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Complaint Investigation Summary <br /> Report #: 5105 <br />COMPLAINT ID: COYTZUOUG Site Location: 6540 S AUSTIN RD, STOCKTON <br />Received by: EE0009842 SAETERN <br /> Received Date: 12/1/2021 Complaint Received Via: PHONE <br />Assigned To: EE0009842 SAETERN <br /> Assigned Date: 12/1/2021 <br />Program/Element Code 2546- Release/Spill Response (excluding Joint Team) <br />Nature of complaint: <br />APPROXIMATELY 200 GALLONS OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE - LIQUID LEAKED ONTO THE CHASSIS FROM CHICAGO TO STOCKTON, <br />APPROXIMATELY 100 GALLONS LEFT OVER <br />PROPERTY INFORMATION <br />Property Name: BNSF <br />Site Location 6540 S AUSTIN RD <br />STOCKTON, CA 95215 <br /> <br />District 001 - VILLAPUDUA, MIGUEL <br /> <br />Location Code 01 - STOCKTON <br /> <br />APN 18109023 Cross Street <br /> <br />Complaint Status: <br />Date Abated: 11 bit 2.0 Abated By: qe49-- oaelern <br />Activity Summary <br />Activity Date Recorded by <br />12/01/2021 On site to verify clean up. Clean up was adequate. PH of pit was 7. 85 gallons (2 NSO <br />drums) of contaminated liquid waste and 900 pounds (2 drums) of contaminated <br />solid waste was generated form the clean up operation. E mailed photos of clean <br />up, manifest an waste labels to Kristina. <br />12/01/2021 Arrived on-site with Elena Manzo, Lead REHS. Met with Dewayne Liles, Project SAETERN <br />Manager 1 of US Ecology, who stated the pH of the spilled liquid was 13. <br />Observed shipping container (RNLU100129) was unloaded and rinsed with water <br />and wiped down with rags. The 250 gallon tote was placed into the leaker pit to be <br />cleaned. Per Juan Ramirez, US Ecology cleaner, a 250 gallon tote containing <br />sodium hypochlorite had a punctured a fourth way from the bottom caused by a <br />metal rod inside the shipping container. Two blue 55 gallon drums contained rinset <br />and two blue 55 gallon drums contained rags and other solids placed in the leaker <br />pit. Crew member pH the cleaned surface to be 11. Removed all sign of <br />contamination inside the container, underneath the container and inside the leaker <br />pit. Notified EHD to visit the site to verify clean up. John Brainard indicated the <br />container was taken off the train and took to park when leak was detected. The <br />container was immediately brought to the leaker pit area. <br />Clean up all released material and dispose of it under all appropriate waste <br />manifesting and waste disposal laws and regulations. The disposal of any <br />hazardous waste, or the causing thereof, is prohibited when the disposal is at a <br />facility which is not permitted or authorized for hazardous waste disposal. [HSC <br />25189.5 (a).] Please be aware that all hazardous waste shall be disposed of under <br />appropriate hazardous waste manifesting procedure [HSC 25160 (b)(3)]. Make a <br />hazardous waste determination for all waste materials and dispose of them as <br />required, and provide proof of correction and copies of waste disposal records to <br />the EHD. <br />Generated PROP 65. Signed and gave to Elena Manzo, Lead REHS, who signed. <br />Hand it to Genesis Martinez to be scanned and mail. <br />12/02/2021 Site visit with K. Saetern to verify clean up, please see K. Saetern narrative for MANZO <br />more details. <br />12/02/2021 Received photos from Paul Nso, EHS. Generated photo log. SAETERN <br />Generated Prop65. Handed to Genesis Martinez, Office Assistant. <br />5105.rpt <br /> Page 1 of 2