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t <br /> 1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> • Valley Motors operates a wholesale used car dealership at 800 East Main Street in Stockton, <br /> California and is owned by Mrs Barbara Hyduke Investigation of the extent of hydrocarbon <br /> contamination beneath the Valley Motors property has been directed by San Joaquin County Public <br /> Health Services, Environmental Health Division(PHS/EHD) <br /> 2.0 BACKGROUND <br /> 2.1 Site Location and Description <br /> The site is located several blocks east of downtown Stockton and several blocks north of Mormon <br /> Slough (Figure 1) It occupies an L-shaped parcel of land at the comer of Main and Grant Streets <br /> The area is zoned commercial and light industrial Small businesses and a vacant lot are located to <br /> the north, across Main Street, and a paint company is Iocated to the west, across Grant Street The <br /> topography in the area is flat <br /> 2.2 Previous Work <br /> After several years of investigation and monitoring, Upgradient Environmental submitted a <br /> Problem Assessment Report and Soil Remediation Plan on behalf of Valley Motors in October <br /> • 2003 That report summarizes all previous work that has been performed The reader is referred to <br /> that report for information about the history of the investigation <br /> 3 0 PROCEDURES <br /> The depth to groundwater was measured and water samples were collected on June 16, 2004 The <br /> wells were opened and allowed to equalize with atmospheric pressure before the depth to <br /> groundwater was measured Depth measurements were recorded on the Well Monitor Report <br /> (Appendix A) Because the water depth was more than 35 feet, well VM-5 was dry <br /> The wells were purged using the surge-and-purge method Approximately two gallons of water <br /> were removed from each well <br /> Water samples were collected from all wells except VM-5 Two 40-m1 vials were collected from <br /> each, labeled, and placed in a cooled ice chest The samples were Iater transported to Excelchem <br /> Environmental Laboratory for analysis The laboratory report is included in Appendix B <br /> • 2 <br />