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Fremont Plaza Ace Hardware <br /> 2060 E.Fremont Street <br /> Stockton,CA 95204 <br /> August 1, 2020 <br /> TO: ALL MANAGERS, FLOOR SUPERVISORS <br /> As you are all aware, we were cited by San Joaquin County Public Health Department for <br /> several violations in regards to our waste management proceedures. Most of these <br /> deficiencies were a direct result of the Covid 19 pandemic and the resulting strain that it <br /> has placed upon our operation. As an "essential provider" to our community we have <br /> remained open to meet the needs of our clients and customers, often at a reduced staff <br /> level and continually at a volume that far exceeded our expectations. <br /> Moving forward, each of you is mandated to refresh yourselves with the training material <br /> provided in 2017 in regards to Waste Management, copy of which has been attached. <br /> Please pay particular attention to the following areas that were cited: <br /> I_ Return product storage: We need to better monitor the returned product storage <br /> located in the screen room. Again, due to understaffing and overwhelming <br /> volume of business, we had been negligent in maintaining this area and simply <br /> allowed it to overflow. We cannot do that. Each of you and your staff must do an <br /> assessment as to the products being stored versus disposed of. The volume has <br /> become over whelming. Partial products should be considered for disposal, <br /> especially if there are significant numbers already in the Yellow Safety cabinet. <br /> 2. Proper Disposal: We can no longer simply take the excess product to the <br /> recycling facility located at the airport as we have done. We MUST keep a chain <br /> of evidence of proper disposal. We have entered into a relationship with <br /> Stericycle who runs the facility at the airport. For a fee, they will document and <br /> accept our waste as a Small Waste Generator. This is MANDATORY. If you <br /> donate any unused products to any of our local Non-Profit clients, you must keep <br /> a record of what you donated and date. We are allowed to continue to support our <br /> various local Non-Profits with used product as long as we document what was <br /> done with the product. <br /> 3. Key Fines: We must continue to collect our key fines and maintain them <br /> separately from any other waste, including the pipe threading waste. We are in <br /> the process of collecting enough Key Fines to perform an analysis as required by <br /> San Joaquin County. Final analysis will determine how we can dispose of the <br /> Key Fines moving forward. Continue to transfer the Key Fines into the 5 gallon <br /> bucket clearly marked Key Fines located next to the Yellow Safety cabinet in the <br /> screen room. <br /> 4. Pipe Threadings: These have been determined to be acceptable for <br /> waste/recycling and should be disposed of through Stericycle so that we have <br />