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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY .4 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT 304 E Weber Avenue 3rd Floor Stockton ■ CA 95202-2708 468-3420 In Fax: (209) 464-0138 ■ Web: www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us/ehd c• - �P EMERGENCY RESPONSE INVESTIGATION REPORT(INCLUDE CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY,RECOMMENDATIONS,CLEANUP and FINAL DISPOSITION): On February 4,2007,I arrived on site at 4:55 a.m and spoke with the Sheriff,J.Reed,and property owner Ron Marchini. Walked over to the area where above ground tanks were located and I observed an area of about 100' long x 50' wide that was impacted by gasoline. It was dark and it was difficult to see the extent of the gasoline in the area to the south of the tank area where farm equipment was stored. The gasoline may have extended out onto the plowed section on farm land. Apparently,at about 2:30 a.m.,a person was trying to steal the gasoline from the tank by cutting the dispenser hose and caused the gasoline to squirt out from the tank. The farm hands came out and scared the thief away. The tank continued to release the gasoline until it was empty. The estimated loss from the tank was 400-500 gallons as the tank was approximately half empty when the theft occurred. Ron Marchini was advised to hire a cleanup company to remove the impacted soil as soon as possible. He stated he would. Mr.Marchini was also advised to put absorbent on the areas of the spill where there was still some observable ponding to minimize any additional absorption to ground. He stated he would do this right away. On February 5,2007,Ron Marchini called and stated he had placed absorbent on areas of the spill where ponding was observed. He also stated he hired Thorpe Oil to remove the impacted soil and will start on February 6,2007 in an attempt to remove impacted soil prior to rain forecast for Wednesday,February 7,2007. ER RECORD MODIFIED Page 3 of 3 02-05-2007