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r 2.2 Site Description r Cox & Cox is in a relatively flat, commercial area of Tracy. The site consists of a 1.4-acre lot occupied by Mr. Ed's Mufflers and Brakes (Mr. Ed's) at 595 East Eleventh St., a trailer park at 507; East Eleventh St., and a vacant building at 599 East Eleventh St. The site is bordered on the north by an unpaved alley, across from Tracy Joint Union High School;on the south by Eleventh Street; on the west by Cox Brothers' Firestone fire service; and on the east by a vacant dirt lot. (5) Mr. Ed's consists of a garage with an office area, a reception area, an outdoor drum storage area, and a paved parking lot. A former underground storage tank area is now an excavation pit surrounded by a 6-foot-high chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. A large bin in front of the former underground storage tank area is used to store equipment. The adjacent trailer park, to the north of Mr. Ed's, houses 14 residential trailers and a laundry facility for coin operated washers and dryers. The vacant property consists of a 30-foot by 45-foot building and a parking lot. Excavated soil and concrete from the former underground storage tank area at Mr.Ed's is piled in the northeast corner of the trailer park. The perimeter of the site is fenced,except for the side that borders Eleventh.Street. Mr. Ed's lot and the lot with the vacant building are paved, while the ground surface in the trailer park is gravelled. (5) The site layout is shown in Figure 2-2. 2.3 Operational History The Cox & Cox site was undeveloped until approximately 1938, when A. R. Glover opened a service station and a trailer park on site that he operated until the late 1950s. (6, 7) In the late 1950s, Elroy and Claude Cox leased the site property and continued operations of the service station and the trailer park. In approximately 1958,A.R.Glover had a 30-foot by 45-foot building constructed at 599 East Eleventh St.,where the Coxes operated a tire service. The Coxes bought the site property from A.R. Glover in 1970. At this time the Coxes relocated their tire service off site, but continued to operate the service station until 1982 when they sold their property to Jack Vaughn and Darryl Christensen. (8, 9) The service station remained in operation under the ownership of Jack Vaughn and Darryl Christensen until 1984 (10). From about 1984 until 1989, several business tenants operated on site,including a used car lot,a detail shop, a stereo store, and a welding shop. The business names and the exact chronology of their operations on site were not available at this time. (8, 11) Ed Frenchi, operator of Mr. Ed's, has been on site since approximately 1984; Mr. Ed's operated for 4 years at 599 East Eleventh St. and 5 years at his current location, 595 East Eleventh St. The property for Mr. Ed's, the vacant building, and the trailer park remain under the ownership of Jack Vaughn and Darryl Christensen. (9, 11) The waste management practices on site prior to the late 1950s are not known. During Elroy and Claude Cox's ownership of the service station, hazardous substances on site included cleaning solvents stored in the garage area, and gasoline and waste oil maintained in underground storage tanks. The disposition of the onsite wastes and the type of cleaning solvents used are not known. (7, 8) However, a 500-gallon underground waste oil tank containing waste oil sludge was left on site by the Coxes. From 1982 to 1984, under the ownership of Jack Vaughn and Darryl Christensen,the only onsite activity at the service station was pumping gasoline. The gasoline was maintained in underground storage tanks. Jack Vaughn and Darryl Christensen performed oil- changing off site at the neighboring tire service, but deposited waste oil in the underground waste oil tank remaining on site at the service station. (10) In 1990, the waste oil and waste oil sludge from the tank were hauled off site by California Oil Recyclers, and disposed of at a permitted facility (12). f PA Cox & Cox-BB • 9193 3 Printed on 50% recyded paper.