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California Regional Water Quality Control Boarda Central Valle Region YWinston H.HickoxRobert Schneider,Chair Secretary for Gray Davis Sacramento Main Office Environmental Internet Address: littp://www.swrcb.ca.-ov/— Governor rwgcb5 Protection 3443 ROUtier Road,Suite A,Sacramento,California 95827-3003 Phone(916)255-3000•FAX(916)255-3015 d 8 August 2001 c r-� —o Mr. Morris Allen, Director 3 Department of Municipal Utilities �.► City of Stockton r, 2500 Navy Drive Stockton, CA 95206-1191 ISLAMIC CENTER FUEL SPILL, STOCKTON, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Thank you for 1 August 2001 letter which describes the fuel spill at 1130 South Pilgrim Street in Stockton. We also appreciate your prompt response which minimized the impacts, if any, to surface water. Your letter states the following: (1) On 25 July, the City of Stockton (City) contacted the Office of Emergency Services and other related agencies to inform them of the spill; (2) The City has hired Ramos Oil to do the cleanup; (3) There is no flow in Mormon Slough and no fuel oil entered the waterway; (4) Cleanup would be completed by.3 August; (5)All separate phase product was removed by 31 July and placed in two Baker tanks at the Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. The contents of the tanks would be analyzed to determine proper disposal; (6) The fill pipe for the underground storage tank (UST) at 1130 South Pilgrim Street was being sealed; (7) Mr. Kent Miller, Fire Marshall of the Stockton Fire Department was working with the San Joaquin County Public Health Services and District Attorney to address the final disposition of the UST; (8) Ramos Oil would maintain the absorbent boon-is at the eastern entrance and west exit of the culvert and at two manholes in the culvert; and (9) The booms would be monitored weekly and in about 30 days, the culvert would be inspected. The inspection findings would determine if additional actions are needed. On 6 August 2001, we visited the site to observe the City's cleanup efforts and determine if additional cleanup was needed. Mr. Blaine Drewes of your department and Mr. Harlin Knoll and Ms. Michelle Sterni of the San Joaquin County Public Health Services accompanied us. We found the City's cleanup efforts almost completed. The only remaining actions were removal of residual soil contamination approximately 50 feet upstream of the eastern entrance of the culvert, disposal of the eastern entrance soil stockpile, sweeping of the sand used for absorbing residual oil along Pilgrim Street, and disposal of the sand. We did not see a need for any additional cleanup. However, during our visit, we got the impression that in addition to the samples of the product collected for finger printing, the City also collected water samples in Mormon Slough to determine fuel constituent concentrations and their water California Environmental Protection Agency C3 Recycled Paper The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can do to reduce demand and cut your energy costs,see our Website at littp://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwgcb5.