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<br />LL Hazardous Waste Ex Program <br />February 2020 4 San Joaquin County <br /> PWD-Solid Waste <br />materials, and license plate number of the responsible party if known. The incident is <br />documented in the vehicle log and site special occurrence log. <br /> <br />Depending on the cost associated with handling the prohibited material, the customer <br />may be contacted by telephone by the site foreman and informed that the customer is <br />responsible for proper disposal of prohibited waste and that the customer may return to <br />the site within 48 hours and remove such waste from the site. If the prohibited material <br />can be accepted at another County facility such as the North County Recycling Center <br />or the Household Hazardous Waste Consolidation Facility, the customer will be <br />informed of these options. Otherwise, the customer is referred to the San Joaquin <br />County Environmental Department to obtain information on proper disposal of the <br />materials. <br /> <br />If the customer does not return to the site and remove the prohibited waste, the <br />customer is contacted again and told that the County will have a licensed hazardous <br />waste hauler remove the materials from the site and dispose of the material at a <br />licensed facility and that the customer will be billed for the cost of disposal. <br /> <br />If the waste is a spill, or is not containerized such that it may be transported, transfer <br />station workers will mark off the area with traffic cones and divert unloading operations <br />away from that area. The customer is contacted by the site foreman and informed of <br />the situation. Since the waste may not be transported except by a licensed hazardous <br />waste hauler, the customer is informed that he will be billed for removal and disposal <br />costs. The incident is recorded in the load checker’s log and the site incident log, and <br />the site foreman then follows the procedures in “Procedures for Handling Identified <br />Hazardous Waste. <br /> <br />If the customer denies responsibility for the waste, then Step C (below) will be followed. <br />Also, the site foreman will report the incident to the Solid Waste Officer for investigation <br />and follow up. <br /> <br />C. Load checker or other refuse worker finds prohibited waste for which the responsible <br />party is unknown: <br />