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1 Eckert Cold Storage Company 757 Moffat Blvd, Manteca, California Underground Tank Investigation ' Continued Please I Report of Findings 1.0 Project Identification This project has been developed to explore the possible impact that has occurred as a result of the leaking underground storage tanks removed at this site in July, 1986. The release requires a determination as to whether or not groundwater has been impacted at ' this site, and to discover both the vertical and lateral migration of contaminants that may have occurred. ' 2.0 Site Description and History Y Eckert Cold Storage Company occupies approximately ten acres of property identified by the San Joaquin County Assessor's Office as 757 Moffat Blvd., in the incorporated city of ' Manteca, in San Joaquin County, California (Figure 1). The facility is utilized for the purpose of processing vegetables and the cold storage of same. The facility cleans, cuts, grades, packages and stores various types of perishable foods. During the normal business ' season the entire ten acre site is utilized by incoming and outgoing trucks, forklifts and personnel until late November each year. ' Eckert Cold Storage Company removed a single 500 gallon gasoline tank (#4) from the site in July, 1986. In April, 1987, a site inspection of the tank removal area was conducted and soil samples were collected at that time. The results of that testing ' indicated contamination of soils had occurred. In February, 1988, the remaining three underground fuel tanks were removed from the tsame location. No contamination was identified during this sampling event. Because of the gasoline contamination identified in April, 1987, the San Joaquin County ' Public Health Department's Environmental Health Division directed Eckert Cold Storage Company to investigate the problem and provide a Problem Assessment Report. WHF, Inc. (WHF) has been contracted to explore the problem and to report the findings.