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Environmental Health Department AMENDED 10/5/2020 RCRA Large Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator Inspection Report Date: August 31, 2020 Facility Address: 1325 EL PINAL DR, STOCKTON Facility Name: METAL FINISHING SOLUTIONS - STOCKTON SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS (CLASS I, CLASS II, or MINOR - Notice to Comply) RemarksItem # 509 CCR 66265.196 Failed to immediately respond to spills and leaks from hazardous waste tank system. OBSERVATION: A hazardous waste tank system at this facility is unfit for use or has leaked or caused a spill of hazardous waste. The pump located between the two waste neutralization tanks appeared to be leaking. Liquid was observed below the pump. SJC EHD took a pH of the liquid and the result was a pH of 14. REGULATION GUIDANCE: A tank system or secondary containment system from which there has been a leak or spill, or which is unfit for use, shall be removed from service immediately, and the owner or operator shall satisfy the following requirements. (a) General emergency procedures. The owner or operator shall comply with applicable requirements of section 66265.56. (b) Cessation of use; prevention of flow or addition of wastes. The owner or operator shall immediately stop the flow of hazardous waste into the tank system or secondary containment system and inspect the system to determine the cause of the release. (c) Removal of waste from tank system or secondary containment system. (1) If the release was from the tank system, the owner or operator shall, within 24 hours after detection of the leak or, if the owner or operator demonstrates that that is not possible, at the earliest practicable time remove as much of the waste as is necessary to prevent further release of hazardous waste to the environment and to allow inspection and repair of the tank system to be performed. (2) If the release was to a secondary containment system, all released materials shall be removed within 24 hours or in as timely a manner as is possible to prevent harm to human health and the environment. (d) Containment of visible releases to the environment. The owner or operator shall immediately conduct a visual inspection of the release and, based upon that inspection: (1) prevent further migration of the leak or spill to soils or surface water; and (2) remove, and properly dispose of, any visible contamination of the soil or surface water. (e) Notifications, reports. (1) Any release to the environment, except as provided in subsection (e)(2) of this section, shall be reported to the Department within 24 hours of detection. (2) A leak or spill of hazardous waste is exempted from the requirements of subsection (e) of this section, but is not exempted from the requirements of section 66265.56, if it is: (A) less than or equal to a quantity of one (1) pound, and (B) immediately contained and cleaned-up. (3) Within 30 days of detection of a release to the environment, a report containing the following information shall be submitted to the Department: (A) likely route of migration of the release; (B) characteristics of the surrounding soil (soil composition, geology, hydrogeology, climate); (C) results of any monitoring or sampling conducted in connection with the release, (if available). If sampling or monitoring data relating to the release are not available within 30 days, these data shall be submitted to the Department as soon as they become available; (D) proximity to downgradient drinking water, surface water, and population areas; and (E) description of response actions taken or planned. (f) Provision of secondary containment, repair, or closure. (1) Unless the owner or operator satisfies the requirements of subsections (f)(2) through (4) of this section, the tank system shall be closed in accordance with section 66265.197. (2) If the cause of the release was a spill that has not damaged the integrity of the system, the owner/operator may return the system to service as soon as the released waste is removed and repairs, if necessary, are made. (3) If the cause of the release was a leak from the primary tank system into the secondary containment system, the system shall be repaired prior to returning the tank system to service. FA0024706 PR0543517 SC001 08/31/2020 EHD 22-03 Rev. 9/16/2020 RCRA Large Quantity Hazardous Waste Generator OIRPage 14 of 16 1868 E. Hazelton Avenue | Stockton, California 95205 | T 209 468-3420 | F 209 464-0138 | www.sjgov.org/EHD