ARCHIVED REPORTS_SITE INVESTIGATION 2003 FINAL RPT

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solid residues, (the containers had manufactures labels for household detergents and cleaning materials); two melted and fire damaged, blue, plastic 5 -gallon capacity containers which could not be positively identified; seven, 55 -gallon capacity chemical drums which had been crushed and partially buried; one, 12 -volt equipment battery; other organic material which was burning; pieces of steel, metal pipe, and metal scrap; one mattress and box spring which had been burnt; asphalt road paving equipment painted green in at the northeast end of the property with signs identifying it as the property of Cornish Construction. Also observed was a fifteen square foot area of soil stained with thick black liquid next to the asphalt equipment; an approximately 30 -foot long by 2 -feet wide area of dark black sand spread on the ground surface which appeared to be sand blast waste; a caterpillar tractor with rippers and bulldozer blade on the on the south end of the property; a caterpillar tractor loaded on a trailer on the northeast end of the property; and, a 12 -volt equipment battery laying on its side, located on the east side of the property near the entry gate to Santa Fe Road. At the time, it was noted that looking north across the fence, onto the adjacent property, three, open topped 55 -gallon capacity steel drums; one, closed drum; two steel storage tanks, approximately 250 gallons capacity each; and, two, large steel storage tanks with an estimated capacity of 1,500 gallons each; were observed. The site investigation report indicated that after determining that hazardous materials and wastes were also present on the east and northeast sections of the property, they drove to the Escalon Fire Department as planned. Reportedly, the chief at the Escalon Fire Department indicated a fire from the railroad siding spread onto Mr. Lane's property on July 16, 1990, and had continued to burn or smolder since that date. On July 16, 1990, Riverbank Fire Department was dispatched to the fire along the railroad tracks and reportedly they extinguished the fire along the racks, however, the fire on Mr. Lane's property was not extinguished. The fire chief further indicated that he received a telephone complaint, which indicated the caller had seen Mr. Lane repeatedly bury batteries, tires, and oil on the property over the past four years. The caller complained that Mr. Lane starts fires on the property to burn waste and garbage and that Mr. Lane had re -ignited the fire on the property earlier that week when it looked as thought it would burn out. The report goes on to describe how Mr. Lane was repeatedly requested by the Riverbank Fire Department to put out the fire and did not. According to a June 6, 1998, Escalon Consolidated Fire Protection District report, three incidents of fire on the Bill Lane property had been reported since June 1998, and each time the fire department found the same type of illegal material burning with no one in attendance. (The address of the property however is listed as 23023 Santa Fe Road in Escalon). The August 11, 1998 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District indicated Mr. Lane allowed conditions to exist which from June 6 to 23, 1998, led to the burning of a large pile of debris consisting of tree trimmings, tree stumps, metal, and plastic trash. (The address of the property however is listed as 23023 Santa Fe Road). May 10, 1999, The EHD prepared a letter indicating that they had not'received any response from the property owner, Mr. Bill Lane and that they intended to proceed with formal enforcement action of the solid waste clean up at the site. 1-16