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Complaint Investigation Re, i <br />Tri -Valley Recycling <br />Mr. Adams said residents placed batteries along with e -waste on driveways. Tri - <br />Valley Recycling helped residents by picking up batteries. He said that he had <br />no way of disposing batteries as the city of Stockton's household hazardous <br />waste program did not accept batteries. Mr. Adams said he was trying to locate <br />a business that would take the batteries from Tri -Valley Recycling. He stated <br />that he would get rid of the batteries when he finds a business that would take <br />the batteries off the premises. <br />Mr. Adams said the Tri -Valley Recycling have been conducting the e -waste <br />recycling business at the present address for five years. Health and Safety <br />Code, title 22, section 25201(a) requires a facility to have a permit or <br />authorization to store hazardous waste. Tri -Valley Recycling stored multiple lead <br />acid batteries and alkaline batteries in multiple containers without authorization <br />for an extended period of time. Storing hazardous waste without a permit or <br />authorization was listed as a Class I violation in the SOV given to the facility. <br />Later, Ms. Cravens, the office manager informed me that Tri -Valley Recycling did not <br />own the property located at 142 S Aurora Street, Stockton. On the following day, Mr. <br />Rob Owens gave me a copy of the DTSC notification that indicated that Tri -Valley <br />Recycling had informed the property owner that hazardous waste treatment and <br />recycling operations were conducted pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title <br />22, division 4.5, chapter 23 (Universal Waste Regulations) at 142 S. Aurora Street, <br />Stockton. Mr. Owens said that Tri -Valley Recycling was not a hazardous waste <br />generator but an e -waste recycler. However, the inspection discovered that Tri -Valley <br />Recycling was using the premises for storage of hazardous waste without authorization. <br />informed Mr. Adams, since Tri -Valley Recycling was permitted only to recycle a -waste <br />at the facility, and they should not be collecting, transporting and storing hazardous <br />waste. <br />Mr. Adams said that he knew that the drivers cannot transport more that six or <br />seven batteries at a time without a transporter ID number, and he assured me <br />that the drivers never transported more than six or seven batteries on each <br />occasion. He said the drives picked up only the batteries that were left with the <br />e -waste on the curb. I asked Mr. Adams whether Tri -Valley Recycling had a <br />hazardous waste transporter ID and he said "no". California Code of <br />Regulations, title 22, section 66266.81 requires that transporter who transports <br />batteries to a storage facility to use a manifest or bill of lading. The absence of a <br />manifest or a bill of lading for the transport of lead acid batteries from residences <br />to Tri -Valley Recycling premises was listed as a Class I violation in the SOV <br />given to the facility. <br />Mr. Adams said that Tri -Valley Recycling did not have an EPA ID number since the e - <br />waste operations did not require the facility to obtain an EPA ID number to transport or <br />store e -waste. California Code of Regulations, title 22, section 66262.12(a) requires a <br />hazardous waste handler to have an identification number before generating, storing, <br />transporting and disposing of hazardous waste. Transporting and storing batteries for <br />extended period of time in the facility without an EPA ID number was cited as a Class I <br />violation in the SOV given to the facility. <br />6 of 20 <br />