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FROM: Phil Batchelor i cmtra
County Administrator CJxJJICI
DATE: March 14, 1988Cbjqy
SUBJECT; Report from Health Services Director on Alternate
Disposal Sites Being Used by Former Customers of IT
Corporation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION;
Acknowledge receipt of the attached report from the Health
Services Director on actions being taken by former customers of
IT Corporation to find alternate disposal - sites for their
hazardous wastes.
BACKGROUND:
Concern has been expressed by Board members on where the firms
which previously used IT Corporation' s, Vine Hill and Baker
facilities are disposing of their hazardous. wastes now that IT is
no longer accepting hazardous wastes.
In response to these concerns the Health Services Department has
surveyed sixty-six customers of IT. The results are shown in .the
attached report. As the Health Services Director notes,
hazardous wastes are being sent to other disposal sites in
California. However, most firms are now shipping. their hazardous
waste out-of-state, some as far away as New Jersey.
The Health Services Director concludes that the firms which
previously used IT',s facility have been successful in locating
appropriate alternative Class I disposal sites for their
wastestream.
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CC: County Ad1 i n i s trator ATTESTED MAR 2 2 1988
Health Servi ces Di rector PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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To: Supervisor Sunne Wright Mc Peak Date: February 22, 1988
Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Internal Operations Comm itt e
From: Mark Finucane W •ect: I.T. Corporation
Health Services Directo Alternative Waste Stream
Via: Dan Bergman Disposal by Contra Costa
Assistant Healt Servi s Director Facilities
Environmental Health
In response to your request we are enclosing the Environmental Health Division
Staff survey of the sixty-six Contra Costa County waste generators who were
disposing of their waste streams at the I.T. Corporation, Vine Hill/Baker faci-
lity prior to its closure in November, 1987.
Of the sixty-six facilities surveyed, fifty remain active waste generators at
this time. All but six have chosen alternative disposal facilities, with only
two facilities continuing to use I.T. for disposal . Eighteen others are
shipping wastes to alternative sites in Arkansas, Texas, Idaho, Utah, New
Jersey, Nevada and Illinois. Within California, Kettleman City, Chemical Waste
Manaqement Site and Romic Corporation in Palo Alto are accepting much of the
wastes.
Facilities located in Contra Costa County that previously disposed of Hazardous
Waste at the I.T. Vine Hill/Baker site have been successful in locating
appropriate alternative Class I disposal sites for their waste streams.
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT
To: Mark Finucane Date: February 22, 1988
Health Services Director
From: Dan Bergman - Subject: Contra Costa County Facilities
Assistant Health Se ices Director Waste Stream Disposal - Alternatives
Environmental Health to I.T, . Corporation Vine Hill/
Baker.
SUMMARY OF SURVEY
There are a total of 66 facilities on the list of disposers. Sixteen facilities
were eliminated from the list for the following reasons:
Out of Business
1. Crown Cork. & Seal Co.
2. Peralta & Sons Excavators
Shut Down
1. P.G. & E. Avon Power Plant
2. P.G. & E. Oleum Power Plant
One Time Disposal
1. Chevron Station #419
2. Martinez Market
3. Pac Bell
4. Ramco Development Co.
5. Redding Petroleum
6. Richmond Sanitation Service
7. Wickland Oil Co. - Regal Station #409
Five (5) I.T. Corporation sites were eliminated because I.T. Corporation is the
central figure of the survey.
Hence, the survey was based on Fifty (50) active waste generators and all facilities
responded. Only two facilities, Bay Area Environmental and. P.G. & E. - Los
Medanos, continue to use I.T. for disposal . Eighteen (18) are shipping wastes
out of state. The following states appear once or more in the survey as alter-
native disposal sites: Arkansas, Texas, Idaho, Utah, New Jersey, Nevada and
Illinois.
