SITE INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE_1993-1996

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3.3 Surface Water Pathway Wastewater from the Lincoln Village Cleaners site was discharged into the municipal sewer system. Storm water runoff from the site enters storm drains along either Gettysburg Place or Benjamin Holt Drive. (3) The nearest surface water body, Fourteen Mile Slough, is between 1 mile and 2 miles southwest of the site. No drinking water intakes are along any surface water bodies within 15 miles downstream of the site (21). Several sensitive environments exist within 15 miles downstream of the site. These sensitive environments include habitats of several candidate species for federal and/or state listing as endangered or threatened.(27) The 2-year, 24-hour rainfall event for Stockton is 1.65 inches (28). The surface waters within 15 miles of the site may be considered fisheries for a variety of both warm water and cold water species of fish (29). According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) map of the area, the site is located between a 100-year flood plain and a 500-year flood plain (30). 3.4 Soil Exposure and Air Pathway Hazardous substances were generated and stored inside a secured building. No residents live onsite; however, 10 employees currently work at the site. The site is paved and no schools or daycare centers are within 200 feet of the site. (3) Approximately 118,000 people live within 4 miles of the site (31). 4.0 EMERGENCY RESPONSE CONSIDERATIONS The National Contingency Plan [40 CFR 300.415 (b) (2)] authorizes the EPA to consider emergency response actions at those sites which pose an imminent threat to human health or the environment. For the following reasons, a referral to Region IX's Emergency Response Section does not appear to be necessary: • All dry cleaning operations have ceased with the removal of dry cleaning equipment in 1992. No hazardous substances are currently being generated or stored on site. 5.0 SUMMARY Lincoln Village Cleaners is a dry cleaning business located at 501 Lincoln Center in Stockton, Calif. The business occupies the end unit in one of a number of buildings that make up a large shopping center known as Lincoln Village Shopping Center. The site has been operated as a dry cleaner since the shopping mall was built in the late 1950s. The business occupies approximately 2,500 square feet. The unfenced site is bordered to the northwest and southwest by retail space and to the northeast and southeast by a paved parking lot. Bordering the shopping center to the northwest is a residential area and to the northeast is Lincoln Grammar School. The site has been a dry cleaner operation since 1961. Site ownership was transferred from the original owner to the current owner in 1979. From 1979 until 1985, dry cleaning was performed using two separate machines. This use of separate machines for cleaning and drying clothes is known as a transfer system. The solvent perchloroethylene (PCE), used in the transfer system, PA Lincoln Village CleanemV (F) • SM 9 Printed w 50% recycled paper. Q