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MECIFIVE3 Lodi Groundwater Site t7rr 1 0 2002 Lodi, California ENS! .a.,ciVT HEALTH PERMIT/SERVICES M&P Investments, Inc. Conducting Phase 1 Site Assessment FACT SHEET#1 OCTOBER 11, 2002 INTRODUCTION This fact sheet contains relevant information for the M&P Investments, Inc. ("M&P Investments") site, located at 40 North Main Street ("the Property") in the City of Lodi ("the City"), County of San Joaquin, California. The property was leased to third parties who operated it as the "Busy Bee Cleaners" from 1984 through 1996. Dry cleaning chemicals were potentially released to the environment during that time. This fact sheet describes the characterization work to be performed by M&P Investments in the vicinity of its property. Words or phrases in bold type are defined in the glossary on Page 2. This fact sheet provides information on: • Background • M&P Investments' site investigation • Community involvement BACKGROUND In 1989 and 1990 the City discovered the presence of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in four municipal water supply wells. Investigations conducted since 1989 by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and others have identified over 50 potential sources of the VOCs, involving industrial and commercial users of VOCs. In the vicinity of the Property, Tokay Printing, 5 West Elm Street; Brackettes Garage, 21 North Stockton Street; Alamo Ford Car Washing & Polishing, 1221/2 Pine Street; the former location of Tokay Printing, 10A West Oak Street, and Busy Bee Cleaners have been identified as potential VOC sources. M&P Investments, at its own initiative, has obtained approval to conduct a Phase 1 Site Assessment of the soil and groundwater contamination in the vicinity of the Property. M&P INVESTMENTS' SITE INVESTIGATION On September 18, 2002, E2C Remediation, LLC (E2C) issued a work plan to the RWQCB entitled "Phase 1 Revised Site Characterization Workplan, Former Busy Bee Cleaners, 40 North Main Street, Lodi, California." The purpose of the work was to further assess the nature and extent of the VOCs, primarily perch loroethylene (PCE), in soil and the shallow groundwater. The fieldwork to be conducted under the work plan is scheduled to begin in mid-October 2002 and will be completed in approximately one week. The results of the work completed by previous consultants are summarized in E2C's September 18, 2002 work plan. The work plan discusses past investigations and summarizes the investigators' findings and conclusions. The results of the work completed was used to formulate a work plan that's purpose includes an assessment of secondary sources of the VOCs that are or may be present within the 1