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00 <br /> On July 19, 2007, Jenni Frase and Michael Kith went to 4905 Claremont Avenue for an <br /> annual routine Waste Tire Inspection at Brannon Tire. Store manager, Charles Baker, <br /> showed us through a glass door the led to service bays, where the Service Manager, <br /> Eddie Leon,pointed us toward the fenced area where waste tires are stored. There were <br /> approximately 120 waste tires. Manifests and CTLs were viewed. Inspection report was <br /> filled out and Charles Baker signed it. <br /> Next, we drove to 1624 E. Alpine Avenue to conduct a routine annual Waste Tire <br /> Inspection at the Brannon storage yard used in the past to store tires. At the yard, it <br /> appeared that no Brannon trailers were being stored and there were no tires visible. We <br /> spoke to one of the tenants that share the yard, and he told us how to get a hold of the <br /> property manager, Empire Real Estate. Jenni called Kit Bennett of Empire and confirmed <br /> that Brannon no longer was a tenant at the Alpine Yard and hadn't been for a year or so. <br /> Kit offered to show records for Brannon's rental history,but Jenni told him not at this <br /> time, per Michael Kith. <br /> After lunch, at about 2:OOpm, Michael and Jenni drove to the Advanced Trailer facility at <br /> 2101 E. Charter Way. An employee of Advanced Trailer, Guy Mikesell, gave consent for <br /> the inspection to begin at the main yard. He made a phone call to the manager, Fermin <br /> Alutiza, who was out of the office. Guy told Michael and Jenni that after we inspected the <br /> main yard, someone would take us through the storage yard to the west. Guy also told <br /> Michael and Jenni to ask for help if we needed anything. Another employee, Brad was <br /> also present in the office. <br /> Approximately 60 tires were on site, mostly usable or restorable truck tires. One Brannon <br /> Tire box van had to be opened by Brad, who mumbled, "Same as last time," under his <br /> breath. He had a white bandage on his left middle finger, which appeared to make <br /> handling the keys to the van difficult. There were no tires in the van. <br /> Michael and Jenni went back into the office, where they informed Guy that they were <br /> ready to inspect the trailer storage yard to the west. Another Brannon employee, Paul, <br /> was there to open the trailers. All trailers that had operating doors were opened. A few <br /> trailers had inoperable doors and had to be inspected by other means, through holes in the <br /> side or top. <br /> About 10 5-gallon paint containers were stored in a box van that was parked in the <br /> southwest corner. The box van was a white International Cargo Star and had a license <br /> plate 51385997. A large square plastic container half-full of what Paul claimed to be <br /> hydraulic oil was in a 20' Brannon Tire Ford diesel box van with a license plate <br /> 7N46703. About 40 OTR tires were in a trailer with a Maine license plate A465319. In a <br /> trailer about 20' long was approximately 7-8 containers that Mr. Brannon said were <br /> refrigerant. Three tires were in a DiSalvo trailer, about 30 tires were in a trailer with CA <br /> license plate XE 7008. A brown trailer held about 20 5-gallon buckets of what appeared <br /> to be waste oil and maybe five 55-gallon drums, contents unknown. The brown trailer <br /> had no plate, but the driver's side had orange paint on it in attempt to cover a logo. The <br /> passenger side of the trailer had a side door, through which the buckets and drums were <br />