ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
EPA-330/3-77-002
Remote Sensing Study
Solid/Liquid Waste Disposal Sites
San Francisco Bay Area of California
NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS CENTER
DENVER, COLORADO
DECEMBER 1977
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
330/31-77-002
REMOTE SENSING STUDY
SOLID/LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL SITES
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA OF CALIFORNIA
December 1977
NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS CENTER
DENVER, COLORADO
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . 1
RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION 2
FIGURES
1 Location Map — San Francisco Bay Area 3
2 Section of the Richmond 7.5 Minute Chart 4
3 Section pf the San Quentin 7.5 Minute Chart 6
4 Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 7
5 Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 8
6 Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 9
7 Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 10
8 Section of the Richmond 7.5 Minute Chart 11
9 Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 13
10 Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 14
11. Solid/Liquid Waste Disposal Sites
Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 15
12 Southern Reaches of the Standard Oil Company
of California Richmond, California 16
13 Holding Ponds — Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 17
14 Holding Ponds - Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California 18
15 Detail Photograph of Holding Ponds
Standard Oil Company - Richmond, California . . . 19
16 Detail Photograph of Holding Ponds
Standard Oil Company - Richmond, California . . . 20
17 Detail Photograph of Holding Ponds
Standard Oil Company - Richmond, California . . . 21
18 Detail Photograph of Holding Ponds
Standard Oil Company - Richmond, California . . . 22
19 Section of the Mare Island 7.5 Minute Chart . . . . 24
• 20 Section of the Benicia 7.5 Minute Chart 25
21 Section of the Mare Island 7.5 Minute Chart . . . 26
22 Section of the Benicia 7.5 Minute Chart 28
23 Disposal Facility, Western Portion
Pacific Reclamation and Disposal Company
Benicia, California . 30
24 Section of the Port Chicago 7.5 Minute Chart. . . 31
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CONTENTS (Continued)
25 Disposal Facility, Eastern Portion
Pacific Reclamation and Disposal Company
Benicia, California 32
26 Visible Fumes from Annotation l8B Disposal Facility
Pacific Reclamation and Disposal Company
Benicia, California 33
27 Section of the Port Chicago 7.5 Minute Chart. . . . 34
28 Section of the Port Chicago 7.5 Minute Chart. . . . 36
29 Wastewater Holding Ponds
Bull Head Point Area - California 37
30 Solid/Liquid Waste Disposal Site
Bull Head Point Area - California 38
31 Wastewater Holding Ponds
Pacheco Creek Area, California 40
32 Section of the Port Chicago 7.5 Minute Chart. . . . 41
33 Solid Waste Disposal Site/Drying Ponds
Pacheco Creek Area, California 42
34 Wastewater Holding Ponds
Pacheco Creek Area, California 43
35 Refinery Complex - Lion Oil Company
Avon, California 44
36 Section of the Port Chicago 7.5 Minute Chart 46
37 Solid/Liquid Waste Disposal Sites
Lion Oil Company - Avon, California 47
38 Section of the Walnut Creek 7.5 Minute Chart. . . . 48
39 Section of the Antioch North 7.5 Minute Chart . . . 50
40 Solid Waste Disposal Site - USSC
Pittsburg, California 51
41 Solids Waste Disposal Site - USSC
Pittsburg, California 52
42 Section of the Jersey Island 7.5 Minute Chart . . . . 54
43 Section of the Antioch North 7.5 Minute Chart . . . . 56
44 Section of the Honker Bay 7.5 Minute Chart 57
45 Section of the Manteca 7.5 Minute Chart 59
46 Wastewater Ponds - Sprekel Sugar Company
Manteca, California 60
47 Section of the Union Island 7.5 Minute Chart 62
48 Wastewater Holding Ponds - Holly Sugar Company
Tracy, California 63
49 Wastewater Holding Ponds - Holly Sugar Company
Tracy, California 64
50 Wastewater Holding - Cattle Feed Lot
Holly Sugar Company - Tracy, California 65
51 Cattle Feed Lot - Holly Sugar Company
Tracy, California 66
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INTRODUCTION
On June 22 and August 3, 1977, an aerial survey was conducted of
solid wastes disposal and open liquid chemical storage/waste holding
facilities in the San Francisco North Bay, Carquinez Strait, Lower Suisun
Bay, San Joaquin River to Antioch and the Stockton, California areas.
