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leaving a trench about 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep from the dock to the tank (f=igs . 3, 5a, 6) . The tank was uncovered and on Jan- uary 30, 1989 the tank was pulled from the ground with a crane and loaded on a truck for removal . The tank proved to be an old railway tank car body. The tank was then hauled to Schnitzer Steel Products Co. , 12800 Folsom Blvd. , Rancho Cordova, CA (App. # A-3) . Appedix A-!: is a copy o` the covcr letter to the S31-HD detailing, the disposal of the tank and tanL waste. As the tank was being removed, a n" square piece of the bottom fell out and an estimated 50 gallons of P. S. 600 fuel oil leaked out . the tank pulling was witnessed by the SJLHD. The tank remo- val left a hole about 12 feet x 28 feet x 14 feet (App. A-7) . The soil contaminated by the spill from the hole in the tarok bottom was removed later the same day and stored in the 50 gal . drums shown on Figures u and 7 . An attempt was then made to ex- cavate under tle adjacent railroad tracks lying between the tank site and the concrete loading dock. This couldn ' t be done with the equipment on hand. The spoil left frog*, digging out the tank, cleaning the hole left when the tank was removed and the contam- inated soil from the tank leak were all stored north of the excavation. The spoil was placed over plastic sheeting and the drums were capped. On January 31 , 1989 samples for testing were taken by Canonic Environmental Labs (DHS certified) from two locations at the pit bottom and from the trench at the edge of the railroad track. Two samples were collected at each location. The sampling was witnessed by a representative of the DHS. SamDlin.g locations are shown on Figure 3. The samples were obtained, using standard Canonie Lab QC/QA pro- cedures . The sampling locations were cleared of all remaining debris and then laboratory cleaned brass tubes were pushed into the soil . The tubes were sealed at the ends, capped and placed on ice and transported to the laboratory. All equipment used was supplied by Canonie Labs ; routine OA/QC methods were used and chain-of-custody records were kept . Spiked samples are routinely run in the laboratory to ensure proper equipment operation, also sample blanks are routinely run to ensure that the sample con- tainers are clean and that no foreign substances have entered. Appendix A-5 is a copy of the original specifications for tests to be run on the samples. All samples were tested for BTXE by EPA rnethod 8020 (prep. 5030) and TEPH by GCFID (prep. 3550) . Site insFaction and discussions with JTO show that the field sketch of the collection points made by Canonie are incorrect (Appendix A-4) . The correct sketch and locations are shown on all other figures in this report. The railroad lies between the excavation and the warehouse and samples IN and IS were obtained from in- side the excavation. Sample 3 was taken at the edge of the rail- 3