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2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION 2.1 Location The Busy Bee site is located at 40 North Main Street, Lodi, California. The geographic coordinates for the site are 38°08' 4.69" N latitude and 121° 16' 10.04" W longitude (Township 3 North, Range 6 East, Section 1, Mt. Diablo Baseline and Meridian, Lodi North, California 7.5-minute quadrangle) (9). The location of the site is shown in Figure 2-1. 2.2 Site Description The Busy Bee site is located at the intersection of Main Street and Elm Street in downtown Lodi. The site is bordered on the west by Main Street and a large gravel-covered area with railroad tracks that run parallel to Main Street; on the north by Elm Street and the Diamond Home Investment Center; on the east by Speedy Recovery, a furniture and antique shop; on the northeast by a completely fenced playground; and on the south by the Bumble Bee Inn. The main entrance to the facility is from Main Street. (10) The Busy Bee site has been the location of a laundry and dry cleaning facility since 1985. The site is located in an area of a building complex owned by M & P Investments. The dry cleaning operation at the site was started by Alvin Allmendinger in June 1985. Fred Roes, the current owner, took over the business in October 1987. Currently, Mr. Roes employs six people on site. There were several different businesses occupying the site prior to 1985. (10) The Busy Bee site consists of one building of approximately 2,800 square feet. As shown in Figure 2-2, the building is divided into three rooms. The room in the northwest area of the building contains a front counter where clothes are dropped off and picked up. This room also contains several clothes racks and an office area. The room in the northeast area of the building contains three washing machines and a Suprema dry cleaning machine. Waste drums containing condensation water, used filter cartridges, and distillation sludge are stored in this room. A large barrel containing rags to mop up PCE spills is also stored in this room. The southern part of the building is used primarily as a clothes pressing area. Clothes racks, a boiler, and two washing machines are also in this room. (10) 2.3 Operational History The building in which Busy Bee is located was built in approximately 1907. The building has been owned by M & P Investments since about 1984. The previous owner of the building was Alvin Allmendinger. Mr. Allmendinger operated a laundry facility on site and opened a dry cleaning operation in mid-1985. He operated the facility until October 1987, when Fred Roes became the owner and operator of Busy Bee. (10,11) Busy Bee operates a single closed loop dry-to-dry Suprema dry cleaning machine. The machine, purchased by Mr. Allmendinger in mid-1985, is still in use. The machine has a capacity of 35 pounds of clothes. Seventy-five gallons of PCE are stored in the machine, and about 5 gallons of PCE are used in the dry cleaning operation every week. The wastes generated during the dry SI Busy Bee Laundry and Cleaning-0(F)• 1/93 2 Printed on 50%recycled paper. ��