Eric Jonsson HazMat Spec. II

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Eric JonssonHazMat Spec. II

• Hazardous Materials Programs
• 4333 Pacheco Boulevard
• Martinez, CA 94553
• 925-646-2286 (business line)
• 925-646-1112 (incident line)
• www.cchealth.org

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Certified Unified Program Agency

• California Accidental Release Program
• Hazardous Waste Program
• Underground Storage Tank Program
• Above Ground Storage Tank Program
• Uniform Fire Code, Article 80, 103(b)(c)91
• Hazardous Materials Business Plan Program-
  includes the Hazardous Materials Area Plan

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Other Programs

• Green Business Program
• California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
  Program
• Hazardous Materials Incident Resonse
• Stormwater Inspection Program

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Staffing the County HazMat Team

• County HazMat staff includes
• 18 HazMat Specialists
• All on response team
• 2 HazMat Technicians
• Keeps track of vehicle/equipment etc.
• Also on Incident Response Team
• 4 Cal. Accidental Release Program Engineers
• Provide technical info about facilities/processes
• 3 Management Administrative Support
• 3 On-Call Doctors

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Operates 24/7

• Regular duty is a 40-hr work week
• Respond from Martinez, centrally located
• Inspections and Complaint response when not on
  call
• 3 teams of 6 people
• Add more people when needed
• Every person is assigned the lead role -rotation
• On duty every 3rd day, if on duty Friday, youre
  on duty for the weekend
• Type I, State Fire Marshall?
• On Call for Weekends after hours

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Resources We Bring

• Personnel Equipment
• 2 Primary Vehicles, Flat bed Truck,
• Box Truck (supply vehicle), and one Pick-Up
  truck

• - Field ID Chemical Equipment
• - Reference Sources
• - Air Monitoring/Sampling Equip.
• Clean Up Equipment
• Personal Protective Equipment

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WMD Schools

• Chemical Anniston, AL
• Biological Salt Lake City, UT
• Radiological Las Vegas, NV
• Explosives/Ordinance Socorro, NM
• CRHMRO Transportation Conference April 2008
  in Oakland

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Resources Available to Us

• Mutual Aid, State OES Coastal Region
• California National Guard Civil Support Team
  (C.S.T.)
• FBI
• Federal EPA
• Coast Guard Pacific Coast Strike Team

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Training HazMat Response

• All CSTI State Certified Technicians /
  Specialists recognized by the State Fire
  Marshall
• 4 CSTI Certified HazMat Instructors
• 2 Emergency Medical Technicians
• Personnel have specialization in
• - Drug Lab Response - Technical Reference
• - Rail Cars/Tank Cars - Field Chemical
  Identification
• - Radiological - WMD/Terrorism
• - Asbestos - Lead

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Stormwater Program

• 170 industrial inspections annually in
  unincorporated Contra Costa County
• Marina Project- hazardous waste management,
  signs,maintenance
• Complaint investigation and incident response
• Training
• Training for our staff, SW conferences, etc
• Training provided to Public Works

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HazMat Hazards in the County

• We are the most industrialized CUPA in the state.
  (17 billion pounds registered with us.)
• 4 Refineries several chemical companies.
• Major transportation
• routes
• Pipelines
• 2 Main Railroads
• Remote Locations
• Drug labs
• Abandonments
• Agricultural chem.

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Industry affects stormwater

• All of these aspects of industrial life in Contra
  Costa County can impact stormwater quality

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Healthy waters

• We know what they look like
• Do we know how to keep them that way?

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Healthy water

• A little thing, maybe, but keeps it clean

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Healthy water

• A good sign, rock and gravel visible on the bottom

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Healthy water

• EBRPD posted this sign at both entrances to the
  creek (fencing added along creek at easiest
  access points)

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Healthy water?

• Lake Anza, Tilden Park- could be clearer

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Spills (intentional accidental)
Paint discharged into storm drain in Danville.
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What can be done here?

• Can this be cleaned?

• Can we find the culprits?

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Cooperative response- San Ramon and CC County
Hazmat

• Truck accident, diesel spilled to street, drain
  and creek
• SR PW put out absorbant, called in a street
  sweeper
• CC Hazmat pumped out diesel from damaged saddle
  tanks
• CC Hazmat pumped diesel from creek, using same DD
  pump and a screen

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Cooperative response (cont)

• Discussion regarding flush and vacuum storm drain
• SR assumed we would call in a contractor
• San Ramon has necessary company on contract (and
  funding?)
• We asked, they called them in

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Abandonments
14 55-Gallon drums of waste oil, City of Richmond
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Do you know this is only waste oil? Who responds?
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Can we make them stop?

• What enforcement tools are available to the
  county, Central San, the cities?

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Soapy Water

• Can we prosecute this discharge?
• What do we need?
• What statute is cited?
• Do you allow Scouts, schools to have car washes?

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Citations

• Fish and Game code 5650- any substance or
  material deleterious to fish, plant, or bird
  life- To 25,000/occurance
• PC 374.7(a),(b)- dumps any waste matter into any
  bay, lagoon, channel, river, creek, slough, lake,
  reservoir or and bank or shore within 150 feet of
  high water or any body of water- To
  10,000/occurance

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Citations

• Water code, 13387(a)(1-7), 13385(a)(1-6),
  13350(a), and many others in water code
• Prosecution up to Felony and 500,000 for
  individuals and 2,000,000 for organizations

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Tanker Truck Rollever 06/09/06

• Safety Issues
• Stormwater Issues
• Gasoline
• Fire foam

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Toluene spill, Richmond

• 3,000 gallons toluene spilled weekend of 5/3/08

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Toluene spill, Richmond

• 3,000 gallons toluene spilled weekend of 5/3/08
• Thousands gallons potable water

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Toluene spill, Richmond

• 3,000 gallons toluene spilled weekend of 5/3/08
• Thousands gallons potable water
• Valve to storm drain inlet left open

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Toluene spill, Richmond

• 3,000 gallons toluene spilled weekend of 5/3/08
• Thousands gallons potable water
• Valve to storm drain inlet left open
• Toluene to wetland north of Rheem Creek

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Our Office

• 4333 Pacheco Boulevard
• Martinez, CA 94553

925-646-2286 (business line) 925-646-1112
(incident line) www.cchealth.org