This survey was conducted by the National Enforcement Investigations
Center (NEIC), U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, at the request of
the Vector and Waste Management Section of the California State Depart-
ment of Health. This study resulted from the implementation of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) which requires the peri-
odic inventory and continuing surveillance of industrial, commercial and
municipal facilities in addition to remote sites where hazardous wastes
are disposed.
Aerial reconnaissance and remote sensing techniques were employed
by NEIC to conduct a detailed inventory of the hazardous waste disposal
sites within the designated study areas. Color aerial photographs (70
mm) were obtained using a hand held camera in a light aircraft. The
photographs were used to document the presence of solid waste disposal
sites within industrial facilities. Also documented were casual dis-
posal sites, typical solid waste disposal sites (sanitary land fills)
and licensed hazardous waste disposal facilities. The remote sensing
data were reviewed to detect any illegal or promiscuous dumping located
either within industrial facilities or at remote sites and to detect
unauthorized disposal of liquid wastes at solid waste disposal sites.
Also documented were environmental effects of disposal practices such as
surface run-off patterns, surface leachate flow, and damaged or stressed
vegetation in the immediate environs of disposal sites due to liquid
leachate and the escape of visible volatile(gaseous) substances.•
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RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION
The photographic data were analyzed in the NEIC Remote Sensing
Laboratory. The results of the analysis are documented herein. The
results were plotted on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute charts
(Topographical Maps, Scale 1:24,000). The applicable sections of the
charts are included in this report. The alpha-numeric symbols on these
maps correspond to the applicable discussions given below. The geographic
location of each section of the original charts is depicted on the
Location Map [ Figure 1]. Copies of certain aerial photographs are
included as an aid to more clearly depict indications discussed in the
text.
RICHMOND CHART [ Figure 2]
1 There were ten ponds located in the University of California
Engineering Field Station area.
1A One long, four—section pond was ‘dark blue.
lB One circular pond appeared dry with possible algae.
lC Three ponds had a white foam appearance.
1D One pond was light blue.
.1E Two ponds were dark blue.
iF Two natural ponds, one medium blue and one aqua with a possible
discharge into Richmond Inner Harbor, are indicated by arrows. All
of the ten ponds except the two natural ponds appeared to be lined.
lG 200 m (660 ft) northeast of the most easterly pond were three
• solid waste piles. The largest pile contained a red and gray
material.
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San Francisco iay Area
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Figure 2.
Section of the Richmond 7.5 Minute Chart
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SAN QUENTIN CHART [ Figure 3]
2 A dredging operation was in progress during the June 22, 1977
coverage. The August 3, 1977 coverage indicated the operation had
been terminated. A plume of suspended sediment was recorded during
the first overflight.
3 At the Standard Oil Company of California, Richmond Facility (Point
San Pablo) there were twenty-four ponds of various sizes, shapes
and color content in the refinery area.
3A The Castro Creek area contained scattered areas of algae/aquatic
plant growth within the outer holding ponds and mud flat areas
[ Figures 4 and 5].
3B This area contained six ponds [ Figures 6 and 7]. There were three
probable-lined ponds with green/brown and dark gray liquid substances.
There was.a canal leading southeast from these ponds, containing a
dark gray liquid, past an unlined pond containing a brown liquid,
to a set of settling tanks. Adjacent, to the southeast, were two
unlined ponds containing a light blue liquid. There was a possible
discharge from the settling tanks into a canal leading to the large
holding pondsto the east.
3C Adjacent to these tanks was a white substance that may have been
dried salt from bay water evaporation [ Figures 6 and 7].
RICHMOND CHART [ Figure 8]
3D This pond contained a red to yellow-brown dry substance.
3E This pond contained a yellow dry substance.
SAN QUENTIN CHART [ Figure 3]
4A This area was an active solid waste disposal site covering approxi—
mately 160,000 m 2 (40 acres), 1 km (O. mi) west of the San
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Pablo Creek waste water treatment plant [ Figures 9 and 11]. These
disposal areas were located adjacent to two rather large holding
ponds. At the time of flight there was no evidence of flow from
one to the other.
4B The San Pablo Creek sewage treatment plant’s new ponds are not
portrayed on the map [ Figure 11].
4C These were irregular shaped, unlined ponds containing a dark liquid
substance [ Figures 9 and 11].
