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CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) SUBTITLE C GRANT

END-OF-YEAR REPORT State Fiscal Year 2016-2017

July 1, 2016 Through June 30, 2017

Department of Toxic Substances Control

Barbara A. Lee, Director 1001 “I” Street P.O. Box 806

Sacramento, California 95812-0806

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor

Matthew Rodriquez Secretary for

Environmental Protection

Table of Contents Fiscal Year 2016-2017

End-of-Year Self-Assessment Report

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Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1

Program Self-Assessment Reports

I. Enforcement and Emergency Response Division ................................... 2 II. Office of Criminal Investigations ........................................................... 31 III. Permitting Division ................................................................................ 32 IV. Corrective Action .................................................................................. 39 V. Safer Products and Workplaces Program ............................................. 46

VI. Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs ................................. 51 VII. Office of Environmental Information Management ................................ 53

VIII. Policy and Program Support Division .................................................... 55 IX. Grant Management ............................................................................... 61 X. Authorization ......................................................................................... 63

Appendix A ........................................................................................... A-1 RCRA Funded Enforcement Actions Appendix B ........................................................................................... B-1 Non-RCRA Funded Enforcement Actions Appendix-C .......................................................................................... C-1 Imperial and Trinity County Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) Programs Appendix D .......................................................................................... D-1 Permitting Division Multi-Year Strategy Appendix E ........................................................................................... E-1 Office of Public Participation

Acronyms Fiscal Year 2016-2017


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AA Alternative Analysis ADEQ Arizona Department of Environmental Quality AECTP Advanced Environmental Crimes Training Program AG Attorney General ARB Air Resources Board ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials AWP Annual Work Plan BDO Board, Department, Office BMP Best Management Practices BPA Bisphenol A BR Biennial Report BRS Biennial Report Survey CalEPA California Environmental Protection Agency CalOSHA California Occupational Safety and Health Administration CBP US Customs and Border Patrol CCS California Compliance School CDI Case Development Inspection CDPH California Department of Public Health CDX Central Data Exchange CEI Compliance Evaluation Inspection CEP Community Engagement Plan CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CERS California Environmental Reporting System CMS Corrective Measures Study CROMMER Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule CRT Cathode Ray Tube CSTI California Specialized Training Institute CUPA Certified Unified Program Agency DOE Department of Energy DSW Definition of Solid Waste DTSC California Department of Toxic Substances Control ECL Environmental Chemistry Lab EE/CA Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis EERD Enforcement and Emergency Response Division EI Environmental Indicator EJ Environmental Justice EJTA Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs EOY End of Year EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ESA Electronic Signature Agreements FA Financial Assurance



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FCI Focused Compliance Inspection FRR Financial Records Review FSD Facility Self-Disclosure FUI Follow-Up Inspection FY Fiscal Year GM Generation and Management GPRA Government Performance and Results Act GWM Ground Water Migration HE Human Exposure Under Control HWMP Hazardous Waste Management Program HWTS Hazardous Waste Tracking System INTERPOL International Police Organization IVAN Identify Violations Affecting Neighborhoods LBL Lawrence Berkeley Lab LOHP Local Occupational Health Program LQG Large Quantity Generator MDI Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NFRR Non-Financial Records Review NGO Non-Governmental Organizations NOD Notice of Deficiency NOE Notice of Exemption NPE Nonylphenol Ethoxylates NPS National Park Service OAL Office of Administrative Law OCI Office of Criminal Investigations OEHHA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment OEIM Office of Environmental Information Management PC Postclosure PFASs Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances POE Port of Entry POST Peace Officer Standards and Training PPS Public Participation Specialist PROFEPA Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Mexico’s Federal

Enforcement Agency) QAPrP Quality Assurance Program Plan QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control RAW Removal Action Workplan RMAM Registration Maintenance Account Managers RCC Remedy Construction Complete RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act



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RCRA FIRST RCRA Facility Investigation Remedy Selection Track RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board SCP Safer Consumer Product SEMARNAT Mexican Federal Secretariat of the Environment and Natural

Resources SEP Supplemental Environmental Project SFY State Fiscal Year SOV Summary of Violations SSR State Summary Report SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board TSD Treatment, Storage, and Disposal TSDF Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility TWW Treated Wood Waste UW Universal Waste VOC Volatile Organic Compounds WERC Workforce for Environmental Restoration in Communities WR Waste Received XRF X-ray fluorescence

Introduction Fiscal Year 2016-17


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INTRODUCTION This End of Year (EOY) Accomplishments Report describes the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) activities and accomplishments during state fiscal year (SFY) 2016-2017, from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and provides details of DTSC’s efforts in meeting the goals and objectives in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Grant C Work Plan. The RCRA Grant Work Plan commits DTSC to specific goals and objectives in eight key areas:

• Enforcement and Emergency Response • Permitting • Corrective Action • Green Chemistry and Safer Consumer Products • Environmental Justice • Information Management • Grant Management • Authorization

This report is organized in sections that detail the activities of each DTSC program that performed work funded by the Grant. The report also describes the hazardous waste-related work of those programs that is not funded through the RCRA Grant (non-RCRA), but that advances the goals of DTSC’s Hazardous Waste Management Program (HWMP). All the activities reflected in this report were conducted consistent with DTSC’s mission to protect public health and the environment and advance the strategic goals of DTSC and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Enforcement and Emergency Response Division Hazardous Waste Management Program

Fiscal Year 2016-17 End-of-Year Self-Assessment Report

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I. Enforcement and Emergency Response Division RCRA INSPECTION AND MONITORING I. Inspections and Monitoring

Work Plan Commitments End of Year Accomplishments

Commitment Achieved?

Type of Inspection Number of

Inspections Per Year

Conducted

Class I Violations

* Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) Hazardous Waste Management Unit Inspection; Boiler/Industrial Furnace Inspection; Import/Export Inspection; Inactive Site Inspection.

Compliance Evaluation Inspections (CEI) of TSDs 37 40 2 Yes

CEIs of Postclosure (PC) Facilities 7-11 13 1 Yes Financial Records Review (FRR) 30 46 3 Yes Groundwater Monitoring Evaluation

As resources are available -- -- Yes

Operation and Maintenance Inspections

As resources are available 1 1 Yes

Groundwater Audit Report Inspections

As resources are available 10 1 Yes

*Focused Compliance Inspections (FCI) 2 10 3 Yes

Follow Up Inspection (FUI) As resources are available 1 1 Yes

Large Quantity Generator (LQG) (DTSC) 4 5 -- Yes

LQG - Independent Oversight 2 2 1 Yes LQG - Case Development Inspection (CDI) -- 1 1 Yes

Transporters 5 35 13 Yes Facility Self Disclosure (FSD) -- 1 1 Yes Non-Financial Record Reviews (NFRR) -- 2 2 Yes

Total: 91 167 30



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Enforcement and Emergency Response Division (EERD) submitted its Fiscal Year Annual Work Plan (FY AWP) identifying the anticipated quarter for TSD and PC facilities. The FY AWP is considered confidential and was submitted on July 14, 2016, to John Schofield and Laurie Amaro of EPA.

Missed RCRA Grant Commitments:

• Three TSD inspections were not completed by June 30, 2017. DTSC inspected

one on October 3, 2017, and two were to be inspected by EPA. Six TSD inspections were conducted at the end of the FY. Work requests for a FRR for each of these were sent to the Financial Responsibility Unit, and the financial reviews were completed prior to September 30, 2017.

II. Hazardous Waste Generators Regulation

Work Plan Commitments Accomplishments Commitment Achieved?

1. Assistance

1.1 DTSC will provide guidance and technical assistance to both the local regulators and the regulated community regarding RCRA hazardous waste requirements within California, with a specific focus on RCRA resource recovery and recycling issues, hazardous waste classification, and RCRA generator activities.

DTSC provided technical assistance to the Certified Unified Program Agency staff (CUPA), attending the Bay Area, Southern, Central, and Joint Central/Southern CUPA Forum meetings, and the Northern and Southern California CUPA Hazardous Waste Technical Advisory Group meetings. DTSC received 598 calls and email queries from CUPAs, the regulated community and the public. A total of 85 of the queries were related to RCRA issues, and 513 were related to non-RCRA issues.

Yes



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2. External Training

2.1 DTSC will provide training to local governments to help meet their training needs.

DTSC provided a total of 52 training sessions as follows: Inspector Training: CalEPA Basic Inspector Academy - seven training sessions:

• Berkeley (August 16 - 19, 2016); 26 students

• Chico (September 13 - 16, 2016); 15 students

• Fountain Valley (October 4 - 7, 2016); 32 students

• Sonora (November 15 - 18, 2016); 15 students

• Riverside (January 24 - 27, 2017); 36 students

• Bakersfield (February 21 - 24, 2017); 28 students

• Sacramento (March 21 – 24, 2017); 40 students

Continuing Challenge - three training sessions:

• Sacramento (September 6, 2016); “Recognition of an Environmental Crime;” 32 students

• Sacramento (September 8, 2016); “How Can DTSC Help During an Emergency;” 9 students

• Sacramento (September 8, 2016); “Incompatible Chemicals and What to do With Them;” 36 students

Yes



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External Training (continued)

Advance Inspection/Investigation Training Advanced Environmental Crimes Training Program (AECTP) at the California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) - three training sessions: DTSC continued to support the AECTP by providing instructors in presenting “Environmental Enforcement Field Sampling” classes.

• San Luis Obispo (March 7, 2017); “Environmental Enforcement Field Sampling;” 25 students

• San Luis Obispo (March 14, 2017); “Environmental Enforcement Field Sampling;” 25 students

DTSC also provided staff as role players or facilitators in support of the 26 hours of field exercises for AECTP classes:

• San Luis Obispo (October 18 - 28, 2016); 32 students

• San Luis Obispo (March 7 - 17, 2017); 25 students

Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Institute of Criminal Investigations Environmental Crimes Course - one training session:

• Sacramento (February 15, 2017); “Environmental Enforcement Field Sampling and Operations;” 36 students

Environmental Enforcement Field Sampling - one training session:

• Santa Clara (January 18 -19, 2017); 15 students



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Witness Testimony Training - three training sessions: DTSC’s “Witness Testimony” training course combines online virtual inspection and classroom instruction.

• San Diego (February 6, 2017); online virtual inspection; one local agency student

• Sacramento (April 18, 2017); classroom instruction; ten DTSC students

• Cypress (April 25, 2017); classroom instruction; five DTSC students

19th Annual California CUPA Training Conference - five training sessions: The conference provided a critical information source for learning new laws and promoted statewide consistency.

• San Diego (February 6 - 9, 2017); approximately 1400 attendees (local agency staff, state agency staff and businesses). o DTSC staff coordinated the

classes for the hazardous waste training track;

o DTSC staff conducted trainings on the following subjects: - California/Mexico Border Hazardous Waste Inspections and Enforcement; - Recycling Exemptions & Exclusions; - Environmental Justice; - Used Oil & Used Oil Filter Management, and

- Soil Gas: DTSC Update



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Hazardous Waste Management Training California Compliance School (CCS)- 18 training sessions:

• Pleasanton (July 18 - 20, 2016); 13 students

• Redondo Beach (August 2 - 4, 2016); 12 students

• Sacramento (September 14 - 16, 2016); 16 students

• San Diego (September 27 - 29, 2016); 16 students

• Anaheim (October 11 – 13, 2016); 17 students

• Pleasanton (November 15 - 17, 2016); 21 students

• Sacramento (December 6 - 8, 2016); 20 students

• Redondo Beach (December 14 - 16, 2016); 17 students

• Bakersfield (January 10 - 12, 2017); 15 students

• San Diego (January 17 - 19, 2017); six students

• Fontana (January 24 - 26, 2017); 14 students

• Pleasanton (February 14 - 16, 2017); 16 students

• Anaheim (February 28 – March 2, 2017); 16 students

• Sacramento (March 28 - 30, 2017); 19 students

• Redondo Beach (April 4 - 6, 2017); seven students

• San Diego (May 9 - 11, 2017); seven students

• Pleasanton (May 23 - 25, 2017); seven students

• Anaheim (June 13 - 15, 2017); 19 students



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Hazardous Waste Tracking System - five training sessions:

• San Jose (January 4, 2017); 16 CUPA students

• San Diego (February 7, 2017); 33 DTSC students

• Chatsworth (March 20, 2017); five DTSC students

• Sacramento (March 22, 2017); five DTSC and CUPA students

• Sacramento (March 23, 2017); 15 CUPA students

Generator Improvement Rule and Hazardous Waste Generator Training - two training sessions: Trainings were provided to UC Berkeley’s Local Occupational Health Program (LOHP) at:

• Richmond (January 25, 2017); 15 attendees from Lawrence Berkeley Lab, California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (CalOSHA), two local business employees and two DTSC staff.

• Richmond (April 26, 2017); 15 attendees from the City and County of San Francisco, Department of Public Works, the California Department of Public Health, Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL) and CalOSHA.

Basic Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements for Laboratories - one training session:

• Berkeley (January 23, 2017); 34 attendees from DTSC’s Environmental Chemistry Lab (ECL) and two additional DTSC staff.



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Transporter Inspection Training - one training session: DTSC instructors provided training to DTSC staff:

• October 24, 2016; 25 students.

3. Independent Oversight

3.1 DTSC will conduct a minimum of four independent generator oversight inspections each year.

Four independent generator oversight inspection were completed: RCRA:

• California Tank Lines, CAD004771606

• Commercial Electro Plating, CAD009180456

Non-RCRA:

• Edgington Oil Co, LLC, CAL000313345

• Sierra County CUPA, State of California CalTrans Sierraville MTCE, CAD982472953

Yes

4. Program Information Collecting and Reporting

4.1 DTSC CUPA evaluator will review CUPA’s internal database and compare numbers with the data submitted by the CUPAs in their Inspection and Enforcement Summary Reports

The CUPA evaluators review California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) data extensively before an evaluation. If there are concerns with the data, the evaluators discuss this with the CUPAs and require a corrective action to reconcile the data.

Yes



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5. Periodic Evaluations of Local CUPA Programs

5.1. DTSC, in conjunction with CalEPA, will evaluate CUPAs’ implementation of the hazardous waste program, including the RCRA elements.

• CalEPA conducted 28 CUPA evaluations.

• DTSC participated in all 28 CalEPA CUPA evaluations.

• DTSC conducted 61 oversight inspections.

Trinity County CUPA attended the following training to clear deficiencies from the September 2016 evaluation:

• Berkeley (May 4, 2017); “Hazardous Waste Generator Training;” eight attendees, four CUPA staff and four DTSC staff.