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Only six (6) facilities indicated that they have not chosen an alternative
disposal facility since their last shipment to I.T. prior to the Vine Hill
closure:
1. Continental Can Co.
2. Genstar Roofing co.
3. Pasha Services
4. Safeway Stores Inc.
5. G & K Services
6. Thomas Engineering
Within the State, 40% of therespondents send their wastes to Kettleman City,
Chemical Wastes Management site. Romic Corporation in Palo Alto accepts most of
the solvent wastes for recycling after reprocessing.
Given that only six (6) facilities have not decided on disposal options, the
closure of the I.T. Corporation disposal facility does not seem to have imposed
an unnecessary burden on waste generators in the county.
The following tables summarize the alternative waste streams disposal options of
all respondents.
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WASTE STREAM DISPOSAL - ALTERNATIVES TO IT CORPORATION'
FACILITY NAME WASTE STREAM/S HAULER/DISPOSAL SITE
Anchor Glass Waste Oil Erickson
Corporation
John Bosma
757-0500
Armitage, Acrylic latex resin Erickson hauls to
John L & Co. waste mixed with water. Gibson Oil Refining
Jim Birdsall Water base paint formu- in Bakersfield.
233-2566 lations. 91% water,
No longer using IT 9% latex paint waste
Bay Area Acid sol'n (pH <=2) Flammables taken to
Environmental without metals; IT' s Vine Hill
Dave Burton Tank bottom waste & Incinerator for
233-8001 flammables burning. Other
wastes to ESI in
Idaho & Gibson Oil
Refinery in
Bakersfield
Bray Oil Co. , Waste oil mixed Erickson does
Inc. (Castrol) with water. Also tank cleaning;
William B. Walter lab wastes lab wastes picked
236-6312 up by Chem Waste
No longer using IT Management to
for tank cleaning. Kettleman City
Brite-Sol Cleaning Unspecified organic Chem Waste Mgt.
IT not used in liquid (non-solvents) in Kettleman City
1 1/2 years mixture
Chevron Chemical Acid solution w/o Erickson/
Company metals ; Kettleman City
Guy Ward solid waste soils; or Tom' s Barrel
231-8393 pesticides Co/Casmalia
Chevron Research Aqueous solution Erickson
Marial Boartz of organic residues
620-3380
Was never a steady
customer of IT
.FACILITY NAME WASTE STREAM/S HAULER/DISPOSAL SITE
Continental unspecified organic Will shut down
Can Co. solvent mixture facility in 4/88;
Mike Mendoz only 40% generation
432-3505 of waste. Will
store in tank until
1/88; corp hdqtrs
will decide altern.
disposal site
Delta Tech Acid sol'n w/o metals; Environdyne shipping
Service Alkaline solution via railcar to
Larry Lee without metals; E.I . DuPont, New
228-7557 Aqueous solution Jersey; Chem Waste
w/organic residues Mgt as back-up;
Casmalia or PCI in
So Calif as backup
Dexter Corp- Acid sol' n w/metals; Universal
Hysol Division Aqueous solution Engineering/
Jim Wise w/metals; Environmental Servi-
687-4201 unspecified solvent ces, Inc. in Idaho.
mixture Decreased solvent
mixture 98% by
extracting H2O and
recycling solvents
to ETICAM in Nevada
Dow Chemical Co. Alkaline solution Environdyne shipping
Paul Hannon w/o metals; via railcar to E.I.
432-5000 x 5129 unspecified DuPont in New Jersey
IT not used in aqueous solution Chem Waste Mgt as a
a long time backup
Dowell Acid solution Chemical Waste
Schlumberger, Inc w/o metals Management
Bruce Brown
432-5670
E.I. DuPont de Acid Solution Envirodyne shipping
Nemours & Co,Inc w/metals; to E.I . DuPont in
Earl Taylor Alkaline solution New Jersey (approx.
757-1210 2 cars/year
- Decreased waste by
90% by treating
waste & finding a
market as road
surface material.
