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5 stage and informed Mr Hunter& TEG that he could not issue the drilling permit until the encroachment permit was obtained Operations were suspended at 1140 hours to allow TEG personel to go to the City permit section and get the encroachment permit & Mr Sasson to discuss the situation with his superiors Mr Hunter returned to the site at 1305, the crew arrived at 1330 without the permit A clean stainless steel bailer was lowered into the pipe to check for water entry There was not enough to obtain the required amount for analysis and the hole was deepened to 43' Sufficient water was obtained to fill 3 VOA's The water was slightly turbid, and contained a large amount of very fine silty sand which settled out rapidly There was no noticeable odor or other evidence of contamination At that time, the County EHD representative stopped further activity The hole was grouted from bottom to the surface with a cement/bentorute slurry and operations ceased for the day The preserved samples were transported by TEG to their office for delivery to their certified lab for analysis The TEG personel returned to the City permit section& obtained a copy of the approved encroachment permit It was agreed by Mr Hunter & Mr Sasson that location#2 as shown on PLATE IV would not be placed September 30, 1997 - At 0830 Mr Hunter arrived on location Mark McMurray of TEG had spotted the probe truck on the site marked for sail probe #6, (see PLATE V) and . was unloading tools He gave Mr Hunter a copy of the approved encroachment permit they had obtained from the city the day before A copy of that permit is included as EXHIBIT C Work began by pushing and driving the 2" pipe with a split-spoon sample chamber to 35' The tool was opened and the barrel was driven to 36'6" The tools were retrieved, and the core barrel laid on a clean surface and carefully opened by the geologist Recovery consisted of 15" of dark brown to dark gray clay, very compact & slightly plastic It had a mottled appearance due to variations in the color of sediments There were a few inclusions of what appeared to be carbonaceous material, and occasional sand grains There was no odor or evidence of contamination Two sleeves were preserved by covering the ends with teflon tape and plastic caps, and sealing with duct tape The tubes were labeled and placed on ice Steven Sasson, REHS, from the San Joaquin County EHD, arrived during this stage of the operation, and remained most of the day After decontaminating all equipment, the pipe was driven to 46' bgl at 0930 It was pulled up about 2 feet, and a tape was lowered into the pipe to check for water entry After setting for 20 minutes, no water had entered the hole The pipe was then pulled up to 41' (5' of hole open,) and allowed to set for 10 minutes The tape was again run into the pipe, but there was no fluid The pipe was raised to 35', (11' of hole open,)but no fluid was indicated after sitting for 10 minutes Tools were then pushed to 60'bgl at 1041, there was no fluid entry after 10 minutes The pipe was pulled up to 57' at 1052, 3' off bottom The electrical interface tape was run, which showed that water was very �} slowly entering the hole Three (3)VOA's were filled with slightly turbid water Upon 4