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on the northwest wall had a very strong odor and visable moisture However, there was no odor to that moisture, and when placed in water only a very faint film appeared. The excavator was relocated to the SE side of the excavation & continued to remove spoil, which was placed on the plastic by the front loader The top 3' to 3' 6" consisted of black slightly sticky peaty loam, which was underlain by tan to light brown clayey sand & sandy clays. There was no visual evidence of contamination, and the petroleum odor disappeared below about 15 feet. Operations ceased for the day about 4PM due to a fiat tire on the front loader which prevented it from moving the spoil removed by the excavator for storage on the plastic. The property was securely fenced and locked to prevent vandalism_ Work continued on April 1 , under the direction of the geologist. Excavation continued on the southeast side of the pit; the spoil was moved to the area at the south end of the property There were no odors or other evidence of contamination noted, and it . was decided to move the excavator to the north side where the pump island had been located. M_ Thorpe, operator, began removing soil in the are of the pump island and fill lines. Most of the material consisted of damp to wet sticky blue-black gumbo clay There were occassional pockets which had a strong sour odor, ( "dirty socks, " ) which is typical of this type of oxygen poor, stagnant water deposit. The machine ramped into the trench area, removing spoil to a depth of about 6' and 8' wide. No petroleum odors were noted in any of the removed spoil . Excavation continued to the end of the pit area, and after removing some more soil from the north wall, operations were discontinued and preparations were made to take samples. Under the direction of Michael Collins, REHS, soil samples were collected from the teeth of the excavator bucket by Wm. Hunter, RG, by driving a clean brass tube into the soil, promptly covering the ends of the tube with teflon tape & plastic end caps. Each tube was then securely sealed with duct tape, Properly labeled, and placed on ice. A total of 13 soil samples were taken from the excavation & trench area; the approximate locations are shown on PLATE V. After completing that task, 14 soil samples were taken from the spoil piles as directed by Mr. Collins, they were sealed, labeled and preserved using the same protocol as the other samples The 14 spoil pile samples were • then combined into 7 composite samples. After discussions with 5