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Environmental Health Department Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act Inspection Report Date: February 22, 2022 Facility Address: 20451 MCHENRY AVE, ESCALON Facility Name: LIONUDAKIS FIREWOOD SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS (CLASS I, CLASS II, or MINOR - Notice to Comply) RemarksItem # 624 CFR 112.7(g) Plan failed to address security of site and valves, lock out/tag out, and lighting. OBSERVATION: The Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan did not include a discussion of required security measures. Lighting was not discussed as a security measure in the SPCC plan. REGULATION GUIDANCE: (g) Describe in your Plan how you secure and control access to the oil handling, processing and storage areas; secure master flow and drain valves; prevent unauthorized access to starter controls on oil pumps; secure out-of-service and loading/unloading connections of oil pipelines; and address the appropriateness of security lighting to both prevent acts of vandalism and assist in the discovery of oil discharges. CORRECTIVE ACTION: Ensure that the SPCC plan adequately addresses the following security measures: lighting. Provide proof of correction to the EHD. This is a repeat violation, Class II. 712 CFR 112.7(e), 112.8(c)(6) Failed to perform scheduled tank tests or inspections by appropriately qualified personnel. OBSERVATION: Facility failed to ensure that tanks are inspected and tested by an appropriately qualified person in accordance with industry standards. - Monthly Inspection are not being done on portable containers. - Monthly and annual inspection are not being done on fixed storage containers. - The external formal inspection for the two 20,000 gallons diesel tanks were due in 2020 and were not performed. REGULATION GUIDANCE: 112.8(c)(6) Test or inspect each aboveground container for integrity on a regular schedule and whenever you make material repairs. You must determine, in accordance with industry standards, the appropriate qualifications for personnel performing tests and inspections, the frequency and type of testing and inspections, which take into account container size, configuration, and design (such as containers that are: shop-built, field-erected, skid-mounted, elevated, equipped with a liner, double-walled, or partially buried). Examples of these integrity tests include, but are not limited to: visual inspection, hydrostatic testing, radiographic testing, ultrasonic testing, acoustic emissions testing, or other systems of non-destructive testing. You must keep comparison records and you must also inspect the container's supports and foundations. In addition, you must frequently inspect the outside of the container for signs of deterioration, discharges, or accumulation of oil inside diked areas. Records of inspections and tests kept under usual and customary business practices satisfy the recordkeeping requirements of this paragraph. 112.7(e) Inspections, tests, and records. Conduct inspections and tests required by this part in accordance with written procedures that you or the certifying engineer develop for the facility. You must keep these written procedures and a record of the inspections and tests, signed by the appropriate supervisor or inspector, with the SPCC Plan for a period of three years. Records of inspections and tests kept under usual and customary business practices will suffice for purposes of this paragraph. CORRECTIVE ACTION: Immediately ensure that all tanks are inspected and tested by an appropriately qualified person in accordance with industry standards. Submit proof of correction/ test results to the EHD. This is a Class II violation. FA0010254 PR0523036 SC001 02/22/2022 EHD 28-01 Rev. 12/06/2021 Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act OIRPage 7 of 9 1868 E. Hazelton Avenue | Stockton, California 95205 | T 209 468-3420 | F 209 464-0138 | www.sjgov.org/EHD