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♦ • r •11 9 s a SITE INVESTIGATION • r,•• NAME:SITE 39 -CR -0001 LOCATION: 231 •UTH SANTA FE ROAD, RIVERBANK, a 95367 i' p • 249-060-14 OWNER:a ADDRESS: SOUTH ROAD, • •95367 PHONE:UNKNOWN SITE VISIT DATE: • PRESENT: J. • T.SWEESO (CODE ENFORCEMENT) BACKGROUND: The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (LEA, 209-468- 0343) provided 2136 staff with copies of background information regarding this site. Provided records document that disposal activities have occurred on this property since 1977 to the present. As the result of the SJ County DA's office (David Irey, 209-468-2470) 1991 prosecution, the property owner was ordered to "turn over soil on property, soil brought in by defendant 25% per year. Soil is to be sifted for hazardous & construction materials which are to be removed. To allow a search & inspection on the property by SJ Planning Dept. at arranged times." In addition a $10,990 fine/fee was imposed on the owner. The LEA and Code Enforcement office (209-468-3184) recently became aware that disposal activities have resumed and that the property owner did not satisfy the court judgement. The LEA requested 2136 staff to evaluate this site for possible site cleanup consideration on 5/27/98. REMARKS: Upon arriving on-site, the LEA & Code Enforcement officer explained that the property owner had primarily accepted, for a fee, construction/demolition debris from local contractors and had then buried this material along the western edge of the property against the elevated berm of the Santa Fe Rail Line. Reported waste materials accepted and landfilled include concrete pieces, concrete (asbestos containing) pipe, metal items, scrap lumber, wallboard, asphalt, and landscape cuttings. A review of records provided indicate that batteries, tires, mattresses, garbage, and automobiles have also been observed in the fill. Additionally, the records indicate 55 - gallon drums and other containers have been buried on the property. The LEA & Code Enforcement officer also indicated that the owner routinely burned waste on the property and that in the early 90s a fire occurred in the fill lasting 1 + month. We proceeded to walk the property. An estimated 20 tons of old abandoned farm equipment and an estimated 200 cubic yards of concrete man holes and appliances have been discarded primarily along the north and east sides of the property. A large landscaping/wood waste pile measuring roughly 50' X 20' X 12' (approx. 450 yd 3) has accumulated in a central portion of the property. Landfill disposal activities have primarily occurred on the west side of the property against the Santa Fe Rail Line. An estimated 500 yd of miscellaneous trash is scattered over the surface of the property. The estimated fill area is a triangular prism and roughly measures 600' X 90' X 30' (approx. 30,000 yd 3).