Figures 12 through 14 show an overview of the Richmond Facility
from the east viewing west. The photographs are in a sequence from
the southern part of the facility toward the north. The aerial
photographs [ Figures 15 through 18] are close-up shots of the
•center region of Figure 12, provided for State of California
Department of Health personnel evaluations.
5 This automobile junk yard was bordered on the northwest and north
by Wildcat Creek [ Figures 9 and 10]. A smaller automobile junk
yard was located 500 m (1,640 ft) to the southeast of this location.
RICHMOND CHART [ Figure 8]
6 Three separate chemical i,ndustrial plants were located in this
area.
6A This plant area contained four holding ponds. The color content of
two of the ponds was a medium blue, while of the remaining two, one
was light brown and the other was dark blue.
6B This plant was identified as the Drum Company. The area contains
three probable-unlined ponds containing a light-blue substance with
a brown surface scum.
6C A liquid overflow, leading from the ponds [ Annotation 6B] to a
larger evaporation pond, was located 50 m (165 ft) northwest of the
three ponds. A possible solid waste disposal area was located to
the south, adjacent to the ponds.
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Figure 15.
Detail Photograph of Holding Ponds
Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California
(June 22, 1977)
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Figure 16.
Detail Photograph of Holding Ponds
Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, California
(June 22, 1977)
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Figure 17.
Detail Photograph of Holding Ponds
Standard Oil Company of California
Richmond, Cal ifornia
(June 22, 1977)
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Oil Company of
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6D This chemical plant had two probable-unlined ponds, containing a
blue liquid substance. A possible cultivated solid waste area was
located to the west, adjacent to this facility.
7 One large probable—lined circular holding pond, 3.5 km (2.2 ml)
south—southeast of Pinole Point, contained a very dark liquid
substance.
MARE ISLAND CHART [ Figure 19]
8 This pond area, located 2.5 km (1.6 mi) southeast of Pinole Point,
contained three unlined ponds. The small and large ponds contained
a dark blue liquid substance. The medium pond contained a black
liquid substance. The August 3, 1977 survey indicated the black
substance had either been removed, or a brown dried crust had
formed on the surface.
BENICIA CHART [ Figure 20]
9 Collier Carbon had two unlined holding ponds with a dark liquid
content and numerous piles of probable carbon stockpile.
10 800 m (2,625 ft) east of Davis Point, along the southern Carquinez
Strait shoreline, was one unlined pond containing a blue/black
liquid substance. Most noteworthy was the surrounding area between
the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks and the shoreline. Its
appearance indicated this area was being utilized as a dried
(possibly oil) sludge solid waste dump. This area could possibly
be associated with the Union Oil Company Refinery at Davis Point
[ see also Figure 19].
MARE ISLAND CHART [ Figure 21]
11 Located on Hercules Wharf Point is a probable-lined pond with
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a medium blue liquid content. There appeared to be a small outfall
on the northeast side of the point associated with this indication.
12 1 km (0.6 mi) east of Hercules Wharf Point were two lined circular
holding ponds. One pond contained a black liquid substance and the
other was empty.
13 About 1.2 km (0.75 mi) south of Hercules Wharf Point were two small
lakes and a probable-lined pond. The pond could possibly be
associated with the local community water supply. The two lakes
may be associated with the adjacent chemical plant.
14 Within the Union Oil Company facility, there were eight ponds of
various sizes, shapes and liquid color content. All of the ponds
appeared to be lined with the exception of one pond near the
shoreline. This pond had a discharge canal (partially lined) that
emptied into another canal which in turn discharged into San Pablo
Bay as depicted in Figure 21. There were two additional outfalls,
200 m (655 ft) and 300 m (985 ft) north, respectively, of the first
indicated outfall.
15 800 m (2,625 ft) southwest of Lone Tree Point was a refinery and
storage tank complex. It contained a small unlined finger-shaped
pond with a brown scum partially covering a dark liquid substance
that may have been discharging into San Pablo Bay.
16 This is a northeast oblique view in the aerial film of Annotation
14 outfalls.
BENICIA CHART [ Figure 22]
17 This water treatment plant is located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) east southeast
of Lake Herman.
17A. This was an unlined pond complex consisting of three sections. One
section had a dried white substance; one section contained an aqua-
to-brown liquid and the remaining section contained a brown liquid
with a matted aquatic growth.
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17B Located adjacent and to the north of Annotation 17A was a small
lined rectangular pond containing a brown liquid.