Yes

III. Complaint Investigations


1. Complaint Investigations

1.1 Complaint investigations will occur where violations of Federal hazardous waste laws are alleged or suspected.

a. Complaint site visits

CalEPA Single Complaint Tracking System:

• 704 – Received • 450 – Referred • 393 – Closed/actions taken • 56 – Under review by DTSC

EnviroStor Complaint Tracking:

• 19 – Referred • 34 – Closed • 16 – Assigned to Office of Criminal

Investigations (OCI) • 54 – Assigned to EERD

a. Total complaint site visits - 42

• RCRA – seven; three resulted in Class I violations

• Non-RCRA – 35; eight resulted in Class I violations

Yes



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IV. Enforcement Activities


1. Informal Enforcement

1.1 Informal actions measured using the EPA Civil Response Policy 2003, 150-day criteria.

RCRA • Informal enforcement actions issued:

64 • Average number of days to issue:

nine days, 100% timely

Non-RCRA • Informal enforcement actions issued:

144 • Average number of days to issue:

four days, 100% timely

Yes

2. Formal Enforcement*

2.1 DTSC will take appropriate enforcement against all RCRA violators (e.g. facilities, generators, and transporters) discovered through the program elements, activities, and initiatives set forth in the Work Plan and pursuant to DTSC’S Enforcement Response Policy.

RCRA • Initiated formal enforcement actions -

18 cases • Settled - 12 cases, administrative

and civil • Total settlement amount -

$6,364,996 • Average number of days to settle

administrative enforcement = 632 • Average number of days to settle

civil enforcement = 2,096 Non-RCRA

• Initiated formal enforcement actions - 33 cases

• Settled - 23 cases, administrative and civil

• Total settlement amount - $933,186 • One Supplemental Environmental

Project (SEP) - CCS for $1,000

Yes



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Formal Enforcement (continued)

• Average number of days to settle administrative enforcement = 673

• Average number of days to settle civil enforcement = 1260

* Appendix A is RCRA-Funded Enforcement and Appendix B is non-RCRA Funded Enforcement. Four enforcement cases have been referred to the District Attorney, Attorney General, or other Government Agency and are considered confidential. They are not listed in the Appendices. V. Data Entry, Management, and Reporting


1. Data Entry and Management

EERD continues to conduct quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) each month for the data in RCRAInfo and EnviroStor. If there are any errors, DTSC’s Data Systems Unit is notified and corrections made.

N/A

2. Timeliness and Accuracy

EERD continues to ensure that the data is entered into EnviroStor on a timely basis, and monitor it for accuracy.

N/A

3. EnviroStor Program Improvements

3.1 EnviroStor Enhancement Projects

The EnviroStor Violations Report was completed on January 31, 2017. The report enables DTSC to perform QA/QC on violation data, including return to compliance dates, prior to uploading the data into RCRAInfo. The following EnviroStor enhancements developed in FY 2016-2017 will begin beta testing in FY 2017-2018:

Yes



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EnviroStor Program Improvements (continued)

• Expanding Area of Violations • AWP Report • Inspection Project Management Tool • CalEnviroScreen Environmental

Justice (EJ)

4. Enforcement Performance Branch

Three program policies were updated and approved in July 2016.

• Sharing Administrative Penalty Calculation Information

• Referrals to CCS • Implementing Quarantine Authority

In November 2016, DTSC launched a one- year project to analyze workload standards. In February 2017, DTSC finalized its Inspector Training Program. In May 2017, DTSC finalized its Improving Enforcement Performance Work Plan. In June 2017, DTSC developed its Public Engagement Strategy. In June 2017, DTSC updated and approved the following five program policies:

• Collecting Economic Benefit of Noncompliance

• Collecting Overdue Administrative Penalties

• Conducting Inspections • Enforcement Response • Hazardous Waste Complaints

N/A



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5. Lean Six Sigma Enforcement Response Improvements

Current Lean Six Sigma Improvement Projects:

• Penalty Assessment Approval o DTSC initiated its first EERD

Lean Six Sigma project in February 2017. The goal of the project (for administrative penalty cases totaling $75,000 or less) was to assess and approve 95% of penalties within 14 days of sending the inspection report to the facility.

• Inspection Report o DTSC initiated a second EERD

Lean Six Sigma project in February 2017. The goal of the project was to submit 95% of inspection reports within 30 days of the first day of inspection.

N/A

VI. Miscellaneous Activities


1. Compliance Assistance

1.1 Assistance includes, but not limited to, consultations and referrals when requested; the development and distribution of informational materials, mailing letters and announcements to interested persons; and responding to individual telephone calls and letters from persons posing specific compliance-related questions for newly regulated handlers, small businesses in priority industrial sectors,

DTSC received 10 applications for 30-Day storage extensions.

• Four were approved • One was partially approved/partially

denied • Two were denied • Two were withdrawn • One for non-RCRA wastes was

forwarded to the CUPA

Yes



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small businesses with compliance problems, and businesses operating in high-risk, disproportionately exposed communities.

2. Compliance Incentives

2.1 Self-disclosures will be evaluated in accordance with the CalEPA guidance and entered into EnviroStor and RCRAInfo.

RCRA Self-Disclosures A self-disclosure was received for Liquid Waste Management, Inc., CAD908636831, which closed July 12, 2016. This self-disclosure was investigated and a Class I Violation cited. The case was settled or closed. Non-RCRA Self-Disclosures Self-disclosures were received from the following:

• Apple Inc., CAL000374742 - Settled December 8, 2016.

• Department of Transportation - CalTrans District 8, No EPA ID - Closed October 25, 2016.

• Janus Corporation, CAL000224151 - Closed April 14, 2017.

• Metropolitan Water District of Southern California – Iron Mountain, CAD981425655 - Settled April 12, 2017.

Three Class I Violations were cited. All four were settled or closed.

Yes

3. Manifest Enforcement Coordination

3.1 DTSC will use manifest enforcement tools to support issuance of enforcement orders, to develop probable cause to target inspection resources and support search warrants, and aid in criminal and civil cases during trials

• Manifest Reports: Manifest Reports from the Hazardous Waste Tracking System (HWTS) were generated to identify potential transportation violations. The two violations most easily identifiable from HWTS are activity with an inactive registration (illegal transportation - report E500), and transporters with high transit

Yes



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Manifest Enforcement Coordination (continued)

and negotiations. DTSC will work with EPA to implement the national e-Manifest system.

times (illegal storage - report E910). Transporters with apparent violations from the HWTS reports were chosen for inspection. Significant violations found in the inspections conducted under this include: o Storage of hazardous waste more

than the ten-day transfer facility exemption.

o Transportation without a current registration.

o Transportation of hazardous waste without a manifest.

o Incomplete manifests. o Undrained used oil filters. o Storage of hazardous wastes

within 500 feet of a sensitive population.

o Falsification of manifest. o Unauthorized truck to truck

transfer. o Illegal disposal.

• E-Manifest Team: EERD participates as a member of the HWMP team that represents DTSC on the e-Manifest Design Team which was established in late 2016 by EPA. o In Spring 2017, EPA began initial

system testing with a group of ‘test handlers.’

o In Mid-summer 2017, EPA intends to launch “Release 1” of e-Manifest.

o The EPA e-Manifest team began to meet with EPA Regions in June 2017. The meetings will focus on and discuss EPA’s Implementation plan for the e-Manifest system.



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4. Permit Assistance, Review of Permits, or Permit Modifications

4.1

EERD reviewed the following RCRA and non-RCRA funded requests and provided comments to the Permitting Division.

Permit or Permit Modification: RCRA

• Chevron USA, CAD009114919 • Clean Harbors (Los Angeles),

CAD050806850 • Dynegy Moss Landing,

CAT080011653 • Edwards AFB, CA1570024504 • Kearney-KPF, CAD981429715 • Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory, CA4890008986 • Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory - Site 300, CA2890090002

• Naval Air Weapon Station, CA2170023152

• Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials, Inc., CAD009220898

• Phibro-Tech, CAD008488025 • Phillips 66 Company,

CAD009108705 • Quemetco, CAD066233966 • Safety-Kleen of California,

CAD980887418 • Safety-Kleen, Highland,

CAT000613927 • Sandia National Laboratories,

CA2890012923 • Southern California Gas, (Los

Angeles) CAD981422017 • Southern California Gas, (Pico

Rivera) CAT000625137

N/A



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Permit Assistance, Review of Permits, or Permit Modifications (continued)

• The Dow Chemical Company, (Pittsburg) CAD076528678

Non-RCRA

• Atlas Precious Metals, CAL000098454

Disclosure Statements:

RCRA • Central Wire, CAD059277137 • John Smith Road Landfill,

CAD990665432 • KW Plastics, CAD982435026 • Pacific Scientific Energetic Material,

CAD009220898 • The Dow Chemical Company,

(Pittsburg) CAD076528678

Non-RCRA • Asbury Environmental,

CAL000321745

Compliance History:

RCRA • AERC Com Inc., CAD982411993 • Clean Harbors San Jose,

CAD059494310 • Clean Harbors Westmorland,

CAD000633164 • Dynegy Moss Landing,

CAT080011653 • EPC Westside Disposal Facility,

CAT080010283 • GEM of Rancho Cordova LLC DBA

PSC Environmental Svs of Rancho Cordova, CAD980884183

• John Smith Road Landfill, CAD990665432

• Kearney-KPF, CAD981429715 • Phibro-Tech, CAD008488025



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Permit Assistance, Review of Permits, or Permit Modifications (continued)

• Safety-Kleen of CA, CAD980887418 • The Dow Chemical Co., (Pittsburg)

CAD076528678 • US Ecology Vernon Inc.,

CAD097030993

Non-RCRA • American Oil, CAD981427669 • Atlas Precious Metals,

CAL000098454 • California Oil Transfer,

CAL000190816

VII. California-Mexico Border Program


1. Border 2020 Program Coordination and Support

1.1 DTSC will lead, or co-lead with other agencies, and participate in the California Border Enforcement Task Force and the bi-national California/Baja California Waste and Enforcement Task Force, the Border-wide Waste Policy Forum, and the National Coordinators Meeting and other associated Border 2020 meetings.

DTSC is an active participant in the Border 2020 bi-national meetings and the local San Diego County Hazardous Waste Task Force Meetings. Meetings:

• July 12, 2016 - California/Mexico Border Relations Council, San Diego

• March 3, 2017 - Bi-national Emergency Response, San Diego

• Workgroup: March 30, 2017 -

Border 2020 California/Baja California Regional, Calexico

Yes

1.2 Attendance at these meetings will require international travel and DTSC will work to obtain necessary advance approvals.

No international travel was required. N/A



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Border 2020 Program Coordination and Support (continued)

1.3 DTSC will coordinate with CalEPA, CalRecycle, EPA, and other border task force members to propose, border priorities and activities through the border state and bi-national task forces.

March 29, 2017 - California Environmental Task Force, Calexico

Yes

1.4 DTSC will designate a point of contact to lead and coordinate activities associated with planning and hosting the task force meetings including outreach for the bi-national meetings to facilitate and encourage attendance at the public session of the meetings.

DTSC point of contact Name: Alfredo Rios Title: Environmental Prog. Manager I (Sup) Branch: Cypress/San Diego Enforcement Phone: (619) 516-1988 Email: [email protected]

Yes

1.5 DTSC will coordinate with EPA to provide Spanish-English translation services for all bi-national meetings

Per agreement, EPA Region 9 has provided translation services. Yes

1.6 DTSC will report hazardous waste related information associated with the requirements of the Consultative Mechanism, the existing agreement for bi-national communication on the siting of hazardous waste facilities in the border region.

There are no new TSDs proposed within the border region. Yes

1.7 DTSC will facilitate communication between Mexican State and Federal enforcement agencies to address import/export issues of hazardous waste or hazardous materials being shipped for recycling.

DTSC staff has direct communication with Mexico’s Federal Enforcement Agency Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (PROFEPA) and Mexican Federal Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) officials to request information on facilities operating in Mexico that are importing hazardous waste and e-waste from California.

Yes

mailto:[email protected]



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Border 2020 Program Coordination and Support (continued)

1.8 DTSC plans, organizes, and implements training on the import and export requirements to the maquiladoras, Mexican government officials, industry, and non-governmental agencies.

On February 6, 2017, at the 19th Annual CUPA Conference, DTSC presented two classes on “Import/Export Requirements” and “California/Mexico Border Inspections and Enforcement.”

Yes

2. Surveillance and Enforcement

2.1 Border inspections will be conducted associated with Northbound and Southbound surveillance and enforcement of hazardous waste shipments through the California Ports of Entry (POE).

Northbound: DTSC conducted 3,999 truck inspections, and San Diego County Department of Environmental Health conducted 651 border truck inspections at Otay Mesa POE from December 2016 – June 2017. Southbound: DTSC coordinated with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Otay Mesa, San Diego County, and CBP Calexico East POE, Imperial County, to inspect 284 southbound trucks from February – June 2017.

Yes

2.2 DTSC will monitor waste shipment activities, as necessary, by taking representative samples of hazardous waste shipments and conducting follow up communications to verify that the waste reached its final destination where needed.

DTSC continues to take representative samples when necessary for shipments requiring further investigation for classification of the waste. Communication remains with the US Customs broker regarding the destination of the shipment. On June 27-28, 2017, DTSC inspected 30 trucks and issued one Summary of Violations (SOV) for transporting hazardous waste without a valid registration from the DTSC. Samples were taken and the laboratory results are pending.

Yes



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Surveillance and Enforcement (continued)

2.3 DTSC, upon request from CBP, will participate in special operations conducted at the POE of US and Mexico where resources allow.

At the Otay Mesa POE, DTSC participated in the special operations, with the following results:

• Inspected 96 trucks on February 9 -10, 2017.

• Inspected 46 trucks on April 27, 2017, and issued one SOV. One shipment with used cars was observed to have releases of antifreeze and used oil. The SOV was issued for failure to contain hazardous waste and failing to clean up the discharge of hazardous waste.

At the Calexico POE, DTSC participated in the special operations, with the following results:

• Inspected 72 trucks on April 19-20, 2017. One SOV was issued for failure to make a hazardous waste determination, not completing a hazardous waste manifest, transporting hazardous waste without a valid registration issued by DTSC, release of used oil onto the truck bed and concrete ground below, and failure to follow the requirements for exports of hazardous waste.

• Inspected 40 trucks on June 20-21, 2017. One SOV was issued for failure to contain Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) glass in a container structurally sound and failure to immediately contain all releases of CRT glass.

• Inspected 30 trucks on June 27-28, 2017, and issued one SOV for transporting hazardous waste without

Yes



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a valid registration from DTSC. Samples were taken and the laboratory results are pending.

2.4 DTSC will report border inspection activities and the results in mid-year and end-of-year reports, which will also include the following:

Yes

i. Total number of mobile highway shipment, railroad cargo shipment, and fixed facility inspections conducted;

i. DTSC: 3,999 northbound trucks, citing 10 violations, and 284 southbound trucks San Diego Contract: 651 northbound trucks.

ii. Geographic location of the inspections

ii. Otay Mesa, Calexico

iii. Import or export destination of RCRA-related cargo;

iii. Import - US Ecology in Nevada receives approximately 90% of RCRA cargo, and Buttonwillow and Kettleman Hills collectively receive approximately 10% of RCRA cargo.

iv. Hazard class and amount of RCRA-related material;

iv. Amount of RCRA-regulated material – 4,355.46 tons at the Otay Mesa POE and 188.3 tons at the Calexico POE.

v. Whether the cargo was related to a Maquiladora industry;

v. Yes, the RCRA related waste comes from Maquiladora.

vi. Sampling event information, if applicable;

vi. Calexico POE, June 27-28, 2017, one SOV issued and samples were taken.

vii. Identification of any DTSC trans-boundary-related

vii. Yes, four DTSC trans-boundary violations have been identified.



