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Beck Property,Tracy,CA November 1988 Site Investigation INTRODUCTION American Environmental Management Corporation (AEMC) recently completed site investigation activities at the Beck Development Company, Inc. (Beck) property in Tracy, California. AEMC investigation activities were conducted in accordance with the "Investigation Workplan for Additional Site Characterization at the Beck Development Property" (Workplan), dated 7 September 1988. Region 1 of the State Department of Health Services (State DHS) approved the Workplan with the understanding that specific items addressed in their 3 October 1988 letter to AEMC would be incorporated into the investigation program. Since 1984 Beck has owned the subject 45-acre parcel, located northeast of the intersection of the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. right-of-way and Corral Hollow Road in Tracy, California. Refer to the Site Location Map presented on Figure 1. From 1926 to 1945 Southern Pacific Transportation Co. owned and operated a 3,000,000-barrel reservoir on the subject parcel for the regional storage of steam-locomotive fuel oil. Current environmental and public health issues related to the fuel residue remaining in this reservoir are the focus of the site investigation. Beck proposes to establish low-density single family homes on the property. Given the impractibility of excavating/removing the reservoir and oil residue, Beck plans to institute land use restrictions (i.e., excavations, pools, landscaping, etc.) in the design and implementation of the residential development. The City of Tracy plans to purchase a portion of the parcel for construction of the Schulte Road Extension. The Tracy School District plans to purchase est. 13 acres on the north portion of the parcel for a school playground. Refer to the Proposed Land Use Map presented on Figure 6 for a description of the proposed property uses. Implementation of these land use projects have been placed on hold pending the State DHS determination on the environmental issues. Since 1986, AEMC has conducted soil and groundwater investigations at the Beck property and has concluded that the fuel residues remaining at the property do not pose a threat to the environment or to the public's health and safety. AEMC has continued to view the reservoir and fuel residues as a nuisance situation that could easily be mitigated by Beck r1bec-01(2) Page 1