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INTRODUCTION <br /> This Nitrate Loading/Soil Suitability Studies report contains the testing, analyses, studies and <br /> engineering design for the project referenced on the Title Page. It is a requirement of the San <br /> Joaquin County Environmental Health Department(EHD)that a technical report containing these <br /> topics for new projects that may impact groundwater with nitrate be submitted to the Department. <br /> This report is structured differently than previously submitted reports since the wastewater <br /> management for this project has a high degree of complexity and therefore,this portion of the <br /> project was completed in three Phases. The first two Phases are made as Attachments to this <br /> Report,while this Nitrate Loading/Soil Suitability Study constitutes Phase III of the project. <br /> The Phase I Report discusses the results of the testing and analysis of the soils where all <br /> generated effluent from the existing Omelet House Restaurant and future ARCO Service Station <br /> will be disposed of, and primarily encompasses the required documentation for the Soil <br /> Suitability Study. In addition, the effluent from the Restaurant was tested and analyzed to <br /> determine baseline levels of the constituents of concern so that engineering design considerations <br /> could be formulated. <br /> The Phase II Report is the engineering design and operational parameters for the treatment and <br /> disposal of effluent to the on-site soil environment from the two commercial businesses. <br /> The Nitrate Loading Study portion of Phase III constitutes the majority of this Report. Nitrate <br /> loading can be considered one of the most critical environmental items in the purview of EHD. <br /> If nitrate loading can be mitigated, other constituents of concern, namely Biochemical Oxygen <br /> Demand(BODS) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS), are typically controlled to acceptable levels. <br /> Within the text of this report, Bolded Section (§) numbers are referenced below at the beginning <br /> of a Section that corresponds with the EHD Requirements Checklist. Section Numbers <br /> referenced as SSS§ are Sections applicable to the Soil Suitability Study Requirements <br /> Checklist. Section Numbers referenced as NLS§ are sections applicable to the Nitrate Loading <br /> Study Requirements Checklist. Each Section on the Checklist has from one to eight <br /> subsections, but are not individually specified below. However, each Section addresses the <br /> required subsection information, or makes reference to this information found in the page <br /> number and paragraph of the Phase I and/or Phase II Reports. Since discussions on nitrate <br /> loading are predicated upon the soils investigations of the subject site,the Soil Suitability Section <br /> is covered first. <br /> Page 1 of 11 <br /> Chesney Consulting <br />