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violations; and

viii. Enforcement actions taken and penalties collected

viii. Enforcement actions are in process.

2.5 DTSC will annually assess their inspection program and implement any changes that would make it more effective. Any proposed changes will be shared with the California Border Enforcement Task Force, including EPA.

DTSC is involved in two Lean Six Sigma projects to identify process improvements. The two project names are:

• Inspection Report Time Reduction (Inspection Report Project)

• Reduction of the Time it Takes to Assess and Approve Penalties (Penalty Assessment Project).

Yes

3. Compliance and Assistance Training

3.1 DTSC and San Diego County Department of Environmental Health staff will conduct hazardous waste management training workshops in the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana, Baja California Mexico. During the grant cycle, DTSC will provide a minimum of one annual training as indicated in the Work Plan.

There were no workshops or trainings scheduled in the reporting year.

N/A

4. Compliance and Enforcement Capacity Building

4.1 DTSC will identify and implement activities to increase and improve compliance with environmental best practices and laws.

DTSC continues to communicate and coordinate with US CBP.

Yes

4.2 DTSC will support the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in the development of their border

DTSC continues to support the ADEQ in the development of its border compliance and enforcement program.

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compliance and enforcement program.

5. Port of Entry (POE) – Import and Export of Hazardous Waste

5.1 DTSC will place emphasis on tracking the import and export of hazardous wastes.

DTSC received six import notifications and 14 export notifications for the POE program.

Yes

VIII. Initiatives


1. Environmental Justice

1.1 Data to enhance and prioritize services to Impacted Communities:

a. Identify impacted industries for enhanced enforcement activities using screening tools and pertinent data.

West Oakland • EERD inspected three facilities and

participated in five facility inspections.

• OCI participated in three facility inspections.

• OCI inspected ten discount stores for lead in jewelry or toxics in packaging.

East Oakland • EERD inspected three facilities and

participated in five facility inspections.

• OCI inspected nine discount stores for lead in jewelry or toxics in packaging.

Common Violations Hazardous Waste Generators:

• Failure to properly label hazardous waste containers.

• Failure to maintain and operate the facility to minimize the possibility of

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fire, explosion, or release of hazardous waste.

• Failed to perform weekly inspections of hazardous waste containers.

• Failure to provide initial and annual training to employees.

Hazardous Waste Transporters: • Unauthorized storage of hazardous

waste on-site for longer than 10 days.

• Failure to maintain active ID number.

Electronic/Universal Waste (UW) Facilities: • Failure to notify DTSC prior to

treating electronic devices. • Failure to containerize universal

waste in a manner to prevent breakage and release of its components to the environment.

• Failure to properly label electronic waste.

• Failure to provide training to employees.

Compliance Assistance Efforts • Provided education to businesses,

along with guidance documents, and guided them to the DTSC website for additional information. Contact information was provided for any questions they might have.

• On March 21, 2017, at the CCS, 12 students attended at no cost.

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2. Scrap Metal Recycling

2.1 Inspect statewide to ensure metal recycling facilities compliance with DTSC environmental laws and regulations requirements and address violations.

Enforcement actions are in process. For additional information, see section Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI), on page 31.

Yes

3. Treated Wood Waste

3.1 The Treated Wood Waste (TWW) project began in March 2017, and is based on Senate Bill (SB) 162. SB 162 requires DTSC to inspect 25% of TWW facilities and TWW generators respectively.

• Four new environmental scientist positions were filled;

• TWW project staff completed the required training for field certification;

• A baseline universe of TWW facilities and generators were identified;

• A preliminary list of TWW inspections for FY 2017-2018 AWP was completed;

• Six TWW facility generator inspections were completed.

Yes

NON-RCRA ACTIVITIES

I. Inspections and Complaints State Funded Inspections

Type of Inspection Total Number of Inspections

Inactive Site Inspection

Class I Violations

Commitment Achieved?

Large Quantity Generator (Refinery) 1 -- -- N/A

Large Quantity Generator - TWW 6 -- -- N/A

LQG (Independent Oversight) 2 -- -- N/A Standardized Permit Inspections 6 -- -- N/A Universal Waste Recyclers 46 1 7 Yes Universal Waste Collectors 66 3 1 Yes Facility Self-Disclosures 5 -- 3 N/A



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1. Electronic Waste

1.1 DTSC will consider a two- to three-year initiative to inspect California handlers of UW lamps, batteries, and mercury-containing equipment. DTSC would focus on inspecting companies that collect both federally regulated UW and electronic waste, and would plan to inspect ten such handlers each fiscal year if implemented.

• DTSC conducted 46 inspections of UW Recyclers and three follow-up inspections. Out of these, seven resulted in Class I violations.

• DTSC conducted 66 inspections of UW Collectors. Out of these, one resulted in a Class I violation.

Yes

2. Used Oil

2.1 Provide oversight of transporters, transfer stations, and recyclers of used oil in accordance with California Hazardous Waste Control Laws. Inspection and enforcement efforts will continue within the used oil sector to ensure proper management, with the intention of ultimately contributing toward an increased used oil recycling rate.

DTSC conducted 47 used oil inspections:

• TSD: Five inspections, which included two FCI inspections, with one Class I violation.

• Transporter: 19 inspections with five Class I violations.

• Standardized Permit: Eight inspections which included one FUI, with three Class I violations.

N/A

State Funded Inspections (continued) Follow-Up Universal Waste

3 -- -- N/A

Follow-Up Generator 1 -- 1 N/A CEI Transporter 15 -- 5 N/A FCI Transporter 2 2 -- N/A Non-financial Records Review

31 -- 30 N/A

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3. Emergency Response Actions

3.1 DTSC’s Emergency Response staff oversees the Drug Lab Removal Program and responds to wildfires, assisting property owners and local agencies to properly dispose of hazardous wastes that result from the fires. Other responses include hazardous wastes that have been abandoned at locations other than state highways (off-highway).

DTSC responded to 695 incidents and properties, totaling $1,698,888.

• 171 drug lab removals were conducted at a cost of $732,285.

• 524 response actions (wildfires and other responses) were conducted at a cost of $966,603.

Wildfires DTSC provided support for assessing and removing hazardous waste and asbestos from the destroyed structures. • Valley Fire in Lake County and

response action was completed at the end of July 2016.

• The Erskine Fire burned 48,019 acres and destroyed 300 residences.

• Clayton Fire in Lake County burned 3,929 acres and destroyed 190 residences.

• DTSC staff provided support for assessing and removing hazardous waste and asbestos from the destroyed structures for the Erskine and Clayton Fires.

• Field work continued for the Butte Fire in Calaveras County.

Other Responses • In December 2016, DTSC

conducted a multi-day response action in Inyo County where a property owner had large quantities of acids, bases, batteries, and miscellaneous chemicals on his property that posed a threat to the surrounding community.

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Emergency Response Action (continued)

• As a result of the fire that occurred last summer (2016), DTSC removed residual hazardous waste from the Pan Metals facility in Maywood.

• DTSC, in conjunction with EPA, removed several hundred yards of mercury-contaminated soil from multiple properties in Lake County.

• DTSC assessed a single property in Lake County contaminated with mercury. Twenty cubic yards of mercury-contaminated soil was removed from the property.

Financial Assurance Reimbursements and Mechanism Replacements

DTSC processed 16 requests from companies for reimbursement of expenses associated with facility closure or PC, and eight mechanism releases for Financial Assurance (FA) requirements. The total dollar amount released from FA mechanisms in the reporting period (SFY 2016-2017) was $24,313,648.44.

II. Imperial and Trinity State Certified Unified Program Agency

DTSC has been designated by CalEPA to implement the Unified Program (as a CUPA) in Imperial and Trinity Counties. The details are described in the Imperial and Trinity County CUPA Programs Implementation Summary, Appendix C.

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II. Office of Criminal Investigation


1. Metal Recycling

1.1 Inspect metal recycling facilities Statewide to ensure compliance with DTSC environmental laws and regulations and address violations.

DTSC completed inspections of 43 high-priority metal recycling facilities. SOVs were issued to 38 facilities. Four cases were referred to District Attorney Offices. Enforcement actions are being pursued against 38 facilities.

N/A

2. Border Inspections – Southbound

2.1 Conduct Border Inspections (Southbound). List additional activities conducted.

On June 20-21 and June 27-28, 2017

• 179 inspections were conducted at the Otay Mesa and Calexico POE.

• 14 violation notices were issued by the participating agencies.

Additional activity conducted is listed below. OCI participated in the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) Operation “30 Days of Action” along with U.S. EPA and with transnational collaboration with Mexico’s PROFEPA. Transporters exporting hazardous waste to Mexico had been inspected during a four-day special operation to ensure compliance with California and federal hazardous waste laws and regulations.

Yes

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III. Permitting


1. Program Implementation

1.1 Provide a narrative description of any changes to the Permitting Program during the SFY.

• DTSC developed a series of Permitting Division Training Program Framework Documents to train staff on current processes and procedures. DTSC is also attending a series of RCRA Training courses including several developed by DTSC.

• DTSC established a system for tracking permitting performance metrics, including length of times to complete administrative reviews, technical reviews and permit decisions.

• DTSC created updates to the EnviroStor system including project management tools and performance metrics tracking tools.

• DTSC defined work objectives for dedicated staff to troubleshoot existing procedures, monitor performance metrics and identify additional opportunities for reducing permit processing times.

• DTSC developed tracking procedures to ensure that all permit application reviews are conducted comprehensively using a checklist of minimum standards. DTSC developed procedures to incorporate enforcement staff review of draft permits before finalizing.

• DTSC has improved public access to information by providing a public notice for receipt of all permit applications,

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Program Implementation (continued)

and by posting permit application submittals and Notices of Deficiency (NOD) on the public EnviroStor website. The process for posting to be made within 30 days of receipt of documents.

• DTSC is now reviewing closure and postclosure cost estimates every five years in an effort to ensure adequate financial resources are available to complete closure and postclosure activities.

• As a result of a Lean Six Sigma project, DTSC meets with applicants at least 15 months prior to permit expiration to clarify the permit renewal process, and to explain DTSC expectations of the permit application.



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1.2 List all trainings attended, including the date, location, and number of DTSC attendees.

Training Title/Name

Location

Date

Number of DTSC attendees

RCRA Training Sacramento 2/21/17 -2/23/17

68

RCRA Training Chatsworth 5/2/17 -5/4/17

42

Permit Modification

Sacramento 3/24/17 23

Permit Modification

Chatsworth 3/28/17 10

Permit Modification

Berkeley 3/31/17 11

Project Management

Sacramento 4/6/17 - 4/7/17

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Project Management

Chatsworth 5/9/17 - 5/10/17

21

Cost Reimbursement


Hazardous Waste Management Legal Requirements


Enhanced Risk Communication

Sacramento 6/19/17 -6/21/17

40


Berkeley 6/5/17 - 6/7/17

32


Chatsworth 6/26/17 -6/28/17

24

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1.3 List any other major accomplishment or relevant information highlighting DTSC’s work that may not have been mentioned in the original work plan.

• Data cleanup of the Permitting EnviroStor universe continues. In SFY 2016-2017, Permitting issued 58 administrative closures for facilities with outstanding data issues.

• DTSC’s Permitting Division oversaw work by a consultant, contracted through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and funded by EPA, to complete technical reviews of six RCRA Part B permit applications.

• DTSC is progressing on developing regulations required by Senate Bill 673, which requires that by January 1, 2018, DTSC establish regulations with new criteria for evaluating permit applications.

Yes

1.4 Identify the DTSC Permitting grant contact.

DTSC point of contact Name: Nicholas Pettigrew Title: Associate Governmental Program Analyst Branch: Permitting Division - Chatsworth Phone: (818) 717-6681 Email: [email protected]

Yes

2. Multi-Year Strategy

2.1 List any updates or revisions to the Multi-Year Strategy.

See attached Permitting Division’s Multi-Year Strategy “Appendix D” for any updates or revisions.

Yes

3. GPRA Goals

3.1 Meet the projected Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) commitments for each SFY.

The projected GPRA commitment for the SFY 2016-2017 is eight permits. DTSC completed eight permit decisions in SFY 2016-2017.

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GPRA Goals (continued)

If the commitments were not achieved, then include the following information:

a. Factors contributing to the missed accomplishment(s).

b. Explanation if adjustments to spending are necessary.

c. If behind schedule, provide new permit schedule to meet GPRA goals.

They are as follows: Operating Permit Renewals: Four

• Demenno/Kerdoon

• KW Plastics of California

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Site 300

• US Ecology Vernon Inc. Postclosure Permit Renewals: Four

• Chevron USA Inc. Richmond Refinery • EPC Westside Disposal Facility • Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory - Site 300 • Phillips 66 Company - San Francisco

Refinery

4. Non-GPRA

4.1 List the draft permits submitted to EPA per SFY. Include the facility name, location, and date submitted.

List of draft permits submitted to EPA for SFY 2016-2017:

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Site 300

• Phillips 66 Company - San Francisco Refinery

• Chevron USA Inc. Richmond Refinery • US Ecology Vernon Inc. • Kearney-KPF • John Smith Road Landfill • EPC Westside Disposal Facility

A system for tracking submittal dates will be developed to facilitate providing submittal dates in future reports.

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Non-GPRA (continued)

4.2 List the number of completed Initial Permits.

No Initial Permits were issued. N/A

4.3 List the number of completed Permit Renewals.

Total Operating Permit Renewals: five (RCRA – four, Standardized – one) • Atlas Precious Metals Inc.

(Standardized Permit) • Demenno/Kerdoon • KW Plastics of California • Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory - Site 300 • US Ecology Vernon Inc.

Yes

4.4 List the number of completed Permit Modifications.

• Class 1 Permit Modifications - 21 • Class 1* Permit Modifications - six • Class 2 Permit Modifications - four • Agency Initiated Permit Modification -

one

Yes

4.5 List the number of completed Closure Plan approvals.

Closure Plans Approved: two

• Exide Technologies Inc. • Gem of Rancho Cordova LLC DBA

PSC Environmental SVS Of Rancho Cordova

Yes

4.6 List the number of completed Closure Verifications.

Final Closure Verifications Issued: two

• Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant • Chemtrade West US LLC

Yes

4.7 List the number of completed Postclosure Permits or other mechanisms.

Postclosure Permit Renewals: four

• Chevron USA Inc. Richmond Refinery • EPC Westside Disposal Facility • Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory - Site 300 • Phillips 66 Company - San Francisco

Refinery

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4.8 List the number of completed Emergency Permits.

Number of completed Emergency Permits: 38 Yes

5. Environmental Justice 5.1 Report on EJ activities taken

in the Permitting program. DTSC refined the permitting process to include coordination with the Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs (EJ & Tribal Affairs) 18 months before expiration of a permit. For additional information, see section EJ, on page 51.

