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Complaint Investigation Summary Report # 5105 COMPLAINT ID: COVEGSHNN Site Location: 3031 NAVY DR Activity Summary Activity Date Recorded by 01/15/2021 Received an update from Michael Anderson via email. The sump and rocks will be MURO cleaned up and ready to be verified by Tuesday (Jan. 19). I asked if the storm drain line will be addressed. Michael said they will be rinsed out. 01/15/2021 Prepared email for other inspector who will be verifying the storm drain cleanup on MURO Jan 19 with map and photos. 01/19/2021 Went to site and met with Michael Anderson to verify clean-up of rocks, storm BAKER drain and sump. Clean-up took place on on 1/18/21. Clean-up of rocks, storm drain and sump appear to be complete. No odor was observed at site. No visible evidence of a spill observed. Both storm drains were dry with no liquid. Approximately 150 gallons of liquid was pumped out of sump initially. After clean up of the lines an additional 150 gallons of liquid was pumped out of the sump. Both storm drain lines to the sump were rinsed out. Rocks were cleaned off with water. Waste generated has been removed from site as off-spec material. Returned to office. Completed photo log and updated Claudia Muro (REHS) on clean-up. 01/19/2021 Called Lydia Baker (EHD) to brief her on the complaint. MURO Received update on the cleanup of the storm drain line and sump from Lydia. 01/20/2021 Contacted Michael Anderson (Yara) for follow-up on farmer information. Michael MURO reported that he will be meeting with operations this afternoon and will ask for the information. 01/25/2021 Emailed Jon Brower (SJC Ag Comissioner's Office) at jbrower@sjgov.org MURO regarding the facility's sale of off-spec fertilizer product to a farmer. Asked if the practice is accepted. 01/25/2021 Updated Elena Manzo on current complaint status. MURO 01/26/2021 Received an email response from Jon Brower (jbrower@sjgov.org) on 01-26-2021. Jon's response was that it (the practice by Yara paying a farmer to take rinsate as off-spec product) seems like normal farming practice. Ag Commissioner's office does not have any regulatory authority over pesticides unless they are registered with the EPA, which we isn't this case. He further added, if the farmer is willing to take it, it seems beneficial that the fertilizer is used rather than treated as waste. MURO 01/27/2021 Updated Elena Manzo on Jon Brower's response to farmer's use of the off-spec MURO fertilizer water mixture. Emailed her a pdf of the email thread. 02/03/2021 Updated Elena Manzo on current complaint status. MURO 02/08/2021 Emailed Michael Anderson requesting status update. Michael replied and stated: MURO The test came back from the soil samples. They will be disposing the soil as non-hazardous waste. He will follow up on the liquid disposition. 03/22/2021 Sent email to Michael Anderson requesting copy of lab report, a written statement MURO to document the disposition of the fertilizer/water mixture, and disposal records. 5105. rpt Page 3 of 6