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Preliminary Site Assessment Work Plan ACME SAW &INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY 1204 East Main Street, Stockton, California 1.0. INTRODUCTION At the request of Acme Saw & Industrial Supply,Advanced GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (AGE) has prepared the enclosed Work Plan for the site located at 1204 East Main Street, Stockton, California. The location of the site is illustrated on Figure 1 -Location Map. A plan of the site is illustrated on Figure 2 -Site Plan. This Work Plan has been prepared as required by the San Joaquin County Public Health Services- Environmental Health Division (PHS-EHD) to evaluate an unauthorized release of petroleum hydrocarbon compounds from an underground storage tank (UST) formerly located at the site. Additionally,this work plan is prepared in accordance with PHS-EHD and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) guidelines for the investigation of UST sites. The purpose of this preliminary site assessment is to evaluate the vertical extent of petroleum hydrocarbon impacts to soil and/or groundwater at the site. This Work Plan provides a description of the scope of work and procedures to be used to advance the soil probe borings,collect and analyze soil and groundwater samples and to abandon the soil borings 2.0. BACKGROUND The site is located in a mixed-use area of central Stockton, San Joaquin County, at an approximate elevation between 15 and 20 feet above mean sea level. The site is presently occupied by Acme Saw & Industrial Supply (Acme), a hardware sales and service company. Acme has occupied the site since 1960;Acme purchased the site in 1964. According to Mr. John Doucette of Acme,the site was operated as a service station equipment company sometime prior to the 1950s. 2.1. REMOVAL OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS Two 550-gallon USTs were located on the property from prior to the 1960s until 1993. According to Mr. Doucette,Acme never operated the USTs. Furthermore,the former contents of the USTs are not known. Both USTs were removed from the site on 21 September 1993. Two soil samples were collected from the floor of the excavation and one sample was collected from the excavated soil at the time of UST removal. Strong hydrocarbons odor in the UST excavation and in soil samples were noted by PHS-EHD persomlei during the removal inspection. The soil samples were transmitted to a state-certified laboratory for analysis of total petroleum Advanced GeoEnvironmental,Inc.