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1-3 Sewage is disposed in a former septic system located on site The septic system receives waste only from bathrooms at the site 1 3 FORMER OPERATIONS Prior to TCS, Inc 's leasing of the €acilities, they were operated by SEPSCO d b a Western Refrigerating and Cold Storage Company (Western) Western operated as a commercial cold storage and ice manufacturing facility Ice manufacturing was conducted in what is now the Dry Storage Area (Figure 2) The ice-making process included the use of former brute solu- tions that were chilled by an ammonia refrigeration process Chilled brine was circulated in a tank to chill water (isolated from the brine in metal trays) to produce ice SEPSCO per- sonnel report that a typical brute solution would contact salts (prunanly sodium salt) at con- centrations on the order of 10 to 15 percent. Chromates were normally added to aid in cor- rosion protection Other metals, if any, would be found at trace concentrations The only other potential constituent of concern is ammonia, winch may have occasionally escaped into the brine from refrigeration lines The ice manufacturing portion of the business was discontinued in 1982 Velucles used at the site were fueled from a gasoline UFT near the entrance to the property (Figure 2) The gasoline UFT was removed in the 1970s No information is available con- cerning the operation, testing, or condition of the tank No indication that any previous in- vestigations had been performed were found 1 4 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE PHASE H INVESTIGATION To address the areas of concern identified during the Phase I FSA, the following objectives were identified • Determine whether reported leakage from the Former Gasoline UFT had im- pacted soil and/or ground water within the confines of the property • Determine whether two reported historic discharges of brine solution to the ground surface had caused any impact to soil and/or ground water • Assess subsurface soil at the septic leachfield to determine whether evidence exists of constituents having been discharged through the septic system 290.5 s "REALISTIC SOLUTIONS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PROBLEMS'