Yes

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IV. Corrective Action


1. Program Commitments

1.1 Provide a narrative description of any changes to the Corrective Action Program during the SFY.

RCRA FIRST: In 2016, to streamline Corrective Action cleanups and assist in meeting GPRA goals at 2020 baseline sites, DTSC began implementing EPA’s RCRA Facility Investigation Remedy Selection Track (RCRA FIRST) process at a number of 2020 Baseline sites. DTSC successfully implemented its first RCRA FIRST pilot project at the Univar Corrective Action site in Commerce. The use of RCRA FIRST concepts [streamlined Corrective Measure Study (CMS), coordinated reviews, elevation of disputes] helped to expedite the remedy selection, allowing for completion of the Statement of Basis nine months after the RCRA FIRST kickoff meeting. This was a significant accomplishment. As a result of these efforts, DTSC expects to get the final remedy online by 2018, two years ahead of schedule, and this will help to meet the RCRA 2020 Remedy Construction Complete (RCC) goals. In 2017, DTSC initiated the next round of RCRA FIRST pilot projects, including the following sites: Georgia Pacific (Montebello), Northrup Grumman (Hawthorne), and Chemours (Oakley).

Yes


On October 1, 2016, DTSC participated in the Greener Cleanups webinar training sponsored by EPA. Approximately 15 Cleanup Program staff attended the webinar at the DTSC Cal Center office, and several staff from the DTSC Berkeley office attended in person at the EPA office in San Francisco. The training provided an overview of Greener

Yes



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Program Commitments (continued)

Cleanups and explained to project managers and responsible parties how to use the new American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Guide for Greener Cleanups to reduce the environmental footprint at cleanup sites. The training provided an in-depth discussion of the process for selecting and implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs) provided in the ASTM standard guide.


During SFY 2016-2017, DTSC used $80,000 in RCRA grant plus-up funds to sample groundwater wells at the Willows Glenn County Airport Corrective Action site for suspected pesticide contamination. The data, collected by DTSC’s contractor Geosyntec, showed that all the groundwater results for pesticides and herbicides were below analytical reporting limits, the downgradient water supply wells were not impacted, and all groundwater and soil concentrations were below residential screening levels. As such, no additional investigation or remediation is warranted for the site. DTSC successfully used the plus-up funds to make progress on an otherwise stalled site. With the new data obtained using the plus-up funds, DTSC expects to achieve the Human Exposure Under Control (HE), Ground Water Migration (GWM), and RCC Environmental Indicators (EI) at this site in the Federal Fiscal Year 2017.

Yes

1.4 Identify the DTSC Corrective Action grant contact.

DTSC point of contact Name: Ajit Vaidya Title: Supervising Hazardous Substances Engineer I Branch: Cleanup Program Engineering & Special Projects – Sacramento

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Phone: (916) 255-3683 Email: [email protected]

2. GPRA Goals

2.1 List any updates or revisions to the Multi-Year Strategy.

There were no updates or revisions to the Multi-Year Strategy during the SFY 2015-2017 RCRA Grant cycle.

Yes

2.2 List the Corrective Action goals achieved for the FY. If the FY goals were not met, provide detailed information explaining why.

During SFY 2016-2017, the following GPRA target goals for EIs were met. Human Exposures Under Control

EPA ID Project Name Completion Date

CAD067638957 General Atomics

9/23/16

CAD981393085 Ford Motor Co. 10/12/16 Groundwater Migration Under Control


CAD000088252 Statewide Env. Services

2/6/17

CAD980817159 Safety Kleen San Jose

3/14/17

CAD063109243 Raytheon Systems Fullerton

6/28/17

CAD009380890 Georgia Pacific Montebello

6/30/17

Remedy Construction Complete


CAD000633164 Clean Harbors Westmorland

8/26/16

CA9170090022 MCAS Tustin 9/20/16 CAD000088252 Statewide Env.

Services 2/6/17

CAD060897063 Boeing El Segundo

6/6/17

CAD058231598 Mallinckrodt (Xerox) Irvine

6/15/17

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The following table compares the SFY 2014-2017 GPRA Multi-Year Strategy Work Plan goals with the actual number of cumulative completed EI’s out of a total of 261 Corrective Action sites on the 2020 baseline list.

Work Plan Goal

Actual Completed

Human Exposure

95% 255/261 97%

Ground Water Migration

88% 217/261 83%

Remedy Construction

80% 161/261 62%

The table shows that DTSC has exceeded the Work Plan goals for HE, and is slightly under the goal for GWM. However, DTSC is significantly behind the target goals for RCC. Part of the reason is that DTSC has not been able to adequately verify the status of EI completion for the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) lead sites. To that end, DTSC and EPA have initiated a joint effort for more active engagement with the RWQCB offices, which will assist DTSC in completing additional EI’s at Water Board lead sites. In addition, many of the outstanding EI’s are sites which are large, complex federal facilities with multiple operable units, many of which are unlikely to meet the 2020 RCC goal. Other remaining sites are stalled due to various complicating factors. DTSC and EPA managers have had extensive meetings with DTSC project managers and supervisors to



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determine how to make progress at some of these stalled sites. DTSC believes that the ongoing, intensive coordination between DTSC and the RWQCB staff, along with increased application of the RCRA FIRST approach, will help resolve issues at these sites and allow for better progress towards the 2020 RCC goals.

3. Non-GPRA Goals

3.1 Report on progress of greener cleanup sites.

DTSC has been tracking progress on greener cleanups at several Corrective Action cleanup sites, including the Yosemite sites [National Park Service (NPS)], Chemours site in Oakley, and the Exide Corrective Action site in Vernon. Below is a summary of progress at each of these sites.

• Yosemite: DTSC has encouraged the NPS to incorporate greener cleanups into the Corrective Action remedies at the Yosemite sites. As a result, NPS asked their consultant, CDM Smith, to prepare a BMP list for use in implementing the 2017 field investigation at the El Capitan Site. NPS has also required CDM Smith to consider the BMP checklist for the next phase of the El Capitan project work, including the preparation of the Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) report through the Action Memorandum. NPS also plans to include a BMP Table for use when implementing the remedy at the Curry Landfill site in future planning documents.

• Chemours: Chemours has been working with EPA over the last ten years to evaluate and implement green remediation at the Oakley site. As a

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result, phytoremediation was incorporated into the Plume 3 groundwater remedy in order to treat low levels of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Currently Chemours is using solar power to run a pump to extract groundwater in order to water the tress in the phytoremediation area. In 2016-2017, DTSC has been working with Chemours and EPA to implement the new ASTM standards for greener cleanups. It is anticipated that many of the BMPs from the BMP checklist will merge with the mitigation measures that will be required per the ongoing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review.

• Exide: DTSC has held meetings with Exide to discuss the possibility of incorporating Greener Cleanup features into the Corrective Action work at the Exide site. Exide has not committed to applying the entire BMP checklist as outlined in the ASTM Standard Guide for Greener Cleanups. However, Exide has indicated that it intends to use several greener cleanups approaches in its upcoming decommissioning project, including the use of Tier 4 diesel equipment, mitigation of dust emissions, use of local subcontractors to minimize truck transport emissions, light emitting diode (LED) lighting, and recycling of steel and concrete.



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4. Environmental Justice

4.1 Report on EJ activities taken in the Corrective Action program.

During the past SFY DTSC’s Workforce for Environmental Restoration in Communities (WERC) Program has supported local residents near the Exide cleanup site in Vernon. Skills gained through the program, such as soil sampling and clean up techniques, will help graduates obtain jobs in environmental-related industries. Ninety-two percent of the graduates in the first group were hired by contractors working in communities surrounding the former Exide facility.

Yes

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V. Safer Consumer Products Program

Work Plan Commitment Accomplishments Commitment Achieved?


1.1 Provide a narrative description of any changes to the SCP during the SFY.

DTSC continued to build the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program. Of the four stages of the SCP program [identifying Candidate Chemicals, selecting Priority Products, conducting Alternatives Analyses (AA), and issuing Regulatory Responses], DTSC moved into the third stage (AA) with the adoption of the first Priority Product. DTSC received limited additional resources to expand rulemaking and Priority Product selection, and to evaluate lead acid batteries as a potential Priority Product.

Yes


Restrictions of metals in brake pads. Effective January 1, 2017, DTSC developed and adopted regulations, which set standards for self-certification using a testing certification agency, third-party accredited laboratories, analytical testing methodologies, a mark proof of certification to appear on brake friction materials, and a process to apply for extensions to the 2025 restrictions. Petition: DTSC received a petition to list food cans using Bisphenol A (BPA) containing resins as a Priority Product. DTSC denied the petition. Green Business: DTSC initiated work on implementing AB 2125, a bill requiring DTSC to develop guidelines for local governments to use when establishing Healthy Nail Salon

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Recognition Programs. Guidelines are targeted for completion by January 2018.

1.3 Identify the DTSC SCP grant contact.

DTSC point of contact Name: Karl Palmer Title: Chief Branch: Safer Consumer Products Branch Phone: (916) 445-2625 Email: [email protected]

Yes

2. Safer Consumer Products Program

2.1 Report on the status of the finalization of the next set of chemicals for voluntary/regulatory action under the three-year work plan.

Four work plan implementation workshops were conducted to engage interested stakeholders to answer questions and fill data gaps to help DTSC identify the next proposed Priority Products from the Priority Products Work Plan.

• January 11, 2017: Stakeholder Discussion of Aquatic Monitoring and Hazard Traits of Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (NPE) and Triclosan.

• February 8, 2017: Public Workshop and Stakeholder Presentations on Background Document.

• January 31, 2017: Public Workshop on Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Carpets, Rugs, Indoor Upholstered Furniture, and Their Care and Treatment Products.

• March 2, 2017: Public Workshop on Potential Health and Safety Impacts of Chemicals in Nail Products.

Work was initiated on evaluating lead-acid batteries for possible inclusion to the list of Priority Products. This effort was in response to the Governor’s directive and part of

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DTSC’s overall work to mitigate potential harm to communities and the environment resulting from battery recycling. Each of these potential Priority Product categories is under consideration for near term identification of Priority Products.

• The Children’s Foam Padded Sleeping Products regulation is completed and with a July 1, 2017, effective date.

• The draft regulations for adding Spray Polyurethane Foam Systems with Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) were public noticed for comment between March 24, 2017 and June 6, 2017. The effective date for these regulations is planned for April 1, 2018.

• DTSC plans to public notice Priority Product listing regulations for paint and varnish strippers containing methylene chloride in Fall 2017.

2.2 Report on any activities to support the Alternatives Analysis.

DTSC developed and finalized comprehensive guidance for conducting AA under the state’s SCP regulatory requirement framework.

The guide was finalized in June 2017. DTSC held a webinar to present and discuss the Draft AA Guide on January 10, 2017, and accepted public comments until February 3, 2017. The AA Guide provides a comprehensive set of tools, resources, approaches and guidance to assist responsible entities in conducting an AA per the requirements in the SCP regulations.

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2.3 Report on any voluntary partnerships developed.

DTSC continued to actively engage with a variety of partnerships via membership/participation with state, business and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and groups. DTSC staff chair the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse which actively works on AA guidance and practices, shares information on state green chemistry laws and promotes safer alternatives. Similarly, DTSC is an active member of professional organizations furthering the practices of AA, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), safer product development and practice [e.g. Interstate Chemical Clearinghouse (IC2), BizNGO, Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) and the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR)]. State Agency Coordination:

• Biomonitoring California - DTSC has identified biomonitoring data as a priority data source for its Work Plan and expanded coordination with sister agencies to use any relevant information from Biomonitoring California, which is collaboration between DTSC, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), and California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Ultimately biomonitoring data may be a source of metrics for program success by demonstrating reductions in chemicals of concern in people.

• CalEPA - DTSC works closely with other CalEPA Boards, Departments, and Offices (BDOs). DTSC pays close attention to the evaluation of hazards

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conducted by OEHHA and consults with their experts. The Air Resources Board (ARB) looks extensively at many consumer products, some of which fall within the categories named within DTSC’s Work Plan. DTSC continued to work with ARB to determine whether there are hazards it can address beyond that which ARB has the authority to regulate. Finally, protection of aquatic resources against impacts from consumer products constitutes a policy priority set forth in the Work Plan. Consequently, DTSC used water quality and bioaccumulation data generated by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) during the product prioritization research for NPE’s and triclosan.

2.4 Report on activities taken to support the Multi-State Partnership.

DTSC, the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality held periodic conference calls to discuss work plans, training coordination opportunities, issues related to green chemistry and AA.

Yes

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VI. Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs

Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs In SFY 2016-2017, DTSC developed a comprehensive and meaningful strategy for addressing the needs and concerns of environmental justice and tribal communities. The process, heavily rooted in community assessment and engagement, helps to identify environmental health concerns and potential mitigation measures. EJ & Tribal Affairs, with input from the Brownfield Environmental Restoration Program, Hazardous Waste Management Program, Office of Public Participation, and the Office of Civil Rights, is currently developing Civil Rights and Language Access policies to promote justice and equity in all DTSC’s programs. The policies will be implemented by DTSC, with program support, by December 2017.

1. Permitting

Permitting provides technical assistance to EJ & Tribal Affairs regarding Kettleman City and the Title VI – Kettleman Agreement. Permitting has attended signatory meetings and provided formal responses to questions/requests pertaining to Permitting as well as assisted EJ & Tribal Affairs with research/applying for potential environmental health assessment grants. Moreover, Permitting will also receive revised EJ and Tribal Affairs training that will mirror DTSC’s new strategies, policies, and procedures at a later date.


1.1 Permitting (Objective 6.1) will report on Environmental Justice and Tribal Activities.

DTSC will report on the Environmental Justice activities related to the Permitting Division, in each SFY report.

Yes

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2. Enforcement


2.1 EERD (Objective 6.1) will continue to integrate Environmental Justice by:

• Targeting compliance activities in high risk, disproportionately impacted communities.

• Participating in CalEPA’s EJ Task Force under CalEPA’s Enforcement Program.

• Maintaining and expanding organizational support for community task forces and EJ Monitoring and Reporting Networks.

• The EJ Task Force coordinates the compliance and enforcement work of CalEPA’s BDOs in areas of California that are burdened by multiple sources of pollution and are disproportionately vulnerable to its effects. The task force develops new initiatives in communities where increased compliance has the potential to have the greatest impact and includes engaging the community in setting priorities. At least two multi-media initiatives are anticipated annually.

• Currently eight Identify Violations Affecting Neighborhoods (IVAN) regional networks and community task forces operate in the state. These regional networks are used as public input forums on DTSC initiatives, decisions, and information sharing platforms regarding SEPs and other topics.

Yes

3. Corrective Action - Cleanup


3.1 DTSC will report on relevant Environmental Justice activities associated with corrective action in the grant performance reports.

Reported under Corrective Action’s EJ portion, see page 45.

Yes

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VII. Office of Environmental Information Management

Work Plan Commitment(s) Accomplishments Commitment Achieved?

1. Data Entry and Management

1.1 DTSC commits to uploading Financial Assurance data from EnviroStor to RCRAInfo.

In December 2016, DTSC completed the upload of all Financial Assurance data from EnviroStor to RCRAInfo for RCRA Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs). From January 2017 to June 2017, DTSC fixed data issues flagged by the RCRAInfo Financial Assurance Audit Report.

