2014-03-03_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - M1980224

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Agency: Date: Site: Inspectors: Inspection: SOLID WASTE INSPECTION WORKSHEET Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ( "CDPHE" or "the Department ") Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division January 22, 2014 Time: 12:00 pm – 3:45 pm Fremont Paving and Redi -Mix, Inc. Owner: Cindy Smith, CDPHE David Foster, CDPHE Complaint SW/FRE/FPR 1.6 -- BACKGROUND— Mr. John Paul Ary Fremont Paving & Redi -Mix, Inc. 839 Mackenzie Avenue Canon City, Colorado 81212 phone: (719) 275 -3264 The purpose of the inspection was to assess the facility's compliance status with respect to the Solid Wastes Disposal Sites and Facilities Act, CRS 30 -20 -100.5 et. Seq. (the Act), and the Regulations Pertaining to Solid Waste Sites and Facilities, 6 CCR 1007 -2 (the Regulations). Note: this report presents findings relative to the solid waste regulatory program; hazardous waste findings are presented in a separate inspection report. - -SITE INSPECTION -- On the afternoon of January 22, 2014, CDPHE inspectors Cindy Smith and David Foster of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division, arrived onsite to inspect the facility subsequent to receiving an anonymous complaint that tires, oil, televisions and electronics are being buried onsite, and then covered with top soil and concrete washout. These activities were allegedly occurring adjacent to the onsite fabrication shop and a water canal used by farmers. Initially inspectors met with John Paul Ary (owner, Fremont Paving & Redi -Mix), Denise Gonzalez (office manager, Fremont Paving & Redi -Mix) and Jordan Sasser (environmental coordinator, Fremont Paving & Redi -Mix). Inspector Foster shared the nature of the complaint. Mr. John Paul Ary stated that he did not have knowledge of any waste burial activities occurring onsite. Mr. Ary stated that the company began in 1981, and that they currently employ approximately 100 people. The company generates used oil from vehicle maintenance activities, and pays to have used oil transported offsite by Thermofluids for recycling. The facility utilizes two parts washers that are serviced by Safety Kleen, and vehicle batteries are picked up by Carquest. The batch plant is run on natural gas. Mr. Ary and Ms. Sasser agreed to escort CDPHE inspectors onsite. The group initially proceeded to the concrete washout area located in the southwest corner of the property. See Photos 1 -11. Inspectors Smith and Foster previously observed this area while waiting for facility representatives to return to the site from lunch. Mr. Ary stated that the same concrete washout area has been used for thirty years, since 1980. Inspector Smith inquired whether the concrete washout basins periodically have to be mucked out. Mr. Ary explained that the basins are scraped out approximately every five years and the excavated sedimentation is hauled back over to the recycle concrete pile where it can be used for road base or injected back into concrete batch mixes.