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Complaint Investigation Summary Report # 5105 COMPLAINT ID: C00043251 Site Location: 833 E EIGHTH ST Activity Summary Activity Date Recorded by 04/10/2017 Received spill notification 17-2719 at 12:15 am. RUVALCABA The Union Pacific Critical Call Center (888-877-7267) was called at 12:37 PM. Spoke with Alicia who had to call back in order to be vetted by the company. Alicia stated the following: It was a historical release (she was not familiar with what the internal phrase meant). There were 6 stored locomotives and the retention tanks had been leaking for an unknown amount of time and released an unknown amount water and oil mixture onto the ground, was unable to verify if concrete or soil. NRC was in route to perform clean up and where about 3 hours out. There were no waterways impacted. I was given Paul HoIts cell phone number (916) 540-0496 as the local Hazardous Materials Manager and was told he would have more information. After discussing the matter with Elena, I was referred to call Mike Alagado (916) 580-9999, another Pacific Railroad Hazmat Manager. Mike was called at 01:06 PM and he made similar statements as Alicia in addition he stated that historical spill refers to a spill that could not be attributed to a particular point in time or incident. NRC was to remove the liquid from the retention tanks and clean up affected areas of "staining". At 01:14 PM, Warden Rodriguez, from the Department of Fish and Wildlife called and wanted to know if we would be on site soon. He was notified that we were planning to be on site today. He requested that we notify him if we did or did not go at (408) 210-3882. He was planning to go the next day or the day after that. At about 01:16 PM Paul Holt was called. He made similar statements as Mike and Alicia. In addition he stated the initial report was made by the area environmental manager who noticed light dripping from the retention tanks on the locomotives. The retention tanks overfilled because of the recent rains and the leak was coming from the retention tank valves. The leak was over the track ballast (gravel), the plan was to shovel it and any contaminated soil that may have been affected. The depth and magnitude of the contamination would have to be determined by NRC, once on site. There was an area that was about 1 foot by 1 foot where the staining on the ballast occurred. The waste will remain on site until it is profiled. There is still some leaking occurring and waiting for NRC to empty the retention tanks. Travel time to site and back to office was approximately 15 minutes. 04/10/2017 Prop 65 preperation. RUVALCABA 04/11/2017 I completed the narrative for the incident and discussed with Cesar the update on SAEED the incident. At 3:23pm Paul called and told me that all the locomotive will be moved out tonight and NRC will be there at 06:00 am tomorrow morning to do the cleanup. Paul told me that they will not start back filling until we approve the cleanup. I discussed the update with Cesar. I transfered the incident photos to my computer. I created a photo paged and labeled the photos. Scott Halkman with Arcadis left a voicemail at 4:59pm and said that he will be coming tomorrow around 09:30 am to UPRR rail yard for the cleanup, and he will be the contact. Scott also said that he will call tomorrow morning to let me know that he is going to the yard. 5105.rpt Page 2 of 5