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f <br /> STATE O CALIFORNIA—HEALTH AND WELFARE AGEN�'r I EDMUND G. BROWN JR.,Governor <br /> OCT 24 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES <br /> 714/744 P STREET - <br /> SACRAMENTO,CA 95814 SAN .1C ' `11N LOCAL <br /> (916) 322-2337 i-IEALTH DISTRICT October 23, 1978 <br /> Mr. G. J. Basso, V.P. <br /> Forward, Inc. <br /> P.O. Box 6336 <br /> Stockton, CA 95206 <br /> Dear Mr. Basso: <br /> Samples taken of the FMC Co. waste deposited at the Forward Landfill were <br /> analyzed by our Berkeley Laboratory. The results (of two separate samples) <br /> showed 7,013 and 716 ppm soluble barium. This confirms that this material <br /> is hazardous. <br /> Because of this high soluble barium content, the Department requires you to <br /> immediately perform the following measures at the end of each working day: <br /> (1) . assure that all FMC waste material received at the site is placed <br /> in the pit below surface level . (Presently the trucks are <br /> dumping the waste around the edge of the pit, leaving mounds as <br /> high as six feet above ground level .) <br /> (2) . provide a cover of three inches of clean earth over the FMC waste, <br /> or wet the waste sufficiently to prevent this material from becoming <br /> airborne. (The wetting should be done so as not to violate Waste <br /> Discharge Requirements of the Regional Water Quality Control Board.) <br /> Your Hazardous Waste Facility Permit which is now in process may include other <br /> conditions than these. The above should be instituted immediately as a public <br /> health measure. <br /> Please contact us if you have any questions. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Harvey F. Collins, Ph.D. <br /> Acting Chief <br /> Hazardous Materials Management Section <br /> cc: Mr. R. L. Val inoti , R.S.Al—, <br /> San Joaquin Local Health District I <br /> 1601 E. Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, CA 95201 <br /> Mr. D. F. Bowlin <br /> FMC Corporation <br /> P.O. Box 3808 <br /> Modesto, CA 95352 <br />