Yes

2. Data Uploads to RCRAInfo

2.1 DTSC will upload RCRA data from EnviroStor to RCRAInfo every month.

DTSC continued to report data from EnviroStor to RCRAInfo on a monthly basis on, or around, the 15th of each month.

Yes

2.2 DTSC will continue to audit data translated from EnviroStor to RCRAInfo on a monthly basis to confirm that there are no translation errors.

DTSC continued to perform QA/QC audits of the translated data after each translation. Any discrepancies were reported and fixed immediately.

Yes

Accomplishments EnviroStor Public Website - Redesign In an effort to enhance the EnviroStor Public Website, DTSC held a public webinar on December 7, 2016, to solicit feedback from members of the public on improvement opportunities. Over 100 registrants attended the webinar and DTSC received 39 comments/questions from 26 attendees. DTSC began development to redesign the EnviroStor Public Website to provide a more modern and intuitive website for the public. New data querying and mapping tools are being added along with reorganizing the data into a more intuitive format. A Public

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Website Governance Team has been formed to continue to review and make recommendations to the data provided on the EnviroStor Public Website. EnviroStor Public Website – CalEnviroScreen A common requested enhancement was to incorporate data from OEHHAs CalEnviroScreen mapping tool into EnviroStor, which would provide the public the ability to easily see DTSC’s efforts in EJ communities. DTSC completed work on incorporating the data into EnviroStor in May 2017. EnviroStor Public Website – Provide Enforcement Data to Public In April 2014, DTSC published the Compliance, Monitoring, and Enforcement data for Permitted Facilities (going back to 2009) to the EnviroStor Public Website. The Fact Sheet can be found here: https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/EnviroStor%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf EnviroStor Public Website – Final Part B Applications In June 2016, DTSC completed enhancements to the EnviroStor to publish the Final Part B Permit Applications to the EnviroStor Public Website. Data Cleanup tools were also developed to assist in identifying missing documents and to streamline the upload process. Location Data Cleanup Effort DTSC began a data cleanup effort in May 2017, to improve the location data for sites/facilities in the EnviroStor system. Automated Data Cleanup Reports along with system tools to make correcting data issues were created to assist in the data cleanup effort. The effort is ongoing and is scheduled for completion by the end of FY 2017-2018. Goal Renewals and Permit Reports Data Cleanup Effort DTSC worked with representatives of EPA to complete data cleanup of the CA GPRA Facilities Not Meeting the Goal Renewals and Permits Reports.

https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/EnviroStor%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

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VIII. Policy and Program Support Division

Work Plan Commitment(s) Accomplishments Commitment Achieved?

1. Biennial Report

1.1 DTSC will conduct the following Biennial Report (BR) activities in FY 2016/2017:

DTSC conducted the following BR activities from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017:

Yes

a. Identify all RCRA LQGs and TSDFs operating in California during the 2015 survey cycle and develop and maintain an accurate mailing list of facilities;

a. Identified all RCRA LQGs and TSDFs operating in California during the 2015 survey cycle. • Developed, updated, and maintained

an accurate mailing list of facilities (2,959).

b. Encourage filers to obtain the BR Forms on-line no later than January 1, 2016;

b. Performed the following actions: • Provided web links to the regulated

community in early January 2016 for the following reporting software: EasiTrak, Florida Biennial Report Survey (BRS), and required BR forms.

c. Provide outreach and on-line training to the regulated community during FY 2016. DTSC will provide classroom training if state travel restrictions allow. DTSC will provide EPA with a plan and schedule by December 2015. DTSC will provide EPA with a copy of BR-related materials distributed to the regulated community that were not developed by EPA to avoid presenting conflicting guidance to the BR help-line and regulated community;

c. Provided outreach and on-line training to the regulated community. • Provided web-based training for

EasiTrak to the regulated community; • DTSC and EPA maintained open

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d. Collect all forms and electronic forms no later than March 1, 2016. DTSC will contact facilities if forms are incomplete or not received by the due date to obtain missing data or reports;

d. Collected all forms and electronic forms. • Collected 3,953 paper and electronic

forms and approximately 1,100 BR Exemption Requests by October 1, 2016 (2,200 staff hours; 84% received rate);

• Contacted approximately 800 non-compliant facilities regarding forms not received by the due date and forms with insufficient data (1,000 staff hours).

e. Perform QA/QC on data received to identify discrepancies in reported quantities of wastes managed, received, shipped, and generated by comparing to previous years’ data. Discrepancies will be investigated, verified, and/or corrected;

e. Performed QA/QC on data received. • Identified discrepancies in reported

quantities of wastes managed, received, shipped, and generated by comparing to 2013 data;

• Contacted handlers; discrepancies were verified and/or corrected;

• After data comparison, using the Top 50 2013/2015 Generator List Report, corrected or located and uploaded into RCRAInfo 2015 BRs (28) and 2013 BRs (17).

f. Directly translate the BR flat file into RCRAInfo before June 11, 2016. Once data is loaded into RCRAInfo, DTSC will continue data quality procedures and re-submit revised data prior to final submission by October 1, 2016;

f. Translated the BR flat file into RCRAInfo. • Performed data quality procedures

prior to successfully resubmitting revised data on October 3, 2016.

g. Continue data quality assurance efforts by using the BR Data Quality Reports in RCRAInfo. Verify any discrepancies identified by HQ in the State Summary Report and reload the corrected data

g. Performed data quality assurance efforts by using the BR Data Quality Reports in RCRAInfo. • Verified all discrepancies identified

by HQ in the State Summary Report (SSR);

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into RCRAInfo. • Reloaded corrected BR data into RCRAInfo on November 4, 2016.

1.2 DTSC will conduct the following activities in FY 2017:

DTSC conducted the following activities: Yes

a. Continue to assist EPA Region 9 in QA/QC efforts and maintenance of previously filed BRs;

a. Assisted EPA Region 9 in QA/QC efforts and maintenance of previously filed BRs, identifying errors, contacting handlers, correcting BRs, and uploading over 400 individual BRs into RCRAInfo;

b. Identify all RCRA LQGs and TSDFs operating in California, developing and maintaining an accurate mailing list of handlers.

b. Developed and maintained an accurate mailing list of all RCRA LQGs and 96 RCRA permitted TSDFs operating in California.

Other

EPA Identification Number Issuance

From July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, DTSC completed the following:

• Issued and performed QA/QC on provisional federal EPA ID numbers (152).

• Issued or updated and performed QA/QC on federal EPA ID numbers (1331).

• Trained staff on issuance of federal EPA ID numbers.

N/A

myRCRAid

DTSC performed the following activities to implement myRCRAid during FY 2016-2017:

• With the assistance of EPA Region 9 developed myRCRAid protocols and training materials for the regulated community and DTSC staff.

• Assigned Registration Maintenance Account Managers (RMAM) for California.

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Other (continued)

• Working with Region 9, developed training materials to assist handlers with registering for the Central Data Exchange (CDX) and data entry into RCRAInfo.

• Implemented a more efficient application process and hold generators responsible for their own data by opting into myRCRAid on February 27, 2017.

• Developed technical content for the DTSC website.

• Determined contacts of companies with multiple locations and prepared correspondence to enlist users of myRCRAid.

• Provided contact information to EPA for paper Electronic Signature Agreements (ESA) when EPA’s Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMMER) in the CDX does not approve the ESA.

• Created a list of certifiers and provided updates to the list as new certifiers were approved or denied.

DTSC Electronic Biennial Report System (System)– Plus-Up Funding Project

DTSC developed an in-house electronic Biennial Reporting System (System) to ensure BR data is complete and more accurate, and to eliminate the need of third-party commercial reporting software. Functionalities incorporated into the System include:

• Encryption with HTTPS for improved security.

• One user name and password to enter BRs for multiple sites.

• Validation of EPA ID number to ensure valid EPA ID numbers are imported into RCRAInfo.

• Auto-population of site address to ensure no address changes.

N/A



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Other (continued)

• The handler has sole permission rights to change their data.

• Handler passwords are private. • The QA/QC process includes an

email initiated from the System. • All data is validated prior to

uploading into RCRAInfo. With the approval of additional Plus-Up funding, DTSC intends to implement the following:

• Integrate the new Generator Improvement Rule specifications into the System.

• Auto-populate manifest data from HWTS into Waste Generation and Management (GM) Forms and Waste Received from Offsite (WR) Forms, ensuring more accurate data is provided to the EPA.

• Establish a notification module to automate the email notification process, identifying all RCRA LQGs and RCRA TSDFs during the reporting cycle.

• Perform QA/QC on data to identify discrepancies of waste generated, managed, shipped, and received.

e-Manifest The following activities are complete or ongoing:

• Provided EPA with CA state waste codes to be added to the e-Manifest application.

• Verified the waste codes were available in test mode.

• DTSC’s design team attended, and continues to attend, webinars and is working with EPA to overcome the many technical and policy challenges of the e-Manifest application.

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Other (continued)

• Verified that all CA state TSDFs are in RCRAInfo, including those with non-RCRA waste.

• Ongoing coordination between management teams in DTSC and EPA Region 9 regarding policy, duties, strategy, and management of the e-Manifest application.

• Coordinating with EPA to input all CA state generators and transporter IDs into RCRAInfo.

• Working with the manifest imaging vendor and making changes to the contract regarding the scanning, imaging, and data entry of manifests.

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IX. Grant Management


1. Work Plan and Coordination Meetings

1.1 DTSC Grant Manager a. Coordinate planning,

reporting, and tracking (general).

b. Coordinate the next Work Plan (2018-2020 cycle), and prepare and submit the application to EPA.

a. DTSC grant management and program staff continued coordination, planning, reporting and tracking during the reporting period.

b. DTSC grant management and staff coordinated and prepared the Work Plan for the new grant cycle (2018-2020), and submitted the application to EPA on time.

Yes

1.2

Coordination Meetings/Conference Calls

Yes

a. At a minimum, a monthly call with EPA grant staff to provide progress report, discuss critical issues and funding draw-down, track program progress toward commitments, identify potential changes as needed, and keep abreast of critical issues.

a. EPA and DTSC held regular monthly calls to discuss the grant.

b. Program-specific discussions on an as needed basis for annual planning, reporting, tracking progress and updates.

b. Program specific discussion were held on as needed basis during the reporting period.

c. Executive level meetings with EPA semiannually, or as scheduled.

c. During the reporting period, DTSC and EPA Region 9 Quarterly Managers Meeting were held on the following dates: • August 31, 2016 • January 18, 2017 • May 31, 2017

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Work Plan and Coordination Meetings (continued)

1.3 Identify the DTSC Grant Administration main grant contact.

DTSC point of contact Name: Rick Brausch Title: Division Chief Branch: Policy and Program Support Division Phone: (916) 327-1186 Email: [email protected]

Yes

2. Evaluation and Reporting

2.1 DTSC Grant Manager Yes

a. Maintain documents-final Work Plan, budget report revisions, program evaluations, AWP development.

a. DTSC Grant Manager and staff continued to maintain RCRA Grant-related documents, including the Work Plan, budget report revisions, program evaluations, and the AWP development.

b. Coordinate planning, reporting, and tracking (general).

b. SFY 2016-2017 Mid-Year Report: DTSC requested an extension. The Mid-Year Report was submitted on May 18, 2017.

3. Quality Assurance Planning

3.1 DTSC will submit the Draft Quality Assurance Program Plan (QAPrP) before the 2015-2017 grant period begins. Quality assurance planning and development will continue in the 2015-17 grant period.

DTSC’s QAPrP was completed, approved, and signed off on August 15, 2016.

Yes


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X. Authorization

Work Plan Commitment(s) Accomplishment Commitment Achieved?


1.1 Provide a narrative description of any changes to the Authorization program during the SFY.

There were no updates or revisions during the SFY 2016-2017 RCRA Grant cycle. Yes


• “Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Final Rule;” January 9, 2017 (and subsequent dates), eight DTSC attendees.

• “Expert Brownbag Series: Looking at the Big Picture: the RCRA "Functional" Equivalency Policy and the Policy on More Stringent versus Broader in Scope;” March 10, 2017, one DTSC attendee.

• “Requirements That Apply to Import and Export Shipments That Go to Both an Interim and Final Destination Facility;” May 5, 2017, one DTSC attendee.

Yes


Webinar on “Generator Improvement Rule” presented by Kevin Sanchez (DTSC) on May 16, 2017; broad audience including the CUPAs, EPA and state agencies. DTSC staff met with Region 9 staff and obtained concurrence that the State of California is required to adopt nine provisions in the Generator Improvement Rule (i.e., nine of the rule’s provisions are more stringent than the previous federal requirements and are therefore mandatory). DTSC plans to adopt the required portions of the Generator Improvement Rule to maintain its authorization to implement the state’s hazardous waste program.

Yes



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1.4 Identify a DTSC point of contact for Authorization related issues.

DTSC point of contact Name: John Muegge Title: Hazardous Substances Engineer Branch: Policy and Program Support Division Phone: (916) 322-0471 Email: [email protected]

Yes

2. Authorization Schedule

2.1 Provide a schedule for submission of a draft and final application for any clusters not already authorized to California.

See Table 2.1, Page 65. Yes

2.2 List any changes to the schedule and provide the following information:

a. Factors contributing to the missed accomplishment(s);

b. Explanation if adjustments to spending are necessary; and

c. New schedules for plans that will not be completed.

• Definition of Solid Waste (DSW): The schedule for the Solid Waste Rule has been placed on hold while the litigation case is ongoing. DTSC will prepare mandatory portions of the DSW that are not impacted in anticipation of the final ruling [API v. EPA, (D.C. Cir. No. 09-1038)]. Deadlines for motions have extended the decision for final mandates to an unknown time. DTSC will provide updates when court decisions are final.

• Import Export Rule: The draft regulations were sent to EPA for review on July 11, 2017, concurrent with DTSC’s legal review. Due to the size of the draft rulemaking package, the review time was longer than anticipated (over 60 days). After incorporating comments received from EPA and DTSC legal staff, DTSC anticipates submitting the rulemaking package to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) in November 2017. Following OAL’s approval of the rulemaking package, DTSC will submit the approved rulemaking package to EPA in January 2018.

• Modification of the Hazardous Waste Manifest Rule: DTSC anticipates a change to the current schedule while it

Yes




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waits for clarification of the alternatives to the Attorney General's (AG) Statement.

Table 2.1 Authorization Schedule The anticipated schedule for these authorization packages are provided below.

