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' t toilets in the shop. Nov. 16 , 1992 Roto Rooter was called to the scene. They looked for the clogging problem and discovered a crack in the line leading from the toilets to the Tank. Also, they discovered that the first quadrant (two total) of the Tank was full of septage and recommended pumping the Tank, abandoning the Tank and installing a new tank and leach lines . Nov. 17 , 1992 Roto Rooter came to the site and pumped 1-,200 gallons out of the Tank. For whatever reason they did not pump the second quadrant of the Tank. Also, the bid they provided us for the work discussed on Nov. 16, 1992 was too costly. So we looked elsewhere for some to conduct the work discussed by Roto Rooter. Nov. 18, 1992 Perish and Sons came to the site, investigated the problem and gave us a bid to conduct the work. All looked well . Nov. 19 , 1992 Perish and Sons brings backhoe to the site and begins excavating the leach line and discovers oil in and around the leach line. Perish stops works . Is not licensed to work with contaminated soil . Up until this point we were not aware that the second quadrant of the Tank existed. , Nov. 20 , 1992 Sacramento Waste Oil was called to the scene to pump out the oil located in the second quadrant (approximately 1000 gallons) , this was taken off site as a California regulated hazardous waste. Nov. 23 , 1992 We took some incentive and wanted to know the extent of contamination we are faced with. A contractor was called to the scene (Aksland) to exhume the leach line. The line leads off the Tank to the west for approximately 18 feet. And is located roughly 2 .5 feet below ground surface. The perforations in the leach line do not begin for approximately 3 feet after exiting the Tank. The area surrounding the line was backfilled with drain gravel ( 3/411 ) . Approximately 5 feet from the Tank, following the leach line, in the gravel, we discovered oil standing in the trench. As we continued to excavate to