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Silgan Corporation is located at 3800 Alameda Avenue, Suite <br /> 900, Burbank, CA, 91505, and the president is Ralph <br /> Ausburn. The plant manager at this location is Ed D. <br /> Stetson. <br /> IV. BACKGROUND: <br /> Silgan Containers Corporation has been operating at this <br /> location since 1984 when it was purchased from Carnation. <br /> On October 4, 1989, San Joaquin County Office of Emergency <br /> Services contacted PHS-EHD to report a hazardous material <br /> spill of approximately 100 gallons of gold epoxy coating at <br /> this site. William Snavely, Senior R.E.H.S. , PHS-EHD, <br /> responded to the spill. The spill occurred on the <br /> warehouse floor and was cleaned up with an absorbent and <br /> hauled as hazardous waste by Romic Chemical Corporation, <br /> 2081 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, CA, 94303 (Manifest <br /> #89894698) . <br /> On September 5, 1990, Silgan Container reported to PHS-EHD <br /> a solvent spill that occurred on September 4, 1990 <br /> (Complaint #90-1648) . The spill was contained with an <br /> absorbent and later hauled off site as a hazardous waste. <br /> On February 8, 1990, a routine inspection was performed by <br /> Kasey Foley, Lead Senior, R.E.H. S. , PHS-EHD, and Dimetra <br /> Papadogionis, E.H.S. , PHS-EHD. <br /> On March 16, 1992 , a routine inspection was performed by <br /> Eric Trevena, R.E.H.S. , PHS-EHD, and Pam Violett, R.E.H.S. , <br /> PHS-EHD. <br /> On January 8, 1993 , PHS-EHD received a letter of <br /> corrections and certification statement in response to the <br /> R.O.V. dated December 7, 1992 from Silgan Containers <br /> Corporation. <br /> V. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FACILITY: <br /> Silgan Containers Corporation employs approximately 90 <br /> people and operates three shifts within a 24-hour period. <br /> Silgan manufactures metal cans for the use of food storage. <br /> The manufacturing process of the cans begins with sheets of <br /> tin that are coated with enamel. The coated tin sheets are <br /> then packed in ovens to bake the enamel onto the metal. <br /> This process is referred to as "curing" . After the sheets <br /> of tin are cured, they are either shipped to another can <br /> manufacturing plant for fabrication or are fabricated on <br /> site. The on site fabrication process involves cutting the <br /> tin plate sheets into cylindrical can shapes referred to as <br /> "body blanks" . The body blanks are then welded and an <br /> 2 <br />