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. 1.0 INTRODUCT><ON Elite IV Contractors, under contract to Mr James Fisk, owner of J & L Market in French Camp, California, retained Upgradient Environmental Consultants to supervise the excavation and removal of gasoline-contaminated soil from the J&L Market property, collect soil samples for laboratory analysis, and prepare a report presenting the methods used and the data obtained The site is under the regulatory oversight of San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division of the Public Health Services Department Funding for the project is to be provided by the State Underground Storage Tank Fund Therefore, prior to authorizing Elite IV to perform the work, Mr Fisk obtained three bids 2.0 BACKGROUND 2.1 Site Location and Description J & L Market is located at the intersection of South El Dorado Street and Mathews Road near Interstate Highway 5 (Figure 1) The area is zoned commercially, and a strip mall is located across from the Market on the east side of El Dorado Street Topography in the area is flat Three buildings are located on the property The northernmost building is a gasoline and diesel service station building A market is located south of the service station building, and a restaurant is located next to the market In addition to selling gasoline, the service station sells diesel fuel from an above- ground storage tank that is located at the rear of the property 2.2 Previous Work Elite IV Contractors removed three underground storage tanks from the site on November 8, 1995 The tanks were used to store unleaded gasoline, and included two 10,000-gallon tanks and one 6,000- gallon tank Elite IV also removed the two dispenser islands from the eastern side of the property, facing El Dorado Street, and related product lines Upgrad;ent Environmental witnessed the tank removal, and submitted its report on November 28, 1995 Upgradnent found no evidence of gasoline contamination in the tank cavity, and recommended that the northwestern portion of the property be considered for site closure status by EHD Gasoline was evident beneath one of the dispenser islands, and Upgradnent recommended further investigation in this area On November 10, at the request of Elite IV, Upgradnent submitted a work plan for excavation of the contaminated soul The'work plan was approved by Mr Harlin Knoll of EHD on November,13 1