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HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS May 5 , 1982 Page Sixteen Footnotes 1) We are aware of only one instance of materials being placed in the site contrary to the permits. This was the placing of a limited amount of cannery waste at the site. This was done in response to a request from the County Agricultural Commissioner, and was approved by the Local Health Department as an emergency measure during the Med-fly crisis. Again, this was being done to aid the farmers. 2) The attorney for the Farm Bureau Federation has demanded access to Forward' s private records. Considering the fact there is no right to inspect a private company' s private records, and that there are various public records accessible to him and that the impartiality of the Farm Bureau is rather seriously in question, this was refused. He has also demanded access to the site - this was also refused, for the same reasons, and for the additional reason that it would be a violation of the use permit. The general public is not permitted on the site. 3) Dreisback, Handbook of Poisoning, Sixth Edition, pages 164-165. This is equivalent to saying that no one should drink water, because hydrogen is an explosive, and, after all, water is made of hydrogen and oxygen. 4) This letter is typical of misleading calculations, since no cadmium was accepted. 5) We have, since preparing this letter, received (on may 4 , 1982) an additional report from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board - Central Valley Region, and a further communication from Mr. Konig and Mr. Baier. These are reponded to in the appendices to this letter. 6) The cited provisions of the Health and Safety Code are in Chapter 6. 5, §§25100 and following. Health & Safety Code §25148 refers to Class I sites; however, the Hazardous Waste Facility Permit issued to Forward, Inc. requires the site to conform to Chapter 6. 5. Your report of March 4, 1982 shows this chapter as being applicable law.