STATES <br />THEY HAVE SOIL AND WATER SAMPLES FROM AROUND THEIR PROPERTY. COMPLAINANT ALSO HAS PERSONAL HAIR AND URINE <br />SAMPLES. <br />PROPERTY INFORMATION <br />Property Name: <br />Site Location 13026 S VALLEY CREST DR <br /> District 004 - WINN, CHARLES <br />OAKDALE, CA 95361 <br /> Location Code 99- UNINCORPORATED AREA <br />Cross Street DANAE <br /> APN 20726023 <br />Complaint Status: <br />Date Abated <br /> <br />07 <br /> <br />Abated By: <br /> <br />Activity Summary Summary <br />Recorded by <br />ALANIZ <br />ALANIZ <br />Activity Date <br />04/14/2021 Reviewed complaint with Garrett Backus, lead senior. <br />04/20/2021 Called Joseph Rocha, DA's office, and left a message. <br />Called the Ag commissioner and spoke with Pauline. She connected me to her <br />supervisor, Augustine Diaz. He is the interim deputy for pesticide use <br />enforcement. Augustine said that the complainant ha called the department <br />multiple times over a several years. His inspector has not been unable to verify <br />any complaint received. I told him I would update him when I did a site visit. <br />Pauline's phone number is 209-986-0979 <br />Augustine's phone number is 209-482-4296 <br />Joseph's number is 209-468-3629 <br />04/21/2021 Called Joseph Rocha, DA's office, and discussed the case. He asked that I <br />refrain from investigating the complainant or the property until he completed his <br />investigative work. He said that he would send me an update when he had <br />completed it. Sent Joseph an email confirming the conversation from the phone <br />call. Discussed with Garrett Backus, lead senior. <br />ALANIZ <br />04/27/2021 Received a call from Joseph Rocha, DA's office, on 4/23/2021. ALANIZ <br />Called him back. Joseph said that he went out to the site with law enforcement <br />and did not find evidence of anything happening. He met with the property owner, <br />Jeff Freeman. Jeff informed Joseph that he only sprayed roundup on his yard. <br />Both the DA's and Agricultural Commissioner's office have been to the site. The <br />Ag Comm's office has been to the site multiple times over a several year period. <br />Neither department has discovered anything happening to verify the complaint. <br />Discussed with Garrett Backus and it was determined that I would not need to <br />conduct a site visit based on the information received. <br />5105.rpt <br /> Page 1 of 2