Name of Rule

Draft Regulation to EPA

Final Regulation to EPA

Draft Auth. Submittal Date

Final Auth. Submittal Date

Solid Waste Rule Checklist 233

May 2017 On Hold

June 2017 On Hold

October 2017 On Hold

December 2017 On Hold

Import Export Rule Checklist 236

May 2017 Actual:

July 2017

June 2017 Revised: January

2018

February 2018 April 2018

Hazardous Waste Management System Rule-Modification of the Hazardous Waste Manifest Rule Checklist 207

N/A N/A

TBD

TBD

E-Manifest Rule Checklist 231

March 2018 May 2018 June 2018 August 2018

Generator Improvement Rule Checklist 237

February 2018 May 2018 June 2018 August 2018

Postclosure Rule Checklist 174

June 2017 Completed: April 6, 2017

January 2018 July 2018 September 2018

APPENDIX A ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION

A-1

RCRA-Funded Enforcement Actions

EPA ID Facility Inspection Type

Enforcement Action

Enforcement Date

Days to Enforcement

Action

SEP/CCS

Settlement

CAD051707818 Ardagh Glass, Inc. CEI CDI

Civil Filing Final Judicial Order

7/5/2016 8/4/2016

2297 2327

--- $3,500,000

CAL000340802 Asbury Environmental Services

CEI Consent Order 6/5/2017 748 --- $50,000

CAD093245645 Ducommun Aerostructures

FRR Enforcement Order Admin. Settlement

9/15/2016 10/11/2016

1779 1805

--- $27,440

CAD087854541 Exide Technologies, Inc.

CEI

FCI

Final Judicial Order

2/27/2017 1291 --- $285,000

CAD009107749 Gallo Glass Company CEI

FCI


3/1/2017 2710 --- $2,000,000

CAR000192153 Isotech Environmental Corporation


CAR000203109 J & R Environmental, Inc.

CEI Enforcement Order

12/6/2016 1071 --- ---

CAL000190758 Janus Corporation CEI Consent Order 12/20/2016 133 --- $62,196

CAD088504881 Kinsbursky Brothers Supply Inc.


APPENDIX A ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION

A-2


Enforcement Action

Enforcement Date

Days to Enforcement

Action

SEP/CCS

Settlement

CAD000633305 LA Department Water and Power


CAD008488025 Phibro-Tech CEI

FCI

Civil Filing 3/24/2017 2215 --- ---

CAD066233966 Quemetco, Inc. CEI Enforcement Order

7/25/2016 60 --- ---

CA7210020759 Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant

CEI Final Judicial Order

10/17/2016 2058 --- $320,160

CAR000164327 T&R Environmental Services, Inc.


CAR000106716 Unlimited Environmental, Inc.


TOTAL:

$6,364,996

APPENDIX B ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION

B-1

Non-RCRA Funded Enforcement Actions:


Enforcement Action

Enforcement Date

Days to Enforcement

Action

SEP/CCS

Settlement

CAL000398284 AK Recycling Inc. FCI Consent Order 5/1/2017 306 --- $6,000

CAL000389487 Alfa & Omega Oil & Recycle CEI Enforcement

Order 6/29/2017 468 --- ---

CAL000367711 All Green Electronics Two Complaints

Enforcement Order 12/5/2016 641

696 --- ---

CAL000374742 Apple Inc. Complaint/ FSD

Civil Filing Final Judicial Order

12/2/2016 12/8/2016

658 664 --- $450,000

CAL000000369 Aztec Auto Wrecking CEI Consent Order 8/23/2016 342 $1,000 $8,700

CAD088838222 Bayside Oil II, Inc. FCI FRR Consent Order 5/19/2017 771 --- $7,634

CAT080012602 D K Dixon NRR Consent Order 12/12/2016 543 --- $18,000

CAL000365768 Debri-Tech DBA Rapid Cycle FCI Enforcement

Order 9/15/2016 364 --- ---

CAL000213881 E.T. Abatement, Inc. CEI Consent Order 11/8/2016 404 --- $7,500

CAR000241448 Environmental and Chemical Consulting Complaint Consent Order 11/4/2016 450 --- $49,493

No EPA ID Goodman Global NRR Admin. Settlement 7/11/2016 739 --- $25,000

CAR000186684 Huddleston Crane Service, Inc. CEI Consent Order 10/17/2016 369 --- $5,691

CAL000289524 IMS Electronics, Inc. FCI Consent Order 10/10/2016 536 --- $18,900


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EPA ID

Facility

Inspection

Type

Enforcement Action

Enforcement

Date

Days to Enforcement

Action

SEP/ CCS

Settlement

CAD981450349 Jack Engle & Co. Complaint Consent Order 6/22/2017 2065 --- $60,000

CAR000096313 JM Environmental, Inc. CEI Consent Order 5/4/2017 226 --- $3,000

CAL000313286

Jon K. Takata Corporation, DBA Restoration Management Company

CEI Consent order 2/21/2017 484 --- $15,000

No EPA ID Maw Green Energy Complaint Default Judgment 7/14/2016 1400 --- ---

CAR000155200 MJ Plating Complaint

Notice of Final Order Judgment to Collect Penalty

6/15/2016 11/1/2016

1872 1919 --- $120,000

CAD981425655

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Iron Mountain

FSD Consent Order 4/12/2017 202 --- $6,250

CAD053866794 Patriot Environmental Services, Inc. CEI Consent Order 4/8/2017 78 --- $1,920

PAD002360923 PSG Controls, Inc. NRR Stipulation and Order 7/8/2016 736 --- $25,000

ARD065308066 Rheem Manufacturing Company NRR Final Decision

Admin. Hearing 10/7/2016 827 --- $36,581


B-3

EPA ID

Facility

Inspection

Type

Enforcement

Action

Enforcement

Date

Days to Enforcement

Action

SEP/ CCS

Settlement

CAL000344122 Ruuhwa Dann & Associates, DBA Cal Micro

FCI Consent Order 5/31/2017 107 --- $4,000

CAL000344534 SA Recycling CEI Civil Filing 6/2/2017 1290 --- ---

CAL000287782 San Diego Painting NRR Civil Filing


8/3/2016 9/7/2016

1023 1058 --- $48,647

CAD981425424 Schwebel Petroleum Co., Inc. Complaint Consent Order 11/29/2016 1722 --- $15,870

TOTAL: $1,000 $933,186

APPENDIX C IMPERIAL AND TRINITY COUNTY CUPA PROGRAMS

C-1

A. IMPERIAL COUNTY IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES IMPERIAL COUNTY


1. Program

• Responded to 348 Public Record Act (PRA) requests. • CalEPA Tri-Annual audit of the Imperial County CUPA was

completed in October 2016. • Continued to address and correct audit deficiencies and report the

findings to CalEPA. First audit response was submitted to CalEPA on April 18, 2017. Second audit response is due to CalEPA on July 18, 2017. One deficiency has been corrected.

N/A

2. Inspections

2.1 a. Business Plan/Hazardous Material Plan/Inventory

b. Hazardous Waste Generator

c. Underground Storage Tank d. Aboveground Petroleum

Storage Tank e. CalARP f. Complaint Investigations

a. Inspections - 308; percentage of annual inspections - 107%. b. Inspections - 277; percentage of annual inspections - 125%. c. Inspections - 85; percentage of annual inspections - 102%. d. Inspections - 62; percentage of annual inspections - 100%. e. Inspections - 15; percentage of annual inspections - 100%. f. Conducted - 23; abated - six.

Reviewed 22 California Office of Emergency Services Notification of Hazardous Material release and six were investigated.

N/A

3. Compliance

3.1 a. Non-Violators b. Class I Violations c. Class II Violations d. Minor Violations e. Not Determined f. Referred

a. Number of violations - 104; percentage of violations - 18%. b. Number of violations - 17; percentage of violations - 3% c. Number of violations - 178; percentage of violations - 32%. d. Number of violations - 266; percentage of violations - 47% e. Number of violations - 1; percentage of violations - 0% f. Number of violations - 0; percentage of violations - 0%

N/A


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4. Enforcement

Settled - five cases, civil or administratively. Total settlement amounts: $174,360; and $59,580 in three SEPs.

• Oasis Calimart Express, No EPA ID, settled $40,000, September 14, 2016.

• C&G Farms, No EPA ID, settled $23,000 (SEP $10,000), December 5, 2016.

• Allied Waste Services (Imperial Landfill), CAL000120002, settled $55,000 (SEP $27,500), December 7, 2016.

• Otay Mesa Sales, CAL000400981, settled $12,200, April 4, 2017. • McNeece Brothers DBA Mann Company, CAL000339338, settled

$44,160 (SEP $22,080), settled April 28, 2017. Imperial CUPA EJ activities and settled cases are reported in the EJ section.

N/A


• 93% of the regulated businesses have complied with electronic filing of their Hazardous Materials Business Plans in California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) as required by AB 2286.

• Responded to more than 530 inquiries on the program elements and the CERS requirements from generators, regulated facilities, consultants, and other interested parties.

N/A

6. Data Management

• Continued to attend the monthly CERS User Group meetings and Accela User Group meetings.

• Continued to work with DTSC’s Office of Environmental Information Management (OEIM), Accela Software Company representative and CERS representative on software updates.

• Continued to identify newly-regulated businesses and remove closed businesses that no longer meet the criteria for being

N/A


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IMPERIAL COUNTY


regulated under the CUPA, or that have ceased operating their business.

B. TRINITY COUNTY IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES

TRINITY COUNTY


1. Program

• CalEPA Tri-Annual audit completed in September 2016. • Continued to address and correct audit deficiencies and report the

findings to CalEPA. Third audit response was submitted to CalEPA on June 28, 2017, fourth audit response is due on September 28, 2017. One deficiency has been corrected.

N/A

2. Inspections

a. Business Plan/Hazardous Material Plan/Inventory

b. Hazardous Waste Generator

c. Underground Storage Tank d. Aboveground Petroleum

Storage Tank e. CalARP f. Complaint Investigations

a. Inspections - 15; percentage of annual inspections - 34%. b. Inspections - 5; percentage of annual inspections - 29%. c. Inspections - 0; percentage of annual inspections - 0%. d. Inspections - 5; percentage of annual inspections - 37%. e. Inspections - 0; percentage of annual inspections - 0%. f. Conducted - one.

N/A

3. Compliance

a. Non-Violators b. Class I Violations c. Class II Violations

a. Number of violations - 5; percentage of violations - 26%. b. Number of violations - 1; percentage of violations - 5%. c. Number of violations - 6; percentage of violations - 32%.

N/A


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TRINITY COUNTY


d. Minor Violations e. Not Determined f. Referred

d. Number of violations - 7; percentage of violations - 37%. e. Number of violations - 0; percentage of violations - 0%. f. Number of violations - 0; percentage of violations - 0%.

4. Enforcement

No enforcement completed during July 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016. N/A


• 92% of the regulated businesses have complied with electronic filing of their Hazardous Materials Business Plans in CERS as required by AB 2286.

• Responded to more than 60 inquiries on the program elements and the CERS requirements from generators, regulated facilities, consultants, and other interested parties.

N/A

6. Data Management

• Continued to attend the monthly CERS User Group meetings and Accela User Group meetings.

• Continued to work with DTSC’s Office of Environmental Information Management, Accela Software Company representative and CERS representative on software updates.

• Continued to identify newly regulated businesses and remove closed businesses that no longer meet the criteria for being regulated under the CUPA or have ceased operating their business.

N/A

APPENDIX D PERMITTING DIVISION MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY

Updated on July 21, 2017

D-1

DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL RCRA WORKPLAN

DIVISION: Hazardous Waste Management Program PROGRAM: Permitting Division PERIOD: 7/01/14-6/30/17

FEDERAL SHARE: $[Enter Funding] STATE SHARE: $[Enter Funding] TOTAL: $[Enter Funding]

DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Rizgar Ghazi (Acting) PROGRAM MANAGER: Nelline Kowbel (Acting)

TASK 3: PERMITTING TASK 3.1: HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMITS ADMINISTRATION DESCRIPTION: Administer the Hazardous Waste Permits Program in accordance with the California Code of Regulations and achieve EPA GPRA goals.

OUTPUT DESCRIPTION FACILITY PLANNED DATE

ACTUAL DATE

COMMENTS

Operating Permit Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC- Richmond EPA ID No. CAT 080 014 079

4/2014

10/8/2014

2/11/14: Status: Draft Permit Public Noticed 3/28/14: Comment Period ends 10/8/14: Permit Renewal (Effective) 6/26/15: CONTAINTRT-Drum Crusher (GPRA Unit) (Permitted Clean Closed Administrative)

Operating Permit

Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) Mixed Waste Storage Facility EPA ID No. CAR 000 019 430

1/2015

2/3/2015

12/4/14 Status: Moved to FY 2014/2015 12/31/14 Status: Permit Renewal (Issued) 2/3/15 Status: Permit Renewal (Effective)

Postclosure Permit (New) ACME Fill Corporation EPA ID No. CAD 041 835 695

4/2015

6/26/2015

1/27/13 Status: Revised application submitted – New PC 7/17/13 Status: Legal/Ag review of FR Compliance Schedule. Moved to FY 2013/2014. 3/26/13 Status: Admin Review completed 11/21/14 Status: Public Comment Period Ended 6/26/15 Status: Permit Renewal (Effective)

Closure The Boeing Company EPA ID No. CAD 060 897 063

6/2015

6/29/2015

6/29/15 Status: ISSUED CLOSURE VERIFICATION.

Postclosure Permit Tesoro Carson Refinery EPA ID No. CAD 077 227 049

11/2015

11/16/2015

11/26/13 Status: Response to second NOD 6/17/14 Status: Response to third NOD DTSC legal review has been delayed 11/16/15: FINAL POSTCLOSURE PERMIT (EFFECTIVE)

Operating Permit Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory EPA ID No. CA2 890 012 584

6/2016 3/14/2016

1/23/13 Status: CEQA Approved 4/29/15 Status: Start Public Comment Period 8/3/15 Status: Comment Period Ends 3/14/16 Status: Permit Renewal Effective

Postclosure Permit Kaiser Ventures EPA ID CAD 008 274 938 4/2016

4/8/2016

4/15/2014 Status: APPLICANT HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING 1/15/2016 Status: Technical Complete Letter Completed 4/8/2016 Status: Postclosure Permit Effective



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ACTUAL DATE

COMMENTS

Operating Permit

Southern California Edison Co. San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station EPA ID No. CAD 000 630 921

4/2016

4/20/2016

1/30/15 Status: Permit expires 1/2/14: Application Part A & B Received 10/30/15 Status: Technical Complete Letter Completed 4/20/16 Status: Permit Renewal Effective

Postclosure Permit Solar Turbines Inc. EPA ID No. CAD 008 314 908

6/2016

5/6/2016

3/4/16: Public Comment will begin 5/6/2016 Status: Postclosure Permit Effective

Postclosure Permit Forward Landfill EPA ID No. CAD 990 794 133

6/2016

6/15/2016

3/19/13 Status: Administrative Review Completed 9/11/15 Status: Third NOD Issued 12/8/15 Status: Final Part A & B Received 6/15/16 Status: Postclosure Permit Effective

Operating Permit General Electric International, Inc. EPA ID No. CAD 030 584 502

4/2016

6/22/2016

11/30/14 Status: Permit expires 10/2/13 Call in Letter Issued 7/24/15: First NOD Issued 6/22/16 Status: Permit Renewal Effective

Postclosure Permit TFX Aviation Inc. EPA ID No. CAD 008 383 127

6/2016

6/23/2016

4/7/14: Call in Letter to be issued 4/30/15 Status: Administrative review complete 6/23/16 Status: Postclosure Permit Effective

Closure Riverbank Army Ammo EPA ID No. CA7 210 020 759

8/2016

8/1/2016

12/30/11 Status: Facility submitted intent to close 12/28/11 Status: Facility ceased operating 12/4/14 Status: Moved to FY 2015-2016 8/1/16: Closure Verification Issued

Closure Best Environmental EPA ID No. CAD 981 426 539

9/2016

9/13/2016

9/13/16 Status: Closure Notification Received

Postclosure Permit Phillips 66 Company, San Francisco Refinery EPA ID No. CAD 009 108 705

12/2016

12/2016

1/8/15 Status: Third NOD issued 7/14/15 Status: Permit completion date depends on Legal review 7/12/16 Status: Technical Complete Letter Issued



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ACTUAL DATE

COMMENTS

Operating Permit Demenno Kerdoon EPA ID No. CAT 080 013 352

12/2016

01/31/2017

7/6/11 Status: Permit expired 2/28/13 Status: Second NOD issued 7/1/14 Status: Third NOD issued 6/1/16: Public Comment Begins

Closure CHEMTRADE WEST US LLC EPA ID No. CAD 009 142 290

12/2016

2/21/2017

10/15/15 Status: Response to first NOD Received 12/3/15 Status: CLOSURE PLAN APPROVED

Postclosure Permit Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Site 300 EPA ID No. CA2 890 090 002

4/2017

4/27/2017

12/14/12: Administrative review complete

Closure Safety-Kleen EPA ID No. CAD 066 113 465

4/2017

5/5/2017

5/5/17 Status: Closure Notification Received

Postclosure Permit EPC Westside Disposal Facility EPA ID No. CAT 080 010 283

6/2017

6/12/2017

9/10/15 Status: Administrative Review Complete

Operating Permit US Ecology Vernon Inc. EPA ID No. CAD 097 030 993

4/2017

6/20/2017

7/7/08 Status: Renewal NOD issued 12/30/15 Status: Draft Permit Renewal pending review 4/11/16 Status: Third NOD Issued.

