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G41/08/99 TMI 1.5:09 FAX GROUNDWATER [it D02 i DRAM JW West% FACT SHEET Former Nestle Beverage Company Plant 230 Industrial Avenue, Ripon, California low No Fact Sheet No. 1 April 1999 Nestle PLANS ADDITIONAL GROUNDWATER CLEANUP ACTIONS AT THE FORMER RIPON PLANT INSIDE: INTRODUCTION SITE DESCRIPTION & Site Description&Histor HISTORY P y This fact sheet provides an Status of Site Cleanup update regarding site cleanup The Former Nest]8 Beverage P activities at the former Nestlfi Company Plant was built in the Beverage Company Plant 1930s, and beginning in 1948 Plans for Additional Actions located at 230 industrial Avenue was converted to manufacture in Ripon(See Site Location Map, instant coffee products including Time&Place for Upcoming Figure 1). decaffeinated coffee. The Public Meeting decaffeinabon process utilized The California Regional Water the organic chemical solvent Community Contacts Quality Control Board - Central trichloroethylene (TCE) from Valley Region (`the Regional 1957 to 1970. As described in Board") Is overseeing all the site investigation documents, INFORMATION REPOSITORY activities regarding investigation it was discovered in 1986 that and cleanup of soil and releases of TCE had impacted Copies of Site Investigation and groundwater related to previous site soil and groundwater in the other Site-related documents are operations at the former Nestl6 vicinity of the former plant. available at: Plant. Ripon Public Library Cleanup actions are being SITE CLEANUP STATUS 430 W.Main Street conducted by NestlB in response Sim discovery of these Ripon, California to Final Cleanup and Abatement impacts, Nestlb has undertaken (209)599-3326 Order No. 93-712 issued by the actions to investigate the impacts Regional Board. This fact sheet and has performed interim describes the site and its history cleanup activities. Details of the PUBLIC MEETING and summarizes the status of site investigation are discussed site cleanup actions. In addition, in the Remedial Investigation(RI) as part of ongoing community report available at the Cif of An Informational Meeting willY be held on April 28, 1999 relations activities, a meeting is Ripon Library. In 1994, Nestle from 7:00 to 8:00 PM at: planned (see inset on this page) submitted a Feasibility Study to allow the public to learn more (FS), which evaluates what about the site. All interested actions can be taken to mitigate City of Ripon parties are invited to attend. Community Center the sail and groundwater 312 Fourth Street impacts.