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Complaint Investigation Summary <br />COMPLAINT ID: COOTAH6UF Site Location: 6540 S AUSTIN RD, STOCKTON, CA 95215 <br />Received by: EE0009856 PRESTO <br /> <br />Received Date: 5/2/2022 Complaint Received Via: PHONE <br />Assigned To: EE0009856 PRESTO <br /> Assigned Date: 5/2/2022 <br />Program/Element Code 2546 - Release/Spill Response (excluding Joint Team) <br />Nature of complaint: <br />A PALLET ABOVE TWO IBC TOTES SHIFTED DURING TRANSIT AND PUNCTURED SODIUM HYDROXIDE TOTES <br />PROPERTY INFORMATION <br />Property Name: BNSF RAILWAY <br />Site Location 6540 S AUSTIN RD <br />STOCKTON, CA 95215 <br />Cross Street ARCH RD <br /> <br />District 004 - WINN, CHARLES <br /> <br />Location Code 99 - UNINCORPORATED AREA <br /> <br />APN 18109023 <br /> <br />Complaint Status: 0 -cJ Fcic e, rupcirisq <br />Date Abated: 102;4_` Abated By: prQc-to <br />Activity Summary <br />Activity Date Recorded by <br />05/02/2022 Received a spill report for a 1-gallon spill of sodium hydroxide. Called the reporting PRESTO <br />party, BNSF. Spoke with Cisco Sanchez who stated that the spill occured on <br />4/28/2022 and they are unsure how this release notification was missed. He said <br />the clean up has already been completed and no waterways were impacted. <br />Asked more questions regarding the clean up but he was unsure the answers. He <br />provided John Brainard's email address to get answers from. <br />Sent John an email verifying the cause of the spill, how much spilled, confirmation <br />that it was sodium hydroxide, how the spill was cleaned and by who, how the spill <br />was disposed of and photos of the spill and disposal record copy. <br />05/03/2022 Created complaint. PRESTO <br />Received email from John Brainard, BNSF LARS Manager <br />(johntrainard@bnsf.com) who said that a pallet above IBC totes shifted and <br />punctured the totes. He also stated that 1 gallon spilled on the facility but <br />approximately 120-gallons were missing from the container. The waste generated <br />was classified as hazardous and was cleaned by US Ecology. He does not have a <br />copy of the disposal records as he is waiting for it from US Ecology. Emailed John <br />back asking if he knows the responsible party, what happened to the other <br />119-gallons if only 1-gallon spilled on their facility. <br />05/04/2022 Discussed with program coordinator the amount released in Stockton versus the PRESTO <br />amount released from the tote and what to report on the Prop 65. <br />05/04/2022 Received email from John Brainard, BNSF Load and Ride Solutions Manager, PRESTO <br /><John.Brainard@BNSF.com> to ask US Ecology - Carlos Sanchez for clean up <br />information and disposal records and that the 119-gallons missing from the tote <br />was "spread between the Stockton Facility & origin in Chicago". Emailed him back <br />to please update the spill report with this information about the release amount. <br />Also asked if he had contact information for Carlos Sanchez with US Ecology. <br />Generated Prop65. Placed in mailing bin. Printed documents for packet. <br />Report #: 5105 <br />51carpt <br />Page 1 of 2