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SAN -10 A Q U I N Environmental Health Department — COUNTY AMENDED 6/1012020 Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Inspection Report Facility Name: Facility Address: Date: ALCO METALS 1 1815 NAVY DR, STOCKTON June 09, 2020 SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS (CLASS I,CLASS II,or MINOR-Notice to Comply) Item# Remarks 115 CCR 66266.81(a)(4)(B) Failed to retain copy of manifest or bill of lading for spent lead acid batteries for 3 years. OBSERVATION: The facility will buy lead acid batteries from customers. Once enough batteries are received,they will either be shipped to the Alco San Leandro location or directly to the recycler. Once the Alco San Leandro location receives enough lead acid batteries, a shipment will be sent the recycler. Bills of lading for shipments to the San Leandro facility were missing the address of the receiving location and the number of batteries transported. No bills of lading were observed for the transport of lead acid batteries from the facility directly to the recycler, and from the Alco San Leandro location directly to the recycler. REGULATION GUIDANCE: (A)The generator shall use either the manifest or a bill of lading which fulfills the requirements of Title 13 CCR section 1161,to record the shipment of spent lead-acid storage batteries to a person who stores the batteries or who uses, reuses, recycles or reclaims the batteries or their components. (B)The generator shall retain, at the generator's place of business for at least three years, a legible copy of each manifest or bill of lading which identifies spent lead-acid storage batteries shipped to a person who stores the batteries or who uses, reuses, recycles or reclaims the batteries or their components. CORRECTIVE ACTION: Immediately correct the bills of lading used to transport the lead acid batteries. Submit a corrected form to the EHD once it has been completed. Provide copies of battery core bill of lading records from the last three years for the transport of lead acid batteries from the facility directly to the recycler, and from the Alco San Leandro location directly to the recycler. In addition, provide a corrective action statement to the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department within 30 days. This is a Class II violation. 303 CCR 66262.34(d)(2)Failed to maintain all communication or alarm systems, spill control, or decontamination equipment. OBSERVATION: Near the used oil storage area on the ferrous side of the yard, one fire extinguisher was observed with a gauge indicating it needed to be recharged. According to Luis Medina, Maintenance Worker,the fire extinguisher was used to put out a fire several months prior to the inspection. In the non-ferrous warehouse,one emergency eyewash station was observed wrapped in plastic wrap. REGULATION GUIDANCE: All facility communications or alarm systems,fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment,where required, shall be tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency. CORRECTIVE ACTION: Bring the fire extinguisher and the emergency eyewash station into proper working order by repair, replacement or testing. Provide a corrective action statement to the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department within 30 days. This is a Class II violation. FA0001889 PR0220065 SCO01 06/09/2020 EHD 22-01 Rev.9/20/2019 Page 9 of 15 Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator OIR 1868 E. Hazelton Avenue I Stockton, California 95205 1 T 209 468-3420 1 F 209 464-0138 1 www.sjcehd.com