17C Although there was no obvious discharge or point source, there was
a ditch leading from the ponds of Annotations l7A and 17B to the
‘nearby road. This ditch contained a moderately heavy growth of
foliage while the surrounding environs were dormant and brown.
‘This was indicative of the perennial presence of water.
17D Two circular aeration basins were present at the indicated lo-
cations.
18A In the Pacific Reclamation and Disposal Co.’s dumping grounds there
were forty-four liquid holding/evaporation ponds [ Figure 23]. They
were in various stages of use; i.e., tank trucks were dumping into
some, some were already full and in the remaining ones, the evaporation
process was complete. The liquid waste in these ponds varied in
color from one pond to the next. The ponds did not show any signs
of being lined and percolation of the waste liquid into the ground
appeared quite evident. At the times of both over flights, there
were numerous tank trucks in the area.
PORT CHICAGO CHART [ Figures 24 and 27]
18B The easternmost cluster of ponds [ Figure 25] was emitting visible
fumes during the August 3, 1977 over flight. These visible fumes
were drifting down a shallow valley toward Suisuri Bay [ Figure 26].
Vegetation on the hill sides and valley depicted by the dashed
lines appeared to be significantly degraded.
18C This particular pond within the Pacific Reclamation and Disposal
Co. complex was peculiar in appearance, size and shape from all the
others [ Figure 25]. It was much larger than most of the others.
It was an excavation in a hillside with the sides forming the
boundary being either highly discolored soil or sludge material.
Large tank trucks appeared to be dumping liquid waste into this
impoundment during both over flights. The physical: characteristics
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of this impoundment indicated that the dark colored material had
been bulldozed toward the western edge.
An indication of a hillside seep (artesian effect) as shown by the
comma-shaped symbol, was manifested by green foliage (shrubs and
grass). There was no source of water for this plant growth by
surface flow. There easily could have been a hydrological connection
between the aforementioned pond and the water supply for this
foliage.
19 The Benicia Arsenal industrial waste treatment plant consisted of
four ponds which appeared to be unlined. There was a white foam
layer in the large square pond. All of the ponds contain liquid
substances in various shades of blue [ see also Figure 22].
PORT CHICAGO CHART [ Figure 28]
20 Located at the Bull Head Point area was a complex of nine unlined
ponds. -
20A Two large ponds contained a black liquid substance [ Figure 29].
20B One pond contained a dried material that possibly could have been
sludge [ Figure 30].
20C These two medium-sized ponds [ Figure 30] contained a dark liquid,
substance that appeared to be red/brown around the edges. They
were quite shallow.
200 This small pond contained a brown liquid substance [ Figure 30].
20E This annotation depicts two small dry ponds [ Figure 30].
20F This basin contained an aqua colored liquid substance [ Figure 30].
2OG The remaining small square basin was lined and contained a small
amount of a gray substance [ Figure 30]. A small unnamed creek
traversed northward through this pond area and discharged into the
Carquinez Strait. No visible discharge from this pond to the creek
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211k Located 600 in (1 ,970 ft) south of the Southern Pacific railroad
tracks and Water Front Road was a 90,000 in 2 (22 acres) solid
waste disposal site (landfill) [ Figure 31]. No liquid waste disposal
was noted. There also were no tank trucks present in the area at
the time of flight.
213 1k 63,000 m 2 (16 acres) autcmobile junk yard was located 700 m
(2,300 ft) north of AnnotatiOn 21 1 k.
22 Located south and adjacent to the landfill annotation (211k) was a
complex of ten unlined sludge ponds of various sizes and shapes,
containing black, red/brown and blue liquid substances [ Figure 31].
The two southern most ponds were nearly dry.
PORT CHICAGO CHART [ Figure 32]
23 South and adjacent to Annotation 22 were three dried sludge ponds
being graded [ Figures 33 and 34]. The dried material was dark
brown in color.
24 Located on the west side of Pacheco Creek canal, adjacent to
Annotation 23, was a 30,000 rn 2 (7.5 acres) solid waste disposal
site {Figure 33].
25 To the north, adjacent to Annotation 23, was a complex of seven
(three large and four small). unlined wastewater ponds of various
sizes and shapes [ Figure 34]. The color of the wastewater was dark
brown in one and black in the others.
26 Pacheco Creek canal bordered the west and north sides of the pond
complex [ Annotation 25]. There were no visible discharges into the
canal.
