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/ <br /> Complaint Investigation Summary Report#:5105 <br /> COMPLAINT ID: C00054992 Site Location: 1805 HARBOR ST <br /> Received by: EE0003600 BLACKWELL Received Date: 6/20/2022 Complaint Received AGENCY REFERRAL <br /> Assigned To. EE0009850 ERNEST Assigned Date: 6/20/2022 <br /> Program/Element Code 2200-HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR PROGRAM <br /> Nature of complaint: <br /> COMPLAINANT STATES THIS FACILITY IS POLLUTING THE AIR AND WATER WITH COPPER CONCENTRATE.COMPLAINANT STATES RAIN AND V <br /> CARRY THE COPPER CONCENTRATE INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER THROUGH THE STORM WATER SYSTEM.COMPLAINANT STATES THE <br /> MATERIAL IS REMOVED FROM RAIL CARS IN OPEN AIR, NOT IN WAREHOUSE WATER AND THERE IS MATERIAL ALL OVER THE GROUND WHICI <br /> GETS INTO THE STORM WATER SYSTEM.COMPLAINANT STATES THE MATERIAL KILLS SALMON AND IS HORRENDOUS TO MARINE LIFE. <br /> COMPLAINANT STATES THERE ARE NO AIR PERMITS FOR THE MATERIAL NOR ARE THERE WATER PERMITS FOR HANDLING THE MATERIAL 11, <br /> OPEN AIR.COMPLAINANT STATES NO WAREHOUSE STORM WATER STORM WATER,DIRECT POLLUTION INTO THE RIVER.COMPLAINANT <br /> OBSERVED THIS DURING A FISHING TRIP AND INVESTIGATED FURTHER.COMPLAINT#COMP-54242 <br /> COMPLAINT ID aDg8z000001NpAAM <br /> PROPERTY INFORMATION <br /> Property Name: <br /> Site Location 1805 1IARBOR ST District 001 -VILLAPUDUA.MIGUEL <br /> STOCKTON,CA 95203 Location Code 01 -STOCKTON <br /> Cross Street FRESNO APN 14502005 <br /> Complaint Status: d S <br /> Date Abated: 22–/20 ZZ Abated By: f s-,e S <br /> Activity Summary <br /> Activity Date Recorded by <br /> 06/20/2022 Reviewed documents sent by Backus, Garrett[EHD] <gbackus@sjgov.org> ERNEST <br /> indicating a hazardous waste complaint due to minerals like copper leaching into <br /> the water at penny newman. <br /> 06/21/2022 Reviewed smarts.waterboards.ca.gov database for industrial stormwater permits. BACKUS <br /> Found active permit under Penny Newman Grain, 1805 Harbor Blvd. 2022 <br /> stormwater sampling and analysis included with this permit information showed <br /> copper levels well below hazardous waste levels. City of Stockton stormwater <br /> inspection 4-18-22 did not find any issues. <br /> 06/21/2022 Inspected site with Fred Ernest. Met plant manager Robert Mentelos and Tyler BACKUS <br /> Coons on site and conducted routine hazardous waste and complaint inspections. <br /> Mineral ore that is refined for copper, silver and gold content(according to Robert <br /> and Tyler) is shipped into the site by rail and is unloaded onto the ground and <br /> stored under a roof. Periodically the ore is transported by truck about 1/8 mile and <br /> loaded onto ships for transport overseas to smelters. Water is used for dust <br /> supression during wind events and when the material is moved around. The ship <br /> loading process uses a dedicated conveyor. Tarps are used to collect any spillage <br /> during ship loading. Storm drains near the ore storage are either permanently <br /> plugged or they drain to a storm water separator system. The separator system <br /> collects the light and heavy fractions. These light and heavy fractions are hauled <br /> from the site as hazardous waste. Approximately 40 tons was hauled from the site <br /> in 2021 as non-RCRA California code 223 waste. The water layer is discharged to <br /> San Joaquin River under an industrial storm water permit(found on the smarts <br /> waterboard website). <br /> The mineral ore was stored on-site several hundred feet from the San Joaquin <br /> River. No discharge of the material was observed to the waterway. No ship loading <br /> was taking place during the inspection. <br /> Unable to verify complaint. <br /> 5105.rpt Page 1 of 2 <br />