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Kennedy/Jenks Consultants 5 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS The following summanzes our observations and findings of potential environmental concerns at the site ' 1 The subject property is currently occupied by the Cunningham Hotel, the Shamrock Tavern, a meeting hall, two unoccupied buildings, and, a residential trailer The remainder of the subject property is paved and used for parking 2 Kennedy/Jenks did not gain access to certain areas within the subject property (1) 612 Market Street, (2) 624 Market Street, (3) the upper floors of 626-632 Market Street, (4) the residential trailer at 545 Washington Street, and (5) the southern portion of the second floor of 602 Market Street The scope of this report is, therefore, limited to exterior observations of those properties as visible from public ' right-of-ways 3 A gasoline underground storage tank was removed from the south end of 636- 640 Market Street Soil samples taken at the time the tank was removed indicated that only minor concentrations of motor oil and fuel hydrocarbons were found in two samples No benzene concentrations were found and no offsite disposal of soils was necessary Soil from the tank removal project was returned to the excavation and the site closed A letter from the San Joaquin County Public Health Services, dated May 5, 1993, indicated that the site requires "no further action "A sump associated with the former automotive repair facility remains onsite It could not be determined from the available information, if environmental samples were collected in the vicinity of the dispensing island 4 The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for 1950 indicated the presence of gasoline and oil USTs in the parking lot at 639-645 Washington Street It is unknown if these USTs were removed The area is currently a paved parking area Sanborn Maps also indicate the presence of boilers on the subject property Fuel USTs are commonly associated with these boilers The status of the boilers and USTs, if any, is unknown 5 Regulatory file review identified four LUST sites within a 118-mile radius of the site Two of the sites are in the apparent crossgradient of the subject property and one is downgradient The site that is in the apparent upgradient of the subject property is 0 9-mile south, and due to the distance, unlikely to impact the subject property 6 The first floor of the Cunningham Hotel at 620-622 Market Street was previously used for automotive repair The rear of the building contains a roundtable, service pit, and sump The service pit may contain a floor drain, and oil staining was observed on the walls and floor of the pit It is unknown whether the sump has leaked 7 During the site reconnaissance, two fill ports were observed on the sidewalk in front of the Cunningham Hotel at 620-622 Market Street Their presence may indicate the presence of a fuel oil UST formerly used to fire the boiler which provides steam heat to the hotel ' i yob1909WO14=text dao 16