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Continuation Sheet 40 40, Page 1 Subject: Olivera Egg Ranch,944 Bowman Road,French Camp,CA Routine and Complaint Inspection Conducted on February 26,2007 On February 22, 2007,the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department(EHD)received Complaint Number CO0025914 concerning the egg poultry operation located at 944 Bowman Road in French Camp. The complaint alleged that the facility was using an incinerator to dispose of the dead birds. The complaint also alleged that the manure ponds had a very strong odor(more than normal). Robert McClellon,Program Coordinator RENS with the EHD,conducted a routine and complaint inspection of the exterior of the houses on February 26,2007. The facility maintains 600,000 to 700,000 birds in ten occupied houses. An additional two houses are vacant(#1 and#6). The poultry houses are equipped with the modern"Chore Time"brand equipment, and utilize an automated belt system that operates separate belts to deliver bird feed and remove the eggs for processing. Houses #2—#5 are equipped with belts to remove the manure generated by the operation. The manure was relatively dry. The houses closest to Biggs Road(#'s 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13), oriented in a north-south direction, did not have a belt system for the manure,but contained an automated process for feed and egg removal. The chicken manure in these houses is scraped to a sump and then flushed out of the houses with water into the manure holding ponds. The bird mortality at the facility is removed daily and incinerated. The pond odor complaint was investigated,but could not be confirmed during the time of the inspection. The bird incinerator utilized onsite is regulated by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD). A complaint referral was made to the SJVAPCD on February 28, 2006. Operational and structural issues observed during the inspection are to be corrected as indicated below within the time frames noted: Operational: 1. The facility is currently dry padding manure in the smaller pond that had been pumped dry. The manure in the pond is now saturated with rainwater and cannot be removed until it is dry enough to enter the area. The approved Manure Management Plan(MMP)for the facility does not include dry padding as a method to handle manure generated onsite. An amendment to the MMP to include this activity shall be submitted to this office for review or the dry-padding practice must be discontinued. If the MMP is amended to include dry-padding,please explain how the manure will be handled to prevent moisture from coming in contact with the manure. Submit an amendment to the MMP for review or discontinue and remove all dry manure by April 2,2007. 2. Feed silos for houses at the north and south ends of the facility have feed on the concrete below the silos. Clean all feed spills on a regular basis(weekly as described in the MMP). This was listed as an issue on the May 24, 2006 EHD inspection report. Remove all feed spillage and implement the regular cleaning schedule by April 2,2007. 3. The conveyor that carries the eggs outside of the houses to the egg cleaning/packaging area for shipment has broken eggs on the ground below the conveyor. This area needs to be monitored and cleaned on a regular basis as part of vector control efforts. Submit an amendment to the MMP to include this activity by April 2,2007. 4. The weeds around the ponds are beginning to grow and will be very tall in a short time. If the facility intends to spray for weed abatement,then spraying operations should begin in the next week. Apply spray by March 7,2007 or disc the weeds when the weather permits, but no later than May 1,2007. �q