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Complaint Investigation Summary Report #: 5105 COMPLAINT ID: C00054015 Site Location: 9999 S AUSTIN RD Activity Summary Activity Date Recorded by incident area in order to determine what the clean-up crew needs to begin the clean-up on 7/9/2021, instead of today due to night-time safety concerns for the clean-up crew. Requested Terry to give me a call once he is on-site and has assessed the area. Terry agreed. Began generating Notice To Abate. At 1:48pm, called and spoke to Jason Torres, Metal Finishing Solutions Operations Manager (209-990-9395) and informed him that I will be sending him the Notice To Abate for this spill and EHD may be issuing the facility an in-office inspection report for the illegal dumping of hazardous waste at the landfill. Informed Jason that the EHD will need to be notified prior to the clean-up being completed so that EHD can be on-site to verify the clean-up is complete. Jason agreed. Emailed Jason (jtorres@mfinish.com) the Notice To Abate. At 2:19pm, received a call from Terry stating the drums and containers are legally empty and that tomorrow he plans to conduct the spill clean-up, and transport the drums to a facility that recycles drums. Informed Terry that if any amount of material can be poured out of a container, then the container is not considered empty in California. Terry stated that the drums can release "drips." Informed Terry again that if any amount can be poured out of the container, it is not considered empty and a hazardous waste determination would need to be made on the material. Terry stated he would consolidate the chemicals into seven different containers according to each chemical's "chemistry." Informed Terry that he must be careful not to mix incompatible materials. Terry confirmed that all of the above regarding the clean-up would begin tomorrow morning and that EHD would be informed prior to clean-up completion in order to verify the clean-up on-site. At 3:23pm received a call from Terry stating he excavated the spill area and placed the soil into plastic bags, and that he lined the drums and containers up according to each container's chemistry in a different area in between two heavy pieces of equipment. Terry stated he excavated a1ftx1ftx6 inch area where the spill occurred near the drums and another 1 ftx1 ftx6 inch area in the decon area. Terry stated the soil and a crushed sodium hydroxide drum, which Terry stated was the drum buried beneath garbage, will be placed in an over-pack drum and disposed of as hazardous waste on a uniform hazardous waste manifest. Terry also stated that the sixty-two 5-gallon containers were for a material called Gardobond. Terry stated he would provide the safety data sheet for each material in the drums and containers. Terry stated the materials in the drums and containers still need to be consolidated into seven different containers according to each material's chemistry. Reminded Terry that he was supposed to call me before he began excavation so that I could be on-site. Requested Terry to send me photos of the excavated area and the containers. Terry agreed to send me photos. At 3.37pm Terry called me stating that the landfill has buried the excavation area with garbage. Called and left a message for Ruben Ramirez. Called the landfill main number, but no one answered and I was unable to leave a voice message. Updated Natalia Subbotnikova, Solid Waste Unit Ld Sr, regarding the complaint status. Generated Prop 65. 5105.rpt Page 3 of 9