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'INSPECTION REPORT by Kasey FZvey Date of inspection: April 21, 1995 Location of inspection: R.V. Circuits 916 S. Center Street Stockton, CA pri People present at facility: Art Smith, former owner of RV Circuits John Hinkle, current property owner Michael Kith, PHS-EHD Kasey Foley, PHS-EHD David Irey, DA's Office Arrived at facility at approximately 9:15 a.m. and found Art Smith and John Hinkle waiting for Laidlaw. Mr. Smith said Laidlaw was coming over to give him a bid for the disposal of all hazardous waste left onsite at the facility. Michael Kith and I went inside the facility with Mr. Smith and Mr. Hinkle to look at the equipment that Mr. Smith wants to take back with him to R. J. Enterprises in Nevada. Mr. Smith had a "Brat IIP' Developer unit, which previously contained a 3% Potassium carbonate solution, cleaned and ready for transport. Mr. Smith also showed us an etchant unit that he wanted to transport to the same location, but this unit was obviously covered with a copper solution of some kind. Mr. Smith stated that the unit held an ammoniated etchant, which Mr. Smith referred to as "mean stuff" (which he explained meant that it smelled like ammonia) and the outside of the unit was according to Mr. Smith "... covered in copper crystals which had to be wiped off, which was hard to do because there was no water in the facility." This left a blue smear all over the equipment which gave the appearance that the equipment was not clean, at least not clean enough to transport. I mentioned this to Mr. Smith and he said he was aware that the equipment needed to be cleaned up prior to transporting it. Mr. Smith then asked if I was going to let him transport any of it. I explained to Mr. Smith that I was only onsite in the place of Doug Wilson who was off today and that I did not feel comfortable making a decision like that. I did tell Mr. Smith that I would call DTSC and ask someone there what they thought of the idea (Was it legal to transport a piece of equipment that held a chemical solution to another location to hold the same chemical solution?) The amount of hazardous waste removed from the Bratt III Developer unit, including cleaning the unit, amounted to 55 gallons and was placed in an unlabeled 55-gallon drum. This drum is still in the room from which the Developer unit was removed along with a tank that is holding approximately 30-40 gallons of potassium carbonate waste mixed with photosensitive polymers. The amount of hazardous waste removed from the ammoniated etchant unit filled two, unlabeled, covered in copper solution, 55-gallon drums. I asked Mr. Smith if Laidlaw was also going to clean up the floor in the processing room and he said no they are only going to haul the hazardous waste. 1