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1 . Introduction The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) Solid Waste Cleanup Program (SWCP) provides funds to remediate closed or abandoned solid waste sites and to clean up illegal disposal sites where the owner is unwilling or unable to remediate the site. SWCP staff agreed to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) emergency removal action for the Panoche Burn Site at a meeting on August 29, 1996. On September 25, 1996, the CIWMB Board approved funding the remediation phase (Phase H) of the project by Resolution 96-400. Statutory authority for the project is in California Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 48020, et seq., the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Cleanup Program, which is administered and directed by the CIWMB. 1 .1 Report Purpose and Conclusions This report summarizes construction and engineering activities, field modifications, environmental sampling, and records of survey performed to remediate the Panoche Burn Site. Because the fire occurred in spring, the CIWMB staff was able to remediate the site before bad weather delayed the project. However, remediation time could be reduced if a tire fire protocol is established and if a lead agency is designated for suppressing, controlling, and remediating tire fires in California. The CIWMB could perform these duties if the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) provide technical assistance in designing appropriate remediations, and legislative and policy changes are made to the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Cleanup Program. The CIWMB Executive Director or a Board member would then be able to authorize immediate funding of a project and allow site assessment to occur until a plan can be brought to the CIWMB for ratification. 1.2 Site Location The Panoche Burn Site is approximately 2 miles west of Interstate 5 on County Road J 1 (Little Panoche Road) in northern Fresno County. Specifically, the site is in the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 13S, Range 11E, on Parcels 009-041-28 and 009-041-30 in Book 29 of Fresno County Records. Figures 1 and 2 indicate site area and location. The site is in a Y-shaped canyon along the northern edge of the Panoche Hills. The canyon ranges from approximately 50 to 100 feet deep, and the slopes of the canyon walls average about 2:1 (horizontal:vertical) but range from 1:1 to 4.5:1. Numerous naturally occurring ravines carry water from the Panoche Hills to Little Panoche Creek. Figure 3 provides a topographical view of the site before the remediation. CIWMB