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I i f Defense Distribution Center efense'Distribution Depot San Joaquin California M, Sharpe Site s Wak rpe Fact Sheet 4�4ly cteber "", p�-y} Sharpe Environmental Restoration Program Defense Distribution center Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin California, Sharpe Site (DDJC-Sharpe, or Sharpe) is conducting a series of cleanup activities designed to protect the health and safety of the community and the environment. We are committed to sharing information about environmental issues that could affect the community. About the Depot What is the Purpose of This Fact Introducing Sharpe's Installation DDJC's Sharpe site is located in Sheet? Restoration Program (IRP) Lathrop, California, and is bordered by Roth Road to the DDJC conducts a community relations In 1979, the Department of Defense north and Lathrop Road to the program to ensure that the public is established an Installation Restoration south. The depot is operated by informed about the actions we are Program (IRP) at Sharpe. The IRP the Defense Logistics Agency's taking to clean up our environment, and guides the way DDJC studies and (DLA) Defense Distribution Center informed of opportunities to participate cleans up the environment. DDJC's (DDC). DDJC-Sharpe and its sister in these cleanup efforts. We want to Environmental Protection Office site, DDJC-Tracy, are a Strategic share this information with our manages the IRP. The Environmental Distribution Platform. DDJC stocks community and the new residents who Protection Offices for both the DDJC nearly 800,000 different items used have recently moved into our Sharpe and the DDJC-Tracy depots are by our country's military troops neighborhood. This fact sheet offers located at DDJC-Tracy in Tracy, throughout the western U.S. and our new neighbors and the community California. the Pacific. an historical perspective on past, Until 1976, the Sharpe site also present and future developments in In 1980, the federal government served as a maintenance facility, Sharpe's environmental program. conducted an Installation Assessment repairing and reconditioning heavy Rath Road (environmental study) to equipment and aircraft. — _ �_ determine if any of the chemicals Due to recent reorganizations, that had been used at Sharpe in approximately 95%of the DDJC i�l ��[�� _ the past were still present in the : depot's groundwater workload is now accomplished at5��- (groundwater is water that moves DDJC-Tracy. Various tenant �I, ' organizations, including the Army beneath the ground's surface) and Air Farce Exchange Services, Groundwater and soil. This study found certain have moved to DDJC-Sharpe. Flow Direction ili potentially harmful chemicals, �Ir I I including cleaning solvents, in the N Sharpe I I soil and groundwater at the depot. For More Information, i These chemicals are believed to please contact: (ontinued on page 2 DougImberi, DDJC Office of Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) Detected in Groundwater at Concentrations Above the Command Affairs, at Maximum Contaminant Level(MCL) Figure 1. PCE 1995 and 2000 (209) 839-4009 DDJC's IRP monitors the presence of or Plume* Groundwater Zone chemical contaminants in the Linda Janssen, California Dept. ofgroundwater beneath the depot. One ._. "A Zone"-40 feet BGS of the chemicals of concern at Sharpe, Toxic Substances Control Public PCE,was found in off-depot Participation Specialist, at ""•••...... "B Zone" -40 to 90 feet BGS groundwater in 1995. See inside for (916) 255-6683. information on how Sharpe is working Or you can visit our web site at: ----- 1996 plume shown in green to treat chemicals in groundwater. www.ddc.dla-mil/ddjc-env■ —2000 plume shown in blue *plume =defined area of contamination BGS =below ground surface