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FACILITY NAME WASTE STREAM/S HAULER/DISPOSAL SITE
Edgewater Terminal Aqueous solution Wastes taken to
Dennis Hickox (pH . <2, >12.5) with Romic for
232-2373 org. residues <10%;, recycling
IT not used any Tank bottom wastes.
more. Operations
to be moved to
Unitank by 1/15/88
Bldg already razed
Erickson, Inc. Alkaline solution Wastes shipped to
.Bill Wahbeh (pH >=12. 5) with Kettleman City,
235-1393 metals Casmalia, Utah,
Ceased business Idaho & Arkansas
with IT
FMC Corp Laboratory Waste Solvent waste to
Agricultural Chemicals; also Romic in Palo Alto
Chemical Group radioactive wastes Acid waste to
Bruce Leppert resulting from Arkansas. Radio-
237-1331 residue studies; active wastes to
solvents. Florida &/or Texas
Genstar Roofing Co. Asphalt oil Will use another
Mike Distefano site for next
228-1306 disposal
Henkel Corp
(formerly Diamond Unspecified 'aqueous Hauler it Erickson.
Shamrock) solution Wastes to U.S. PCI
Had not used IT in Utah. All wastes
in 3 years. sent out of State.
ICI
(formerly Stauffer Unspecified solvent Chem Waste Mgt to
Research & mixture laboratory Kettleman City
Engineering) waste chemicals
Don Seitas
231-1035
ICI
(formerly Stauffer Unspecified alkaline Universal Eng. hauls
Agricultural solution to Chem Waste Mgt.
Chemical Div. ) May use ESI in Idaho
Bob Brown as backup
231-1350
Koppers Co. , Inc. Aqueous solution Reprocess at Koppers
George Trent w/organic residues; in Chicago;
232-0202 Unspecified solvent Stauffer incinerator
IT not used in mixtures in Texas;
a long time Romic incineration
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FACILITY NAME WASTE STREAM/S HAULER/DISPOSAL SITE
Pacific Gas & Oil/water separation Chem Waste Mgt.
Electric Co. sludge; or ENSCO in
Service Centers & Aqueous solution Arkansas
Material facilities w/organic residues i
Teresa DeBono
874-2386
P G & E Pittsburg Oil/water separation Chemical Waste
Power Plant sludge Management
Bob Gossard
682-7400
Used IT last
Oct for waste oil
P G & E Contra Oil/water separation Recycled by Haber
Costa Power Plant sludge; Oil
Not used IT in a Organic lab wastes; Erickson/Casmalia
long time Misc. metals or Chem Waste Mgt
P G & E Los Gas scrubber waste Chem Waste Mgt
Medanos Power Plt -Will try IT first,
Patrick Fonbuena they' re accepting
685-6696 certain cases!
Pacific Bell 90o Water and H & H Shipyard in
Dave Waterworth loo diesel San Francisco
823-9822, Chemical Waste Mgt
IT not used in is backup
a long time
Pacific Refining Oil/Water separation Chemical Waste
Company sludge Management
Alan Wheeler
799-8000
IT not used in
a long time
Paktank Richmond Tank bottom waste Chem Waste Mgt;
Inc.. EMPAK deep
Bob Jobe well injection
233-0418 in Houston, TX
Pasha Services Tank bottom waste Undecided. Will
Jim Matzorkis 15, 000 gals search for a new
234-8550 kerosene, water hauler & disposal
Will use some & cosmoline - a wax site for next ,
other hauler coating shipment
for next disposal
Pinole Point e Aqueous solution Wastes hauled by
Steel (pH <2, >12. 5) Erickson to
Tom Lopez with metals; Casmalia
223-8883 Chromate & acids
Stopped using
IT a year ago
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FACILITY NAME WASTE STREAM/S HAULER/DISPOSAL SITE
Richmond Sanitary One-time sludge
Service. disposal No
Sharon: 236-8000 more generation j
Safeway Stores Oil/water separation Still undecided.
