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#3 A 55 gallon drum of hazardous waste had an expired <br /> accumulation date, and another drum had no accumulation <br /> date indicated. <br /> #4 Employee training records were inadequate. <br /> #5 Several hazardous waste manifests lacked the accompanying <br /> return copy signed by the disposal facility, and no <br /> exception report was filed. <br /> VIII.OBSERVATIONS: <br /> Mr. Trevena and I arrived at Newark at approximately 10: 00 <br /> a.m. Upon arrival we met Mr. David Baker, Environmental and <br /> Technical Services Manager. Mr. Baker indicated we would <br /> first meet briefly with Mr. Mike Rogge, Regional Director of <br /> Environmental and Governmental Affairs. We all met and <br /> discussed the purpose of our inspection in Mr. Rogge's office. <br /> After obtaining permission to perform the inspection, Mr. <br /> Baker led Mr. Trevena and I through the facility for our <br /> inspection. <br /> We first observed the area around the 220, 000 gallon <br /> underground storage tank to the east of the facility. This <br /> tank supplies #6 fuel oil, through an underground pipeline, to <br /> "day tanks" in the courtyard of the facility. The Central <br /> Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board had issued a <br /> variance for this tank. In this vicinity we noted three <br /> monitoring wells that are, according to Mr. Baker, sampled <br /> approximately once per year. Newark also has a NPDES permit <br /> that allows for discharge of process water into the ditch to <br /> the east of the tank. <br /> we then inspected the "day tanks" in the courtyard. In this <br /> area, we observed soil contamination resulting from the <br /> "compressor blow down" . Mr. Baker indicated he would be <br /> speaking with staff and Mr. Rogge to modify the system to <br /> eliminate spillage in the future. <br /> The next area we saw was the truck shop used for the <br /> maintenance of the fork lifts. The shop generates waste oil, <br /> waste solvent, waste oil filters, and a small number of <br /> batteries. In the shop we found a drum of hazardous waste <br /> with no accumulation date. <br /> We then went through the dry and liquid chemical storage area. <br /> It was this room where we found a bucket draining waste oil <br /> into a 55 gallon drum without a label. Mr. Baker informed us <br /> that this was gear case oil from the machinery. <br /> Next we observed the dye storage area, #2 Beater room where <br /> pulp is mixed with hot water, and then to the paper machine <br /> that Mr. Baker called the pit conveyer. Mr. Baker informed us <br />