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Inspection Report -2- October 24, 1984 Lodi Airport John Kupka (Kupka) was upset that there were so many people present to inspect the airport. I explained to him that Cotulla represented the local district, Small was my backup, and Vernon and Haeling were in training. Kupka was quite upset, uncooperative, and argumentive. He said he was going to protest to his congressmen and state representatives about this beaurocratic waste of tax payers monies. Kupka also stated he would not prevent us from doing our inspection, but would not cooperate with us either, and would not meet with us. He said we could look around and take samples if we wanted to. If any of the resident operators on site were in violation, Kupka said the airport would shut them down. Kupka denied the airport was operating any type of rinse facility. There was an area where operators could get water if they needed it. I told Kupka we would do our inspection at this time and requested that he have someone accompany us. He said he would accompany us. As we started out I asked Kupka what his relationship was to the airport. He said he had no official relationship other than being Robert's father. He also stated that anyone from any regulatory organization would have to deal with him, not his son, and that he was representing his son. We continued on the inspection, including the rinse/water facility in the north east corner. There was evidence of extensive and heavy soil contamination in this area. Kupka again said it was not a rinse facility and if anyone was doing anything wrong the airport would shut them down. We continued on to the building occupied by North Coast Helicopter Service. No one was present at this facility. There was a container storage area on the north side of the building. Some contamination was noted. A dumpster was outside the fenced storage area and had debris in it including some grease containers. On the south side of the building was another storage area. This contained containers and drums of products including oil and lubricants. There was a fairly strong pesticide odor in this area. At this point I informed Kupka we would be collecting samples. He said ok, he had other things to do and left. Debbie Small and I then prepared to sample. (see below for sample locations and descriptions. ) We sampled around the North Coast facility, the rinse facility, and the west end of the flight line. There was a low depression west of the west most hangars that had dried out and cracked as though it had been a pond. There was also evidence of spillage and disposal along at southeast to northwest taxi/runway at the west end of the airport. VI. Sampling The following samples were collected: Sample No. Sample Type Time Comments 4510-301 Soil 1351 North Coast-north storage area.