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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD . CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> 3201 S Street Sacramento, California 95816 Phone: 445-0270 <br /> TO: Antonia Vorster, Senior Engineer FROM: Daniel Ward <br /> Lawrence Pearson, Sup. Engineer Area Engineer <br /> DATE: 13 January 1986 SIGNATURE: _ �� �'C� '� (+ (C/e j <br /> SUBJECT: KEARNEY - KPF GALVANIZING SHOP, STOCKTON <br /> I met with Mr. Donald Peterson and Mr. Fred Pelot on 23 December 1985 regarding <br /> Kearney - KPF's compliance with the Toxic Pits Cleanup Act. At that meeting Mr. <br /> Peterson told me that for the past 13 years, up until June 1985, they had been <br /> discharging their acid, base and rinse water to an unlined pit near the fa- <br /> cility. A chemical analysis they produced showed the following concentrations: <br /> Constituent "Acid Dilution" "Oakite" "Strip Undil ." <br /> Iron, mg/l 16,000 4.4 26,000 <br /> Zinc, mg/l 52,000 12 75,000 <br /> Lead, mg/1 180 1.4 250 <br /> pH 0.2 12.8 < 0.1 <br /> Cooling water from another building and water from a well on-site showed <br /> 'none detected' for the metals and a pH of 8.0 and 8.2, respectively. <br /> The pertinent chronology of the discharge, according to Mr. Peterson, is as <br /> follows: <br /> 1972 KPF electric began discharge of acid, base, and rinse water to a <br /> pit behind their galvanizing shop. <br /> Jun 1984 Kearney Co. bought KPF Electric. Their new name is Kearney - <br /> KPF. <br /> Jun 1985 Kearney - KPF received Toxic Pits Cleanup Act letter. <br /> 4 Jun 1985 Kearney - KPF ceased discharge to pit. <br /> 1 Sep 1985 Peterson takes over as Plant Manager. <br /> I informed Mr. Peterson that he was subject to the TPCA and he would be required <br /> to complete the form that we sent him and send it and $1,500 to us before 1 <br /> January 1986. I also informed him that I viewed the situation as very serious <br /> due to the pH and metals having possible direct access to the ground water. I <br />