27 A canal traversing northwest through the Lyon Oil Company refinery
and past the aeration ponds, was diked at the outer portion of the
canal [ Figure 35]. A small volume of water was flowing through the
dike into Suisun Bay.
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PORT CHICAGO CHART [ Figure 36]
28 There was a ditch running under the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad tracks from the Monsanto property that connects with
Hastings Slough [ Figure 37].
29 Northeast of the Avon Oil Refinery was an unlined oil sludge pond
complex [ Figure 37] covering an area of approximately 500,000 m 2
(125 acres). The complex had ponds of various sizes and stages
of filling. The color of the wastewater and surrounding solid
waste material was charcoal. There was a small canal adjacent to
the pond complex that connected to Hastings Slough; however, there
seemed to be no discharges occurring into the canal from this sludge
pond complex.
PORT CHICAGO AND WALNUT CREEK CHARTS [ Figures 32 and 38]
30A A wastewater treatment plant expansion, consisting of eight clarifiers,
one lined settling pond, and three holding basins appeared to be
near completion. Four of the clarifiers and the activated sludge
facility were empty. The other four clarifiers have only a small
volume of water.
30B These liquid holding ponds may be associated with the waste treat-
ment plant or the refinery wa ste water system. There were no
visible discharges noted into Pacheco Creek.
PORT CHICAGO CHART [ Figure 36]
31 Located around the Lyon Oil Company tank farm were nine small
liquid holding ponds.
32A The ditch in Annotation 28 led from this marshy area [ Figure 37]
that appeared to have been used for solid waste disposal at least
several years ago. There was near-surface water present in this
area indicated by the presence of green foliage.
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32B This pond (unlined) had an oily wastewater present as indicated by
the oval-shaped marking in Figure 36. The upper reach of this
small area was covered with foliage [ Figures 35 and 37]. It
appeared that this small pond discharged into a ditch connected to
that of Annotation 28. The ditch passed under the Atcheson, Topeka
and Santa Fe (AT&SF) railroad track and joined a larger ditch which
connected directly with Hastings Slough. At the apex of this
larger ditch as shown by the arrow was a wastewater discharge that
had passed through an API separator.
ANTIOCH NORTH CHART [ Figure 39]
33A Located west of the U.S. Steel plant were five rectangular open
field solid waste areas. The waste material was reddish-brown.
33B Located 250 m (820 ft) rorthwest of Annotation 33A was a single
gray solid waste pile.
34 These four piles of waste material purportedly contained poly-
chlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) and were similar in color to waste
materials present at Annotation 33A [ Figures 40 and 41]. There
were no dikes or other containment structures around these waste
piles.
35 Located south of the plant and in the same field as Annotation 34,
was one gray solid waste pile. There were no containment structures
present.
36A Located 900 m (2,955 ft) east-southeast of the U. S. Steel plant,
were two square probable-lined holding ponds containing a gray-
green liquid.
368 Located 400 m (1,310 ft) east were nine, probable-lined holding
ponds. Four ponds appeared dry. The five remaining ponds contained
a dark-gray liquid substance. Adjacent to these ponds was a small
waterway that emerges from two culverts under a local roadway and
proceeded into New York Slough. The color of the water in this
waterway was gray, quite similar to the color of the liquid in
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these ponds. Immediately on the south side of these ponds was a
small wastewater treatment plant with two clarifiers (only one in
use) and a small drying bed.
37 A two-finger lake contained an aqua water with a white dried substance
at each end of the lake. No inlet or outlet was visible.
38 Located at the southeast corner of an intersection was a small
unlined pond containing a dark liquid substance. 300 m (985 ft)
east was a small pond complex containing a dark liquid substance.
39 There were two areas, one on each side of a road leading to the
intersection mentioned in Annotation 38, containing some probable
solid waste of undetermined nature.
40 This indication appeared to be an open drying pond containing a
white dried substance.
41 This indication consisted of two solid waste piles, one red-brown
and one gray-brown.
42 These two unlined holding ponds contain a dark liquid.
JERSEY ISLAND CHART [ Figure 42]
43 Eight holding ponds were present throughout this chemical plant
area.
43A Several ponds that appeared to be connected in series appeared to
convey flow from Annotation 43C, as shown by the arrows on the
Jersey Island Chart, into the San Joaquini River.
43B This finger-shaped pond contained a dark colored wastewater with a
small amount of surface oil (slicks). It appeared to receive
wastewater from the industrial facility indicated by the star on
the Jersey Island Chart.
