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t ■• M Yx, raw +a �^ Pacific Southwest Irrigation (PSTJI) Fact Sheet W eldon Products Adhe ves and Glues- No Treatment on site is allowed. Re: Weldon Products eans that Weldon products can not be left opened with any product Response to: All containers must have lids kept on unless product is taken out of San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department ntainer or produc is placed back into the container and all WeldonP ners mus[ be used up to the last drop. Remember, use the productSite Inspection—December 26,2015 ontainer residue is negligible or none. When the container is empty,can be recycled or placed into Waste or metal recycling containers. Ifve questions and/or need further information, then consult the If Examples Pictured below—in violation of Company Practices Sheet, talk with your Supervisor and/or consult with the company Safety Coordinator for the best and safe practices concerning Weldon Products or The pictures below are examples of Weldon Chemical Products containers any other company materials. that are in violation of company policies. t. Weldon containers can not have lid off with product inside. Typicall Weldon Products are located for sale inside Parts 2. Weldon Products can not be mixed together. Warehouse,Service Trucks,Job Sites and prefabrication onsite 3. No Weldon Product Is to be poured on the ground. installations prior to being taken to Installs,etc. 4. Weldon Hazardous Waste are to placed in the appropriate Waste containers next to the Oil Room Storage Container. 5. See Supervisor if any Questionsl _ � P Pictured are Weldon Products Adhesives and Glue conatiners stocked and for sale on the Company's Shelves in the Parts Warehouse. Apage from Weldon product SDS. Weldon Products Safety Data Sheets are located in the Parts Office and at the Safety Weldon adhesives and glues are the backbone to the Plastic Pipeline Irrigation Industry. Weldon product containers and other products for sale and uses are stocked at PSWI(Pacific Southwest Irrigation)Stockton Ca Jack Tone Road site inside the Parts Warehouse for avaible both to clients and for installation jobs use by employees. As noted in the Company Safety Training Meeting on February 9,2014 all Weldon Products containers used by company employees must be kept closed and only opened to take product out of or product placed back into the Weldon Container. No mixing of different products is allowed except as permitted by Weldon Company Instructions. Note: No Weldon Glue or adhesive container is to be left open,or brought back partially used.Previously,as seen on the pictures to the right, containers were brought back in any condition and thrown in any manner into a container to dry or be destroyed by a variety of methods. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED AND IS ILLEGAL BY HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS Note: All the above Weldon containers,wastes and other containers were ADHESIVES AND GLUES USED ON JOB SITES ARE TO BE USED UP collected,inventoried and sent under Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest to AND CONTAINERS WHEN EMPTY(NO USABLE PRODUCT LEFT IN THE a TSDF. Please note below pictures and information. CONTAINER,THEN THE CONTAINER CAN BE REYCLED AND ORPLACED IN THE GARBAGE. Exposure to any Weldon product,in any form,is to be minimized. George W. Lowry,Inc.,a CA Registered Transporter of Hazardous Waste was required to Read the BOB sheets and/or contact yoursupervisc r clean up the spent and used Weldon products Hazardous Waste On site. Various adhesive I for additional safety questions and/or instructions and glue containers had to be separated,inventoried,and placed in appropriate UN Shipping Drums,sealed,and labeled correctly. A Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest"was written for produced from the CA Department of Toxic Substance Control'IDTSCI the Hazardous Waste Shipment to the Transfer Site Disposal Facility(TSDF). FACT SHEET 2009 "Managing Empty Containers" General Questions Relow are pictures of Har drums with Weldon Hazardous Wastes contained inside priorto Definition of"Empty" Shipment to a TSDF Q.Regarding the definition of°empty,°no matter how long the container is allowed to drain, some material might still drip when the conta'ner is invented.How would an inspector verify that the container is truly empty? a A As some residual material will always remain in the'empty'container,an inspector inverting the"empty^container may was some drops drip from the containers.This should not be considered a violation;however,a continuous stream of liquid from the container could be considered a violation.Therefore,generators should allow sufficient time for the container to drain in order to satisfy the'empty'standard. Q.If I manage to'empty'the container pursuant to California code of Regulations,title 22, section 66261.7,can I assume that the container is non-hazardous at that stage? A No.The contaminated container regulations do not classify the containers as non- hazardous at any stage;they only grant an exemption if both the'empty'standard and the management practices are met.The intent of the regulations were to ease the regulatory burden on those generators that are interested in recycling the containers,as well as those involved in the transporting,recycling,refurbishing,and metal recovering contaminated See Uniform Hazardous Waste Ma nifest Cc pies attached l containers.Mismanaged containers lose their exemptions and are subject to full regulation antler the hazardous waste control laws.