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r • Ms Scheutzow Page 3 September 21, 1990 The parts room is located in the northeast corner of the property building The concrete floor in the parts room contains small scattered areas of minor oil stains A room, used for the storage of new tires, is located adjacent to the parts room The room contains a second and third level for new tire storage The concrete floor on the first level of the room contains small scattered ares of minor oil staining A wood framed mezzanine is located above the work room area The floor in the mezzanine contains a few minor stains, which appear to be oil stains The mezzanine area was empty An air compressor room is located below the parts room, in a small basement area This room contains two air compressors, with associated hoses and piping, an above ground air compressor tank, and an old boiler Mr Grach stated that he believed that the boiler was used in retreading tire processes which took place at the facility in the 1920's and 30's The boiler did not appear to be currently in use The concrete floor in the air compressor room was heavily oil stained, and oil appears to be leaking from both of the compressors Mr Grach stated that he thought that during the 1920's the facility was a self serve gasoline and oil station, and contained several gasoline and new oil underground storage tanks (USTs) He also stated that various weights of new oil were pumped through hoses from the USTs to a station where customers could fill their automobiles with selected oil types TRC reviewed architectural plans of the Firestone facility,dated 1930 and 1967 The pians from 1930 show three gasoline USTs located adjacent to the curb line along El Dorado Street The pians indicated that two of the USTs have a capacity of 7,200 gallons and one has a capacity of 1,200 gallons The plans also show the location of eight Bowser 65-gallon lubricant USTs, with associated Bowser fill boxes and pipes These USTs are shown east of the gasoline USTs A 1,000-gallon tank 4 is shown on the south exterior wall of the building, adjacent to one of the structural pillars The contents of the tank, and the type of tank (UST or above ground storage tank) is not specified A I/- 294-gallon 294-gallon Firestone waste oil UST and a 1,200 gallon fuel oil UST are shown at the northern end of the facility The plans from 1967 show that the three gasoline USTs, located adjacent to N El Dorado Street was abandoned and filled in September, 1967 The fill material is not specified on the plan The plans also show two 558-gallon tanks located directly to the north of the gasoline USTs The plans show 1 one of these 558-gallon tanks as filled in 1967, and the other approved for use as a waste oil tank The previous use of the USTs was not specified The 1,200-gallon UST, at the north end of the I building, was shown as containing oil The 294-gallon Firestone waste oil UST, shown at the north end of the building in the 1937 pian was not shown in the 1967 plan The general location of the eight Bowser lubricant USTs is shown on the 1967 plan but the actual USTs are not shoe n There are no vent pipes on the exterior of the building and no fill plates for any of the USTs shown on the plans There were no transformers observed on the property Mr Grach assisted TRC with the Firestone Environmental Questionnaire The Firestone Environmental Questionnaire addresses some of the above issues The completed questionnaire is included in Appendix A ASBESTOS INVESTIGATION TRC collected one bulk material sample in the men's restroom of the sales area to evaluate the asbestos content in the floor tile The floor tile was continuous throughout the sales area and the restrooms Other suspect asbestos-containing materials(ACM)such as structural fireproofing,ceding T?C