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SITE HISTORY
<br /> BOYETT PETROLEUM
<br /> 419 S.Main Street
<br /> Manteca, California
<br /> On November 20 and 21, 1996, soil sampling was conducted at the site by WHF, Inc., (WHF) under the
<br /> direction of Mr. Robert McClellon of the San Joaquin County Public Health Service, Environmental
<br /> Health Division (SJCEHD). According to WHF, on November 20, 1996, one soil sample was collected
<br /> from beneath each of the site's three existing fuel dispensers at a depth of approximately two feet below
<br /> the dispenser piping. On November 21, 1996, four discrete soil samples were collected to characterize
<br /> approximately 44 cubic yards of material stockpiled at the site. The four discrete samples were
<br /> composited into two soil samples for laboratory analyses. The soil samples collected from both the
<br /> dispenser locations and the soil stockpile were analyzed for total petroleum hydrocarbons quantified as
<br /> gasoline (TPH-G) by EPA method 8015M, and for benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene, total xylenes
<br /> (BTEX), and methyl tert-butyl ether(MTBE) by EPA Method 8020.
<br /> On October 5, 1998, WHF, in conjunction with Fisch Environmental Exploration Services, completed
<br /> two vertical soil borings, SBA and SB-2, to a maximum depth of 18 feet below ground surface (bgs)
<br /> proximal to the fuel dispenser island. Soil samples were collected at five-foot intervals for soil
<br /> classification. Three soil samples were collected from each boring at depth intervals of 4-6 feet, 9-11 feet,
<br /> and 16 feet. One groundwater sample was collected from each boring from a depth of 18 feet for
<br /> laboratory analyses.
<br /> On August 27 and 30, 1999,WHF, in conjunction with Frontier Drilling, completed four soil borings.The
<br /> borings, which varied in total depth from 26.5 to 36.5 feet bgs, were subsequently converted into monitor
<br /> wells MWA through MW-4; depth to groundwater was reported to be at approximately 18 feet bgs.
<br /> Laboratory analytical results of eleven soil samples collected from the borings indicated no detectable
<br /> concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons with the exception of MTBE, which was detected in samples
<br /> collected from MWA, MW-3, and MW-4 at concentrations up to 200 micrograms/kilogram (µg/kg).
<br /> MTBE was detected in groundwater samples collected from MW-1, MW-3, and MW-4 at concentrations
<br /> of 2,700 micrograms per liter (pg/L), 5,700 µg/L, and 140 ug/L, respectively. Tert-butanol (TBA) was
<br /> detected in the sample collected from MW-1 at a concentration of 98 uglL, and tert-amyl methyl ether
<br /> (TAME) was detected in the samples collected from MW-1 and MW-3 at concentrations of 7.7 p.g/L and
<br /> 16 µg/L, respectively. Quarterly groundwater monitoring at the site began in the fourth quarter of 1999.
<br /> WHF prepared the Lateral Extent of Groundwater Contamination Work Plan, dated May 18, 2000,
<br /> describing proposed activities associated with the installation of four additional monitor wells intended to
<br /> define the lateral extent of groundwater contamination. At the request of the SJCEHD, WHF modified the
<br /> work plan to include use of cone penetration testing (CPT). The modified work plan was subsequently
<br /> approved by the SJCEHD on June 9, 2000.
<br /> On December 20-22, 2000, WHF, in conjunction with Frontier Drilling, completed four soil borings. The
<br /> borings, which varied in total depth between 20 and 25 feet bgs, were subsequently converted into
<br /> monitor wells MW-5 through MW-8; groundwater depth was measured at approximately 17 feet bgs.
<br /> According to a representative of the SJCEHD, aquarium sand purchased at a net .store was risen in the
<br /> construction of MW-5. Soil samples were collected from each boring at five-foot intervals for soil
<br /> classification and three soil samples were collected from each boring at depth intervals of 16-16.5 feet,
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