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`cord ■ OILY j411 trying to tell them is a reality, and they have to deal with it." Murdoch said Wednesday Continued from At that the city did call those con- tal Health Department, which ' _ ' sultants, but when that was didn't even know about the a done is unclear,too. sewer project until last month. �: A small pile of oily soil was ;i. Williams Brasher of Rancho trucked to a city pumping sta- tion ta Cordovas Secor International tion just west of Interstate 5 t, ti: was hired by Chevron to clean dumped and covered with pias up an oily mass at 2103 County tic. How much contaminatedClub Ave.,perhaps one struck by water resulted from the incident � work crews. in unclear, but crews are using - 4„, But he said he hadn't heard of sandbags to keep even uncnnta- minated water from city storm the citysewer project until after the damage was done this drains all along the line of dews- ag tering wells. P`E week. Other consultants could It seems a lack of communi- ,' ' not be reached for comment. cation led to the trouble. '' ` , ij,r � From what he knows of the Ci sewer and court public �_ '�' �` works officials worked toether ° I' itis' IN�Id d spill under Chevron's old gas sta- for the past year to plan the pro- tion,Brasher said there could be ject, yet it was only last month three masses joined to form a that the county Environmental igyj single large one. Health Department became The city is trying to discover aware of it. the boundaries of each oily mass That's important, because ' and scheduled meetings today Environmental Health knew of Record photo by CLIFFORD OTO and Friday to determine how to eight old gas station sites on proceed. Country Club contaminated DRILLING TO SIPHON:A crew drills holes Wednesday for a pump to siphon water from the ground But how the contamination from leaky tanks. as part of the sewer-replacement project on Country Club Boulevard in Stockton. City sewer.and Two weeks ago — three county public works officials have worked together for the past year to plan the project. will affect the project scheduled months after Kenko Inc. began to end by October is unknown. work on the project—Environ- "Unfortunately, we just don't mental Health warned city have enough information now," sewer officials about them. of contamination though use of those underground masses,and come into an area of contamina- In a March 20 letter to stock- dewatering wells." it provided names and phones tion when we told them it was Murdoch said. ton's Municipal Utilities Depart- It suggested the city get in numbers to call. there," Environmental Health's ■To reach reporter Eric Rrpo,phone ment, Environmental Health touch with oil-company consul- "Were kind of in the dark as to Margaret Lagorio said. "Now 546-8273 or e-mail officials told the city to watch tants hired to help get rid of why they thought they wouldift they realize that what we were efirpo@recordnet.com out for contamination. Environmental Health said it had a "concern with spreading