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The following areas and buildings were inspected: <br />1. EWSF <br />-Building 816 <br />-Magazine 2 <br />2. Process Area — Building 805 <br />3. Building 801 Flash X -Ray (FXR) Hydrodynamics Diagnostics Bunker and <br />Contained Firing Facility (CFF) <br />4. Explosive Waste Treatment Facility (EWTF) <br />5. Building 875 — Heavy Equipment Maintenance Area <br />6. Building 883 — Container Storage Area (CSA) <br />-90-Day Storage Area <br />-Permitted 1 -Year Storage Area <br />1. Explosive Waste Storage Facility (EWSF) <br />The inspectors were driven to the EWSF which is comprised of one corrugated building <br />and approximately four magazines. <br />Building 816 <br />Building 816 is prefabricated metal <br />building measuring approximately 1,000 <br />square feet. Site 300's current HWFP <br />allows up to 9,240 gallons of D003, F002, <br />F005 and F006 hazardous waste to be <br />stored in the building. When the <br />inspectors arrived at Building 816 they <br />were introduced to Mr. Pat Gallagher, a <br />Hazardous Waste Technician, responsible <br />for the building and magazines. <br />Inside the building, the inspectors <br />observed 16 closed 55 -gallon <br />containers/drums (see photograph to the <br />right) with accumulation start <br />dates of no longer than 246 days (or 8 months) prior to the day of the inspection (oldest <br />drum was dated 3/17/10). The containers were all labeled as containing lab waste <br />contaminated with various formulations of explosives and were marked as reactive and <br />toxic and delineated whether the contents were liquid or solid. According to the facility <br />representatives, the contents in these containers would be selectively taken for treatment <br />in one of the units of the HWTF on-site prior to the one year deadline. <br />The inspectors observed that the eyewash/shower unit was operable and unlocked, fire <br />extinguishers and a telephone were located nearby, and an adequately equipped spill kit <br />5 <br />