Bottle of Wine.... Gallo Glass vs. DTSC - Part 1

Work keeps me too busy to write consistently.  But this Google news feed has piqued my interest.

I started this blog - and named it so - because the hazardous waste law and regulations I built my career around are often, well, wacky.

What I would like to focus on with this series of posts is the actual compliant the state of California has brought against Gallo Glass.

What follows in this 28 page complaint is a domino effect of $25,000 for each violation that rides on two determinations being true.

The first one is this:

And the second one is this:

Now what you are seeing is that state's contention.  What is actually true is unknown at this time.  All we have to by is the compliant and comments from Gallo Glass.

For decades, our plant has been regularly inspected by a variety of agencies and not one agency has ever suggested that our sustainable use of precipitate in the glassmaking process or our wastewater recycling system violated any law until the State started this enforcement action. Furthermore, both our air and water treatment plants are operating in accordance with the permits issued by other governmental agencies. 

Since all this broke loose on the 5th, my blog posts are going to be written in real time.  What I think is true today might be found to be untrue at the end.  It's complicated.  It's wacky.

Next Post: Part 2