Postclosure Permit Chevron USA Inc. Richmond Refinery EPA ID No. CAD 009 114 919

2/2017

6/23/2017

8/28/15 PC Renewal: Third NOD Issued 10/22/15 Status: FINAL PART A & PART B RECEIVED 8/1/16 Status: Public Comment Begins.

Operating Permit KW Plastics of California EPA ID No. CAD 982 435 026

2016

6/26/2017

7/28/14 Status: Permit expires 9/8/15 Status: Draft CEQA Completed 11/5/15 Status: FINAL PART A & PART B RECEIVED 4/18/16 Status: Public Comment Period Ends

Operating Permit Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Site 300 EPA ID No. CA2 890 090 002

12/2016

6/27/2017

2/9/16: TECHNICAL COMPLETE LETTER ISSUED 7/1/16 Status: Public Comment Period Ended

APPENDIX E OFFICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

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July 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016

Aerojet, Chino Hills, San Bernardino County On September 13, 2016, the DTSC project team met with the City of Chino Hills to discuss and clarify CEQA concerns expressed by the City of Chino Hills. The City’s CEQA concerns were in response to the CEQA Negative Declaration elements relating to the CMS for portions of the Facility known as Management Area (MAs) 1 and 2 for Munitions and Explosives of Concern. Some sub-units of MA1 and MA2 will require No Further Action. A 30-day public comment period on the draft CMS began on March 29,2016 and ended on April 25, 2016. On April 11, 2016, DTSC held a public meeting to present the draft CMS and receive public comments. Due to high interest and to accommodate the City of Chino Hills public comments, DTSC held a second 30-day public comment period on the draft CMS and draft CEQA Negative Declaration that began on May 13, 2016 and ended on June 13, 2016. The Public Participation Specialist (PPS) and Project team continues to work with the Aerojet Rocketdyne Consultants to address the extensive public comments received during the public comment periods and to oversee the online implementation of the approved Community Engagement Plan (CEP) which is required prior to site closure.

Allied Signal Bay Point, Pittsburg, Contra Costa County On July 11, 2016, a Community Letter and Survey was mailed to inform the community that DTSC is overseeing the cleanup of this former chemical manufacturing facility and solicit feedback to assist DTSC with gauging the level of community interest, and to plan future public outreach activities. An interim removal action is currently being considered for one of the areas, the Former Gypsum Stockpile Area, to prevent surface water accumulation and to reduce exposure of metals in surface water. On October 14, 2016, a Community Update was mailed inviting public review and comment on a Draft Removal Action Workplan for the Gypsum Pond at the Allied Signal Bay Point Site. Also, a Public Notice was published in the East Count Times on October 17, 2016, and La Opinion on October 16, 2016. The purpose of the Workplan is to construct site improvements that will facilitate drying out the Gypsum Pond for future site characterization and cleanup activities. A new storm water outfall will be constructed along with a settling basin. Additionally, a bird deterrence system will be installed and operated to deter birds from using the Gypsum Pond.

ALZA Corporation, Vacaville, Solano County On August 30, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the Vacaville Reporter announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to the Alza Corporation for the treatment of a single container of Diethyl Ether, a chemical potentially reactive and unsafe to transport. The Permit was effective from August 11, 2016 to September 10, 2016.

California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, Orange County On December 29, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the Fullerton News announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to the California State University Fullerton for the onsite treatment of expired chemicals. The Permit was effective from December 5, 2016 to March 4, 2017.

Chemical Waste Management Inc., Kettleman Hills Facility, Kettleman City, Kings County On October 17, 2016 and November 23, 2016, DTSC sent electronic notices to the Kettleman Settlement Agreement signatories regarding facility action items. On October 17, 2016, an e-mail was sent to community members providing the results of the latest inspection of the Chemical Waste Management facility. The November 23, 2016, e-mail announced DTSC’s first Notice of Deficiency sent to the Chemical Waste Management facility regarding its permit renewal application.


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Chevron USA Inc. Richmond Refinery, Richmond, Contra Costa County On July 29, 2016, a Community Update was mailed inviting the public to review and comment on a Proposed Postclosure Permit Renewal for Chevron Richmond Landfarms 1-5. The public comment period began on August 1, 2016 and ended on September 20, 2016. A Public Notice was published in the East Bay Times on August 1, 2016. A Public Hearing was held on August 31, 2016.

Clean Harbors, Westmorland, Imperial County On July 19, 2016, the DTSC Project team (Project Manager, Environmental Scientist, Toxicologist, Hazardous Substance Engineer, and Geologist) hosted a bilingual Community Informational Meeting. DTSC subject experts provided information on: (1) Objective of Environmental Review of Facility, (2) Facility Overview, (3) Landfill Design, (4) Groundwater Monitoring, (5) Air Quality Monitoring, (6) Permitting Process, (7) Enforcement Program, (8) Financial Assurance, (9) Contingency Plan, (10) Seismic Safety and (11) Human Assessment. FOX Channel 5 from Yuma interviewed the PPS and commented that this event was informative and successful. On September 7, 2016, at the invitation of the Westmorland City Council, the Project Manager, Permitting Branch Chief, Geologist and the PPS attended and presented an overview of the Clean Harbors permitting status. The Project Manager has remained in communication with the Imperial County Health Department and is gaining stride on the Imperial County Health Study for future implementation. The plan outlines the community Health Study pertaining to Cancer, Asthma, and other repertory illnesses, independently from San Diego. Presently Imperial County is clustered into San Diego’s Health Study. DTSC also continues to attend the monthly Environmental Justice Task Force Meetings.

DeMennon-Kerdoon, Compton, Los Angeles County On July 13, 2016, a Public Meeting/Public Hearing was held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, to discuss the Draft Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Renewal for the DeMennon-Kerdoon project. On December 23, 2016, a Notice of Decision was mailed to the community.

De Anza College, Cupertino, Santa Clara County On August 12, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the Cupertino Courier, announcing that DTSC issued an Emergency Permit to De Anza College for the treatment and transfer of expired laboratory chemicals. The Emergency Permit was effective from July 22, 2016 through August 12, 2016.

Exide Technologies, Vernon, Los Angeles County In August 2016, postcards were mailed announcing a Community Meeting to be held on August 18, 2016, at the Maywood City Council Chambers. At the meeting, DTSC responded to questions and provided information to residences and property owners. On October 13, 2016, an Advisory Group Meeting Agenda was mailed for the Technical Working Session of the Exide Technologies Advisory Group. The Advisory Group meeting held on October 20, 2016. The Technical Working Session was held to update the Advisory Group on CEQA, Soil Sampling and the Cleanup Progress, the Workforce Development Program, and to answer public questions as well as to allow an opportunity for public comments.

Foothill College, Los Altos, Santa Clara County On August 10, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the Los Altos Town Cryer announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to Foothill College for the treatment of expired laboratory chemicals. The Emergency Permit was effective from July 24, 2016 through July 25, 2016.


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Forward Landfill, Stockton, San Joaquin County On June 15, 2016, a Public Notice was mailed to inform the community that DTSC had approved the Hazardous Waste Facility Postclosure Permit for Forward Landfill to maintain postclosure operations for the closed hazardous waste landfill unit WMA-A at their Manteca facility. The Final Permit became effective 30 days after the decision.

General Environmental Management Inc., Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County On August 31, 2016, General Environmental Management Inc. (GEM) sent a Public Notice on a Class 1 Permit Modification to the facility mailing lists provided by DTSC. The Public Notice was placed in the Grapevine Independent weekly newspaper.

Gilead Science, Foster City, San Mateo County On August 10, 2016, a Public Notice published in the Foster City Islander announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to Gilead Sciences, Inc. for the treatment and transfer of two expired laboratory chemicals. The Emergency Permit was effective from June 3, 2016 through September 1, 2016. On October 19, 2016, DTSC published a Public Notice announcing the Emergency Permit for treatment of two expired chemicals to Gilead Sciences Inc. in the Foster City Islander weekly newspaper. The Emergency Permit was effective from October 11, 2016 to January 6, 2017. On December 23, 2016, DTSC published a Public Notice in the Foster City Islander to announce that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit for Gilead Science to treat seven containers with unstable hazardous waste chemicals. The permit was effective December 4, 2016 to March 2, 2016.

Heraeus Precious Metals America, Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles County On June 20, 2016, DTSC Public Noticed an Emergency Permit for the Heraeus Precious Metals America facility announcing that DTSC had issued a permit to treat an on-site 50-gram container of expired Benzoyl Peroxide. The permit was effective from May 2, 2016 to July 30, 2016.

John Smith Road Landfill On June 8, 2016, a Community Letter and Survey was mailed to inform the community that DTSC was reviewing the Draft Postclosure Permit for the hazardous waste management facility at John Smith Road Landfill.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Alameda County On December 15, 2016, DTSC published a Public Notice announcing the briefing schedule for the public to file written comments regarding the appeal of DTSC’s decision to grant a treatment and storage permit to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The Public Notice was published in the Livermore Independent weekly newspaper, and also a radio announcement was made on KOIT 96.5 FM station in San Francisco.

Moss Landing Power Plant, Moss Landing, Monterey County On October 24, 2016, DTSC finalized the Community Profile for the Moss Landing Power Plant facility. The Profile described the surrounding community, summarized the contents of the community surveys responses and outlined DTSC’s public involvement efforts for the proposed permit actions.

Naval Station, San Diego, San Diego County On July 15, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the San Diego County Star announcing the receipt of a Hazardous Waste Permit Renewal Application.


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NORAC Pharma, Azusa, Los Angeles County On November 15, 2016, a Community Update was mailed to announce the public comment period which began on November 16, 2016 and ended on January 10, 2017. A Public Notice was published in the Azusa Community News on November 16, 2016, to allow the community to comment on the proposed site activities.

Quemetco, Inc., City of Industry, Los Angeles County In July 2016, DTSC engaged and collaborated with the communities of La Puente/Avocado Heights through the Clean Air Coalition (CAC) of North Whittier/Avocado Heights and the Hacienda Heights Improvement Association (HHIA) to review and update the Public Outreach Plan. DTSC’s staff continues to attend and provide quarterly updates to the communities at meetings held by CAC of North Whittier/Avocado Heights and the HHIA. In addition, DTSC attended and presented updates to the City Council and to the Board at the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District on DTSC’s cleanup investigation of Quemetco Facility. Additionally, the PPS holds status update meetings with representatives of the local elected offices. An informational meeting was hosted by DTSC on August 31, 2016, at the Hacienda Heights Community Center with over 200 residents in attendance. Presenting from DTSC were staff from the Corrective Action team, Permitting, and Enforcement. Also, Dr. McDaniel (Consultant) presented the blood lead sampling. Blood collection for lead testing was conducted at the meeting. A total of 105 residents had their blood tested for lead. Thirty-three of the 105 residents live within a quarter mile of the Quemetco Facility (31%). The ages ranged from four years to 85 years. All blood lead level results were below the reference ranges of 5 mcg/dL for children and 10 mcg/dL for adults. From July 1, 2016, to August 17, 2016, the PPS canvassed the quarter mile residential area to obtain access agreements to conduct the soil sampling. In September 2016, a total of 132 residential properties were sampled. Letters with preliminary soil sampling results were sent to all property owners/tenants whose homes were sampled. Over 6,000 soil samples were analyzed with the X-Ray Fluorescent (XRF) Technology and 5% samples were sent to the laboratory. In early December 2016, the Residential Background Study in five cities (Rowland Heights, West Covina, Baldwin Park, Rosemead and Whittier) was completed and a total of 1,250 soil samples were analyzed with the XRF and 150 soil samples taken to the laboratory. Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), Canoga Park/Simi Hills, Ventura County The SSFL Community Advisory Group met January 20, 2016, June 15, 2016, July 20, 2016 and August 17, 2016. Electronic Meeting Announcements for the SSFL Community Advisory Group meetings were distributed and placed on the DTSC Website SSFL document Library and the DTSC Calendar of Events. On August 1, 2016, DTSC attended a Core Team Meeting with the Responsible Parties [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Boeing and Department of Energy (DOE)] to discuss anticipated milestones.

Solar Turbines Inc. Kearny Mesa Facility, San Diego, San Diego County On August 8, 2016, a Community Profile was finalized to describe the community, their interests and their concerns regarding the project. On August 9, 2016, a Community Update was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts, and DTSC mandatory mailing list announcing the public comment period for the CMS. The public comment period began on August 10, 2016, and ended on September 8, 2016. The Public Notice was published in the San Diego Tribune on August 12, 2016.

TA Manufacturing, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County On October 4, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the Santa Clarita Signal announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to TA


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Manufacturing for the transfer and treatment of an expired laboratory chemical. The Emergency Permit was effective September 16, 2016 through December 13, 2016.

Former Turco Facility, Carson, Los Angeles County In November and December 2016, DTSC Project Team conducted meetings with the RWQCB and the City of Carson. The PPS is working on the development of a Public Participation Plan that will be finalized in 2017.

United Industries, Vernon, Los Angeles County On August 10, 2016, a Community Update was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts, and DTSC Mandatory mailing list announcing the public comment period for the proposed clean-up activities at the site. A Public Notice was published in the Vernon Sun on August 11, 2016. The public comment period began on August 11, 2016, and ended on September 12, 2016. On August 16, 2016, a Community Meeting/Open House was held to inform the community about the proposed cleanup activities and the proposed time frames for these activities.

