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Rob Ashe July 14, 2021 MFS Stockton 1325 El Pinal Drive Stockton, CA 95205 Forward Landfill Response 7/8/21 Mr. Ashe, I was contacted by my office on 7/8/21 that MFS Stockton had improperly disposed of chemical containers in the Forward Landfill. At 1130 hours I contacted a Fire Captain from the Lathrop Fire Department on site. He informed me of his findings. And that there were two areas that had possible liquid contamination. I also spoke with Elianna Florido with the San Joaquin Environmental Health Department. I then contacted Chad & JT to determine what the containers were. I was told the containers had been rinsed out but were not aware that they had been placed in the trash bin. At 1200 hours I departed for the landfill and arrived at 1400 hours. In route I contact Chad to meet me at the site and bring the SDS's. (MFS to provide SDS's to County Health if requested)) At that point, on site I contacted Ruben with the Forward Landfill and we were escorted to the area where the containers where located. We found 24 - 55 gal drums (1 was crushed) and 72 - 5 gal containers (1 was crushed). I also observed a small wet spot at the off-load site that was reported to me by the Fire Captain that it had a pH of 12-14. I also observed a small wet spot where the FD had set up there decon. The temperature was 104 degrees so most of the water had evaporated. With the landfills permission we moved the containers to a safe staging area. (See attached picture). Once the containers were staged, we removed the impacted soil areas each being 1 foot by 1 foot by 6 inches deep and placed the soil into (2) plastic bags. Visual inspection of the 2 sites showed no further removal action is required. We departed the site at 1700 hours with the understanding that All Clean would return the next day to complete the cleanup. 7/9/21 I arrived on site at 0700 hours. 0800 hours my crew arrived. 2 Environmental technicians in truck 12 and a DOT Driver in truck 11. 0845 hours we completed securing the containers with caps a bungs. 0900 hours Elena Manzo with San Joaquin County Environmental Health arrived, and I reviewed my plan to transport the secured containers back to MFS Stockton on a straight bill of lading to be reworked for proper disposal. We were told to stand by while she confirmed with her superiors that what I proposed was legal. 0935 hours received authorization to proceed as long as MFS Stockton manage any residual liquids as product. (See attached correspondence) 0945 started wipe down of all containers.