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1.0 INTRODGCTION On June 2 1999 Ceres Associates conducted soil and groundwater sampling to assess subsurface conditions at Quality Cleaners, 3081 North Tracy Boulevard, Tracy, California(Property) (please refer to Figure 1).The purpose of the work was to assess if past and current use of the Property have adversely impacted the environmental quality of the Property. The work was performed for Wells Fargo Bank Commercial Mortgage Origination, San Francisco, California (Property lender) and Western Gravel Company, Incorporated, Los Gatos, California (Property owner). Work was conducted in general accordance with Ceres Associates proposal CA518P2 dated May 18, 1999 and authorized by a signed contract dated May 19, 1999. 1.1 PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA DESCRIPTION The Property is located at 3081 North Tracy Boulevard,Tracy,San Joaquin County,California,and is legally described by its assessor's parcel number 214-180-41. Quality Cleaners occupies an approximately 1,625 square-foot tenant space within the Tracy Corners Shopping Center. Quality Cleaners is bounded to the east by Household Finance Company (HFC) and Always $1 Store and to the east by Ybarra Jewelers (please refer to Figure 2). The adjacent areas to the north and south are asphalt-covered parking and delivery areas associated with the above-listed businesses. Residential sites are located adjacent to the south and west of the Tracy Corners Shopping Center. Commercial businesses,restaurants and an ARCO gasoline service station (ARCO) are located to the north and east of the shopping center. The ARCO site is located approximately 600 feet north of the Property in the presumed downgradient groundwater flow direction from the Property. The Property topography is relatively flat. The nearest surface water feature is an un-named pond associated with El Pescadero Park located about 1,500 feet southeast of the Property(USGS,Union Island, California Topographic Quadrangle, 1978). 1.2 PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS Ceres Associates conducted a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for the Property in May, 1999. During the course of the assessment materials suspected of being waste tetrachloroethylene(PCE)was observed on a painted concrete floor beneath a waste PCE extraction port associated with a"open loop" dry cleaning machine located in the tenant space occupied by Quality Cleaners. In addition,significant staining of the painted concrete floor was observed in the vicinity of waste and active PCE storage containers within Quality Cleaners. Based on the above observations, Ceres Associates recommended conducting soil and groundwater sampling in the vicinity of floor staining as well as an area outside the rear entrance of Quality Cleaners. CACeres Associates 1 Project CA518-2 WFB-CMO,Quality Cleaners.Tracy,CA June 8,1999