Inc. sludge; water with Holding what they
Virginia Dicini petroleum type oil currently have
620-6031 from garage operations until decision is
made on a new
disposal site
Shell Oil Co. API Solids effluent Chemical Waste Mgt
Martinez sludges; Rawlins Environ-
Miriam Conner PCB contaminated mental Services
228-6161 X 3693 waste in Deer Park, TX
Signode Corp Oil/water separation Universal
Dan Wargo sludge Engineering
439-1000
IT not used in
1 1/2 years
Southern Pacific Oil/water separation Erickson
Pipelines, Inc. sludge;
David Nord tetraethyl lead
233-2027
Stauffer Chemical Sludge Universal
525 Maas Ave. , Rich Engineering hauls
John McGill, Jr. to Utah, Idaho
232-6460
Telfer Tank Tank bottom waste May use ESI in Idaho
Lines, Inc. Tank bottom being
Al Hector analyzed and if OK
228-1515 will be taken to a
IT used municipal landfill
2 years ago by Feb. for disposal.
Tosco Corp API solids changed liquid waste
Gerry Faudel effluent sludges to solid waste by
228-1220 centrifuging on site
IT not used , Solids disposed at
in past year Environmental
Services in Idaho
Casmalia as backup
Union Carbide Waste oil & Recycle oil with
Corp. , Linde mixed oil California Recyclers
Division unspecified oil- Romic for solids
Darrel Hover containing waste
439-9171
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FACILITY NAME WASTE STREAM/S HAULER/DISPOSAL SITE
Union Oil Co. Acid sol'n w/o PWI in Buttonwillow
of California metals; California
Phil Stern . Alkaline solution Chem Waste Mgt as
799-4411 w/o metals; a backup
IT not used liquids w/chromium VI
for last 2 yrs
Waste minimization: 1) using oil filter press to decrease
liquid; 2) reclaim metals from acid or alkaline sol'n;
3 ) wax remelter; 4) recycle oil on site
USS Posco Waste oil Recycle oil w/Calif.
Industries Waste Oil Recyclers
Tobin Humphrey Unspecified oil Chemical Waste Mgt
439-6093 waste
Acid sludges and Protech/Kettleman
liquids City
w/chromium VI
Unspecified organic Recycled by Safety
sovents Kleen
Waste .minimization: 1) Decreased solvent wastes by better
containment of solvents; 2) decreased oil sludge by
100% by treatment and marketing as fuel oil.
Veriflo Corp Acid solution (pH <=2) Erickson hauls
with metals
Witco Chemical Unspecified sludge Now uses Chem.
Tony Andres Benzoyl peroxide Waste Management,
233-5911 Kettleman City
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FACILITY NAME WASTE STREAM/S HAULER/.DISPOSAL SITE
Chevron Avon Tank bottom waste; PWI/Bakersfield CA
Terminal Oil/water separator or Chem Waste Mgt.
Bruce, 228-1661 sludge
Chevron USA
Refinery
Jeff James
620-2183
G&R Services Grease, Sand, Still researching -
Todd Casperson Water Mixture Did not choose
427-4401 alternative as yet
General Chemical Acid solution Chemical Waste Mgt;
Bay Point Works w/metals; Envirodyne ships to
(Former Acid solution E.I . DuPont
One Newco, Inc. ) w/o metals; in New Jersey
Tom Boden Aqueous solution
685-1450 containing reactive anions;
Unspecified solvent mixture
Thomas Unspecified solvent Sprig, Inc.
Engineering Co. mixture - freon
Pat Fawcett
680-8640
Unitank Terminals Alkaline solution Casmalia or
Service w/o metals; Chemical Waste Mgt.
Vic Barnett Tank bottom waste
236-2020
U.S. Naval Supply Unspecified solvent DRMO (Defense
Supply Center - mixtures; Revitalization &
Point Molate Site Waste Oil Marketing Office)
Wayne Dandrige contracts with
466-5843 Rawlins as hauler
Rarely used IT
U.S. Naval Contaminated DRMO ships to Utah;
Weapons Station solid waste; Gibson Oil;
Joe Waldhouse tank bottom waste; Petroleum Waste Inc.
671-0100 petroleum waste in Buttonwillow, CA
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