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. ASSESSMENT HISTORY <br /> ,!I Initial UST Removal and Sampling Activities <br /> On April 21, 1993, two 10,000-gallon capacity, leaded gasoline underground storage tanks and <br /> one 5,000-gallon capacity, diesel underground storage tank (USTs) were removed from the <br /> subject site. Evax Technologies, Inc. inspected the tanks and collected soil samples from beneath <br /> the ends of each leaded gasoline UST, and one sample from beneath the fill end of the diesel <br /> UST immediately subsequent to removal. All samples were retrieved from the floor of the <br /> Id excavation at 13.5 feet samples bsg. Additionally, two soil les were collected from the soil <br /> Y p <br /> stockpile flanking the excavation. The stockpile was moved to the south end of the property <br /> ' prior to backfill of the excavation in May 1994. <br /> Analytical results of the soil samples revealed that elevated levels of Total Purgeable <br /> : l Hydrocarbons as gasoline (TPH-g) and total extractable petroleum hydrocarbons as diesel <br /> (TEPH-d), volatile aromatics benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX), and lead were <br /> present in the samples collected from the excavation and from the stockpile. <br /> The overexcavation of the former tank pit was initiated on July 16, 1993 by equipment operator <br /> Mark Burns and a W.W. Irwin, Inc. staff geologist as requested and contracted by the Pegasus <br /> Group. The work was periodically supervised by Mr. Michael Collins, SJCPHS-EHD <br /> Registered Environmental Health Specialist. As the excavation proceeded, soil samples were <br /> F - collected for lithologic analysis and organic vapor analysis (OVA) meter readings were taken <br /> = 1J ' in order to direct the excavation by determining the level of contamination and the direction of <br /> migration. The excavation was expanded slightly in all directions from the original tank pit to <br /> _ an area approximately 35 square feet and to a depth of approximately 18 to 20 feet below <br /> ' surface grade. The excavation was halted when the excavator reached the limits of its extension <br /> and the northern wall became inaccessible. Ground water was not encountered. <br /> - An estimated 260 cubic yards of newly-excavated soil was removed from the tank pit and stored <br /> at a location on the south side of the property, and separately from soil stockpiled during the <br /> tank removal operation. Upon completion of the excavation activities, two bottom- and four <br /> side-wall samples were gathered in the excavator bucket as directed by Mr. Collins. The soil <br /> samples were then retrieved from the bucket of the excavator by driving a clean hand-sampler <br /> containing a sterile, two-inch diameter, six-inch stainless steel tube into the gathered soil. The <br /> t. sample tube was immediately sealed with Teflon` tape, capped, taped, labeled, and placed on <br /> ice in a cooler for transport to a California Department of Health Services-certified laboratory <br /> for analysis. Appropriate chain-of-custody procedures were followed during sample handling. <br /> Each sample was analyzed for TPH-g by EPA Method 8015, BTEX analytes by EPA Method <br /> 8020, and organic lead per the California Leaking Underground Fuel Tank manual (State Water <br /> Resources Board, 1989). <br /> W.W. rnvin,Inc. <br /> Project No.33016,04 <br /> January 1995 2 <br /> I <br />