43C This holding pond, the largest within the facility, contained a
dark colored wastewater as did the others discussed in Annotation
43A.
43D These two holding ponds discharged to the San Joaquin River as
shown on the Jersey Island Chart by the long arrow.
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43E A ditch complex was recorded between the pond of Annotation 433 and
the vicinity of the large pond of Annotation 43C. It had three
segments with the eastern most segment near the southeast corner of
the large pond. There was no hydrologic connection evident between
the ditch and the pond. The other two segments of this ditch
merely ended abruptly.
ANTIOCH NORTH CHART [ Figure 43]
44A Located west of this plant complex were two ponds -- one small and
the other much larger. Both ponds appeared to be lined and they
contained a dark wastewater or liquid.
44B These two ponds were fi1lt d with a dark liquid. On the north and
east sides of these ponds, the ground was covered with a light
colored substance appearing to have the consistency of dust.
44C Two of the three ponds to the west appeared to be dry and contained
a light colored substance similar to Annotation 44B. The third
contained a dark liquid substance.
44D This was a possible solid waste or refuse pile.
45 This appeared to be a refuse or solid waste pile west of the plant
storage dome, adjacent to shore.
HONKER BAY CHART [ Figure 44]
46A Northeast of the chemical plant was a looped-shaped canal with a
dike across its mouth. It contained a dark liquid substance.
There was a small volume of liquid contained within the diked loop
canal.
463 North of the plant were four small ponds and adjacent, further
north, was a large three-section liquid waste drying pond.
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46C Located adjacent to the east of the aforementioned drying pond were
three solid waste piles.
46D West of the chemical plantwas a graded open field that may have
been used for dispersion of dried solid waste, possibly from
Annotation 46B.
47 Located 400 in (1,315 ft) northeast of the plant, was a six-section
holding/drying pond complex. Three of the ponds contained various
colored liquid substances. The remainder contain a light-colored
dry substance.
481 Located 600 m (1,970 ft) east of the plant was a canal traversing
north. It contained a dark liquid substance that was flowing into
Suisun Bay.
48B The source may have been an extension of the canal [ Annotation 48A]
and may, in turn,have been supplied from the ponds described in
Annotation 48C.
48C The ponds, located between the Southern Pacfic and AT&SF railroad
tracks, appeared to be completely dry.
48D Located between Annotations 48A and 48C were two multisection
holding ponds containing a dark liquid substance.
49 Excavation of an area that could be utilizedfor liquid storage was
proceeding at a chemical plant south of Annotation 46.
MANTECA CHART [ Figure 45]
501 Sixteen waste ponds were southeast of the Manteca Sprekel Sugar
Refinery [ Figure 46]. All but one contained a moderately dark
was tewater.
50B A single liquid waste pond was located in the northeast corner of
the plant area.
50C Five lime (solid waste) ponds were located west of Annotation 50B.
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Manteca,California
22, 1977)
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UNION ISLAND CHART [ Figure 47]
51A Two liquid waste ponds were east of the Tracy Holly Sugar Refinery
[ Figure 48].
51B This complex of wet and dry ponds was located north of the sugar
refinery [ Figures 48, 49, 50]. The ponds along the north and east
edges of this group contained large amounts of lime [ Figure 50].
One of the lime ponds was located adjacent to Sugar Cut [ Figure
48]. The lime did not appear to be well contained within these
ponds. Also there was evidence of pond seepage in the southwest
corner of the complex as shown by the lines on the chart [ Figure
48].
51C Along the west bank of Sugar Cut was a large cattle feed lot. It
displayed the presence of lime dumps [ Figures 50 and 51].
51D There was a canal originating within and traversing through the
north pond complex [ Figure 48]. It appeared to be hydrologically
connected to the ponds in Annotation 51B.
S1E A possible solid waste pile was located between thenorth pond
complex and the.refinery [ Figure 48].
52 A sewage treatment plant was located 500 m (1,640 ft) south of
the sugar refinery. The open area west of the wastewater
treatment plant appeared to be utilized as a solid waste disposal
site. The secondary treatment system appeared to be filled with
milk-of-lime. There was no biological growth present upon the
surface rocks of the trickling filter.
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Tracy, California
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Holly Sugar Company
California
Tracy,
(June 22,
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Holly Sugar Company
Tracy, California
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