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The domestic water well located about 85 southeast and downgradient from the site of the tank was sampled in the following manner: a faucet connected to the pump house was opened and allowed to run until the pump motor had locked on and run for about 10 minutes to insure that water from the aquifer was being discharged. Samples were taken by Mr. Hunter with properly prepared glass VOA 's, promptly sealed, labeled, and preserved pending transport to the lab for analysis. Samples were also collected from the stored spoil by driving clean brass tubes as deeply as possible into the pile; they were sealed, labeled and placed on ace. The preserved samples were transported to the laboratory by the geologist, with instructions to analyze all samples for DTEX & TRH-E. Exhibit G includes copies of the laboratory worksheets and chain of custody forms for that work. Those results are summarized in Tables II , III , & IV. The soil samples taken from the excavation, (Table II , ) revealed that the east wall was clean, and the minor amounts detected in the sample from south end of the west wail passed the leaching potential analysis worksheet, Only Toluene & Xylene from the sample taken from the side of the west wall were above the limits allowed by the worksheet. However , the two samples from the bottom contained fairly high levels of BTEX & TRH-G. Analysis of the sample from the domestic water well showed that all tested substances were below detection levels, indicating that the contamination had not reached that well . After analyzing the test results, it was decided that additional spoil removal would be the best method for removing the remaining contamination. On September 19, 1991 , Thorpe Oil personel removed the tree and fence from the west and south sides of the existing excavation in order to allow further investigative work in those directions. DETAILS OF SECOND EXCAVATION: On September 20, 1991 , W. Hunter , R.G. , packed up a soil sampling kit for FGL Environmental and drove to the location, arriving at 9: 30AM. Thorpe Oil Co. personel began removing spoil from west, ramping into the existing excavation in order to allow the backhoe to reach deeper. The soil consisted primarily of dark tan to brown sandy loam, with layers of clay and hard clayey sands. A streak of very sandy gray colored soil at the northwest corner and north wall at about 15 ' , just below the small shed , had a definite gasoline odor. The gray coloration may have been due to contaminiataon or the mineral content of the sediments; no free product was noted. Clean spoil was placed on the ground near an existing tree at the southwest corner of the pit, in a pile that 4