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San Joaquin County DIRECTOR Donna Heran,REHS Environmental Health Department ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 600 East Main Street Laurie Cotulla,REHS Stockton, California 95202-3029 PROGRAM COORDINATORS 1jSSY1x. " Carl Borgman, REHS Mike Huggins,REHS,RDI Website: www.sjgov.org/ehd Margaret Lagorio,REHS �IF6 Phone: (209) 468-3420 Robert McClellon,REHS Fax: (209) 464-0138 Jeff Carruesco,REHS, RDI I'I , IIh Kasey Foley, REHS �dt� October 21, 2008 a Cyrus Yousseffi James Giottonini 601 Main Street Investors PTP City of Stockton, Public Works Dept. 1006 Fourth Street Ste 701 425 N. EI Dorado Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Stockton, CA 95202 Subject: Phoenix House Site Code: 0001584 601 E. Main Street Global ID#: T0607762422 Stockton, CA On June 6, 2004, the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) was r notified by Pacific Gas and Electric Company that an underground storage tank (UST) had been found in the sidewalk on the north side of Main Street 100 feet east of American Street in r Stockton and that the UST was punctured and waste had spilled from the UST into a trench. On the same date, the EHD staff went to the location and found the waste that had spilled had been contained by pouring absorbent on it. On June 11, 2004, the EHD sent letters to the MS Investors and the City of Stockton notifying them that they were allegedly responsible for the UST found in the sidewalk and that it must be removed under permit and inspection of the EHD. The City of Stockton responded on June 15, 2004, that they were not the owner or operator of the UST. On June 24, 2004, Jim Thorpe Oil Inc. submitted an application for a UST closure permit to the EHD and listed MS Investors as the owner/operator. The permit to remove the UST was approved by the EHD on June 30, 2004. The UST was removed on July 2, 2004, by Jim Thorpe Oil Inc. under the inspection of the EHD. The soil on top of the UST was removed, placed in a pile, and sampled (identified on the laboratory chain of custody as SP1). There was free product (liquid petroleum) noted in the soil under the UST. Three to four feet of this wet soil was removed, placed in a pile, and sampled (identified on the laboratory chain of custody as hot pile). Soil samples were collected benea±h the UST location at depths of 10.6 and 11 feet below grade (identified on the laboratory chain of .t custody as Tk-1 and Tk-2). All of the above samples were collected on July 2, 2004. The EHD inspector filed a UST unauthorized release (leak) form and a notification of hazardous waste discharge form on July 2, 2004, based on their observations of odor and discoloration of the soil. The EHD staff was informed by Jim Thorpe Oil that the excavation would be filled to grade per the contract with the client. The EHD received the laboratory results from the soil samples collected beneath the UST and the stockpiles on July 21, 2004. The analytical results of the soil samples collected at 10.6 and 11 feet below grade beneath the UST location showed detections of 3700 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) and 5800 mg/kg of total petroleum hydrocarbons as diesel.