Univar USA Inc., Commerce, Los Angeles County On October 3, 2016, a Community Update was mailed inviting public review and comment on a Draft CMS and Draft Statement of Basis for this Site. A Public Notice was published in English and Spanish in the Eastside Sun on October 6, 2016. On October 13, 2016, a Public Hearing at Our Lady of Victory Church was held to discuss and accept public comments on the Draft CMS and Draft Statement of Basis. On October 27, 2016, post cards were mailed to inform the community that DTSC had extended the public comment period for the Draft CMS and Draft Statement of Basis. The public comment period originally scheduled from October 6, 2016 to November 4, 2016, was extended to November 11, 2016.

University of California Irvine, Irvine, Orange County On September 8, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the Irvine World News announcing that DTSC has issued an Emergency Permit to the University of California Irvine for the treatment of expired laboratory chemicals. The Emergency Permit was effective August 19, 2016 through September 19, 2016.

University of Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, Sonoma County On October 5, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the Sonoma West Times and News announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory for the on-site treatment of expired laboratory chemical. The Emergency Permit was effective September 26, 2016 through December 24, 2016.

University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center at Mission Bay, San Francisco County On October 27, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the San Francisco Daily Journal announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to UCSF Medical Center for the treatment and transfer of 12 expired chemicals which were potentially reactive and unsafe for transport. Clean Harbors Environmental Services was contracted to conduct the treatment. The chemicals were treated and transported offsite for proper management. The Emergency Permit was effective from October 14, 2016 through January 9, 2017.


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University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County On November 9, 2016, a Public Notice was published in the San Francisco Daily Journal announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to UCSF Medical Center for the treatment and transfer of expired chemicals. Clean Harbors Environmental Services was contracted to conduct the treatment. The chemicals were treated and transported offsite for proper disposal. The Emergency Permit was effective from October 17, 2016 through December 31, 2016.

January 1, 2017 – June 30, 2017 AMVAC Chemical Corporation, Commerce, Los Angeles County On January 30, 2017, a Community Assessment Letter and Survey Questionnaire was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list to solicit feedback, gauge the level of community interest and plan future outreach activities. DTSC requested and received a draft Removal Action Workplan (RAW) from the Property Owner that proposes to clean up the contamination at the site. Atlas Precious Metals, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County On March 1, 2017, a Community Profile was finalized to describe the community, their interests and concerns regarding the project. On March 14, 2017, a Community Update was mailed to the facility mailing list, key contacts and DTSC mandatory list announcing the public comment period for the draft Standardized Hazardous Waste Facility. A Public Notice was published in the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper on March 16, 2017. The public comment period began on March 16, 2017 and ended on May 3, 2017. Beale Air Force Base, Beale AFB, Yuba County On May 4, 2017, DTSC published a Public Notice in the Appeal-Democrat newspaper announcing the issuance of an Emergency Permit to treat potentially hazardous, expired aerial and signal flares. The Emergency Permit was effective from May 3, 2017 through July 31, 2017 California Oil Transfer LLC (Formally Riverbank Oil Transfer), Riverbank, Stanislaus County On April 18, 2017, a Community Update was mailed to the facility mailing list, key contacts, and DTSC mandatory list, announcing the public comment period on the draft Hazardous Waste Facility Permit. A Public Notice was published in the Riverbank Newspaper on April 19, 2017. A Public Meeting was held on May 25, 2017, to answer questions regarding the project and the draft permit and discuss the decision-making process. DTSC held a 45-day public comment period that began on April 19, 2017 and ended on June 5, 2017. Eighteen public comments were received from three individuals. Responses to comments are being developed. Chevron El Segundo, El Segundo, Los Angeles County On June 8, 2017, a Public Notice was mailed to the facility mailing list, key contacts and DTSC mandatory list, announcing that on November 17, 2016, DTSC received applications of renewal for the RCRA Hazardous Waste Facility and Postclosure Permits from Chevron Products Company (Chevron) El Segundo Refinery. After DTSC completes its review of the permit applications, DTSC will then prepare a draft permit for public review and comment. Chevron generates a variety of RCRA hazardous wastes from crude oil processing. If DTSC renews the permit, Chevron will be allowed to continue to store and treat hazardous waste and continue postclosure care activities at the landfarm for the next 10 years.


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Chevron USA Inc. Richmond Refinery, Richmond, Contra Costa County On February 9, 2017, the PPS updated the site mailing list in preparation for the Notice of Decision mailing. On May 19, 2017, DTSC issued a notification of final Notice of Decision for the Chevron USA Landfarms Hazardous Waste Facility Permit. The notification was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and DTSC mandatory list, as well as made available on DTSC’s website and community Information Repositories. Clean Harbors Westmorland, Westmorland, Imperial County From January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017, the PPS attended the monthly Imperial Valley Environmental Justice Task Force meetings held at the DTSC/CUPA office in El Centro. On April 29, 2017, the PPS attended an Earth Day event that included a community clean up. DTSC hosted an exhibition table and planted seeds along with the children, as well as distributed Earth Day activity books. The PPS continues to stay in contact with the community leaders of Westmorland, Brawley, Imperial, and El Centro. DTSC continues to participate in environmental forums within Imperial Valley including the Salton Sea Workshops, Imperial Valley Environmental Justice Conference, and the California Environmental Justice Coalition Conference, Border Environment Cooperation Commission workshops, and High School Environmental Clubs career day, to provide input on Imperial County Environmental Justice elements in the county’s general plan. Crown Cork, Pittsburg, Contra Costa County On March 30, 2017, a Community Update was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, announcing the public comment period for the Corrective Action. A Public Notice was published in the San Fernando Valley Sun and El Soy Del Valley De San Fernando Valley newspapers on April 6, 2017. In compliance with the CEQA, a draft Notice of Exemption (NOE) was prepared that states that this project will not have significant impact on human health or the environment as significant waste was removed during the interim remedial measures, and precautionary steps are in place for the deep vapor-phase contaminants. DTSC held a 30-day public comment period that began on April 6, 2017 and ended on May 9, 2017. Davis Chemical, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County On February 9, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal announcing the public comment period for the two Consent Decrees concerning the cleanup of the Davis Chemical Site. The first consent decree is between DTSC and parties whom DTSC alleges sent acetone and related chemicals to the Site. The second consent decree is between DTSC and parties whom DTSC alleges sent chlorinated hydrocarbons to the Site. The public comment period began on February 10, 2017 and ended on March 13, 2017. DeMennon-Kerdoon, Compton, Los Angeles County On April 2, 2017, a Public Notice was mailed to the facility mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, announcing the Class 1 Permit Modification. Ecology Control Industries, Richmond, Contra Costa County On April 13, 2017, a Public Notice was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, announcing the Receipt of Application letter.


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EPC Westside Disposal Facility, Fellows, Kern County On March 31, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the Midway Driller (Taft) newspaper and a radio ad ran on KNZR 1560 AM, announcing the public comment period for a Draft Postclosure Hazardous Waste Facility Permit. The public comment period began on March 31, 2017 and ended on May 19, 2017. The Permit was approved in June 2017, allowing the Facility to continue postclosure activities for 10 years. This postclosure facility is currently not receiving any hazardous waste. General Environmental Management Inc., Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County On January 18, 2017, a Public Notice was mailed to the facility mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, announcing the Class 1 Permit Modification and a Public Notice was published in the Rancho Cordova and The Grapevine Independent newspapers. Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, Los Angeles County On May 5, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the Claremont Courier newspaper announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to Harvey Mudd College for on-site treatment of expired laboratory chemicals. The chemicals are potentially reactive and unsafe for transport. Clean Harbors Environmental Services has been contracted to conduct the treatment. Once the chemicals are treated, they will be transported off-site to an approved disposal facility. The Emergency Permit was effective April 12, 2017 through May 11, 2017. Hexcel Corporation, Dublin, Alameda County On March 1, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the Tri-Valley Herald newspaper announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to Hexcel Corporation for onsite treatment of expired chemicals. This Emergency Permit was effective from February 24, 2017 through May 24, 2017. HGST, San Jose, Santa Clara County On May 26, 2017, the Community Profile was completed and made available to the public via EnviroStor and the Information Repositories. John Smith Road Landfill, Hollister, San Benito County On March 21, 2017, a Community Update was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, to review and comment on a Draft Hazardous Waste Facility Postclosure Permit for the John Smith Road Landfill Class I Area. A Public Notice was published in the Hollister Freelance newspaper on March 24, 2017, and in El Sol on March 25, 2017. The public comment period began on March 24, 2017 and ended on May 10, 2017. Kearney-KPF, Stockton, San Joaquin County On March 1, 2017, a Community Update, in English and Spanish, was mailed to the facility mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list announcing the draft Postclosure Permit and the public comment period. The Public Notice was published in the Stockton Record and La Vida El Valle newspapers on March 1, 2017. A Public Meeting was held on April 5, 2017. The public comment period began on March 1, 2017 and ended on April 14, 2017. KW Plastics, Bakersfield, Kern County On May 24, 2017, a Public Notice was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, announcing the Notice of Decision.


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Land O’ Lakes, Tulare, Tulare County On June 6, 2017, DTSC published a Public Notice in the Times-Delta Advance-Register newspaper announcing the issuance of an Emergency Permit to treat and transfer potentially hazardous expired laboratory chemicals. The Emergency Permit was effective from May 5, 2017 through June 3, 2017. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Site 300, Postclosure Permit, Tracy, San Joaquin County On March 1, 2017, a Public Notice was mailed to the facility mailing list, Key Contacts and the DTSC mandatory list to announce the public comment period and inform the community about the draft Postclosure Permit for the postclosure portion of the Site. The Public Notice was published in the Tracy Press and Livermore Independent newspapers on March 1, 2017. A Public Meeting and Hearing was held on April 6, 2017. The public comment period began on March 1, 2017 and ended on April 18, 2017. Mono County Environmental Health, Mammoth Lakes, Mono County On March 16, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the Inyo Register announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to the Mono County Health Department for the treatment of expired chemicals. DTSC determined that the chemicals pose an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment, and therefore, an Emergency Permit should be issued. This Emergency Permit was effective from February 24, 2017 through March 24, 2017. Quemetco, City of Industry, Los Angeles County From January 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017, on every first Wednesday of the month, the PPS attended the neighborhood watch meetings and presented on the Permitting Process, Corrective Action Process, CEQA Process, and Enforcement Process. In addition, the PPS provided an update on the soil investigation including the background study and initial investigation. A draft report on the investigation and background study is currently being reviewed by the DTSC Toxicologist. One hundred thirty-two residential properties were sampled as of September 2016. Four weeks after the soil sampling was completed, letters with preliminary sampling results were sent to all property owners/tenants whose homes were sampled. Over 6,000 soil samples were analyzed with the XRF and 5% samples were sent to the lab. Sample collection from the commercial properties continued into January 2017. Sampling of 13 properties (20 large commercial buildings) were completed in January 2017. Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Los Angeles County On June 22, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the El Segundo Herald newspaper announcing that DTSC had approved a Class 1* Permit Modification to Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems for the removal of two parcels (Parcel 1 and 2, APN# 4138-014-049 and APN# 4138-014-050, respectively) along the northern boundary of the facility, which are used as parking lots from the RCRA Corrective Action Process and from the RCRA Hazardous Waste Facility Permit #07-GLN-11. This is an administrative boundary adjustment due to the proposed sale of the two parcels. There is no indication that any contamination exists or has ever existed on the parcels being removed from the permit. The permit was effective March 2016. Safety-Kleen, Highland, San Bernardino County On January 6, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the Highland Community newspaper announcing that Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., Highland Facility had submitted a Permit Renewal Application. If approved, the permit will allow Safety-Kleen to continue storage and transfer of hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste for the next ten years.


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Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), Canoga Park/Simi Hills, Ventura County The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Community Advisory Group met January 18, 2017, February 15, 2017, March 29, 2017, and June 21, 2017. Electronic meeting announcements for the SSFL Community Advisory Group were distributed and placed on the DTSC website, SSFL document library and the DTSC calendar of events. On February 10, 2017, DTSC attended a Core Team Meeting with the Responsible Parties (NASA, Boeing and DOE) to discuss anticipated milestones. Briefings were given to community groups regarding current activities at SSFL and to invite the groups to the Bi-Annual Meetings. The Bi-Annual Meetings were held at Woodland Hills Neighborhood Council on April 12, 2017, Chatsworth Coordinating Council on April 24, 2017, and Canoga Park Neighborhood Council on April 26, 2017. On May 2, 2017, a Bi-Annual Update meeting was held in Simi Valley to provide an update on work completed within the past six months, as well as the anticipated work for the next six months. From April 10, 2017 to April 25, 2017, electronic Public Meeting announcements and hard copy mailings were distributed for the May 2, 2017, SSFL Bi-Annual Update Meeting. Newspaper advertisements promoting the SSFL Bi-Annual Update Meetings appeared in the Ventura County Star, The Acorn, and the Los Angeles Daily News from April 1, 2017 to April 9, 2017. SoCal Gas Olympic Facility, Los Angeles County On May 22, 2017, a Community Letter and Survey was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list to solicit feedback, gauge the level of community interest and plan future outreach activities for the RCRA Permit Renewal Application submitted by SoCal Gas. If approved, the permit will allow SoCal Gas to store hazardous waste generated from both on-site and off-site activities. DTSC is reviewing the application to ensure SoCal Gas operations continue to meet technical and regulatory requirements and protect human health and the environment. SoCal Gas Pico Rivera Facility, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County On April 25, 2017, a Public Notice was mailed to notify the facility mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, regarding the proposed Hazardous Waste Permit Renewal. Former Turco Facility, Carson, Los Angeles County On January 6, 2017, a Community Assessment Letter and Survey Questionnaire was mailed to the site mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list, to solicit feedback, gauge the level of community interest and plan for future outreach activities for the Interim Measures and to update the Community Profile. On June 8, 2017, the City of Carson, the DTSC technical team and PPS met informally with the new owners of the property. University of Irvine, Irvine, Orange County On February 17, 2017, a Public Notice was published in the Orange County Register newspaper announcing that DTSC had issued an Emergency Permit to the University of California, Irvine for the onsite treatment of expired chemicals. This Emergency Permit was effective from January 27, 2017 through February 27, 2017.


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U.S. Ecology formerly Evoqua, Vernon, Los Angeles County On March 9, 2017, a Community Update was mailed to the facility mailing list, key contacts and the DTSC mandatory list announcing the public comment period on the draft Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Renewal. A Public Notice, in English and Spanish, was published in the Vernon Sun newspaper on March 9, 2017. A Public Meeting was held on March 23, 2017. The public comment period began on March 9, 2017 and ended on April 25, 2017. The Permit, if granted, will allow US Ecology to continue its operations for 10 years. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Alameda, Alameda County On April 24, 2017, DTSC published a Public Notice in the Alameda Times-Star newspaper announcing the issuance of an Emergency Permit to treat and transfer potentially hazardous, expired laboratory chemicals. The Emergency Permit was effective from April 24, 2017 through July 22, 2017.