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2.0 BACKGROUND <br /> The site is currently a fertilizer warehouse facility. Past activities included <br /> a fertilizer storage and manufacturing plant,which manufactured both <br /> dry and liquid fertilizers. The property consists of two parcels covering <br /> approximately 5 acres. The primary parcel containing the manufacturing <br /> and distribution units is 3.5 acres. The second parcel is approximately <br /> 1.5 acres and is used for warehousing and office space. The site consists of <br /> areas for dry bulk storage, a liquid tank farm,and a full-bag storage <br /> warehouse (Figure 1). Prior to Lesco's ownership, two other companies, <br /> TRI Delta Fertilizer, Inc., and Delft Fertilizer,were also involved in <br /> fertilizer manufacturing. <br /> In January 1997, HLA, Inc.,completed a Phase I environmental review of <br /> the then TRI Delta Fertilizer, Inc.,facility. The review described site <br /> conditions, and contained a discussion of adjacent properties. <br /> In August 1997,Environ completed a Phase I environmental investigation <br /> with limited soil and groundwater sampling. Three soil borings (SB-1, <br /> SB-2, and SB-3)were advanced to approximately 15 feet below ground <br /> surface (bgs) in three storm water drainage ponds. Soil and groundwater <br /> samples were collected and analyzed for total petroleum hydrocarbons <br /> (TPH), herbicides, metals, total dissolved solids, and anions. A process <br /> water well (EW-1) was installed in 1986 and groundwater samples were <br /> collected and analyzed for the same constituents. Detections were <br /> reported for the above constituents in soil and groundwater. Specifically, <br /> the nitrate (nitrogen) concentration at 1250 milligrams per liter (mg/L) <br /> and sulfate concentration at 3200 mg/L exceeded risk-based human health <br /> standards of 10 mg/L and 250 mg/L respectively. Environ recommended <br /> that future investigations should attempt to confirm if groundwater <br /> beneath the site had been impacted by fertilizer operations. ERM <br /> understands that no other environmental investigation has been <br /> completed at the facility since 1997. <br /> ERM 2 LESCO,INC/0024301.00-12/21/04 <br />