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p 11 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT 25 FEBRUARY, 1991 SAN .JOAQUIN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION 445 NORTH SAN ,JOAQUINEET STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA O;R2 ATTENTION: MR, DOUG WILSON AND MRS, KASEY FOLEY IN RE: C MIU1 MaRT,x+511 PACIFIC AVENUE, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA 95207 ON FEBRUARY 19,1991 AN UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE WAS REPORTED AT THIS FACILITY, IT WAS REPORTED TO US THAT GASOLINE HAD PUDDLED ON THE NORTH ISLAND AT THIS THREE ISLAND STATION WITH ELEVEN DISPENSERS. THIS WAS RESPONDED TO BY STOCKTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, FALCON ENERGY WAS CONTACTED BY THE OWNER, MR. BALWINDER BRAR WHO INDICATED THEY HAD A LINE LEAK AND INDICATED IT WAS AUTHORIZED TO BE REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, 20 FEBRUARY, 1001, OUR CREW WAS ON SITE WITH FIRE BATALLION CHIEF KEN UEHLING WHO HAD A GAS TECH METER AND INDICATED THAT AN IMMENT HAZARD EXISTED. THEY UTLIZED THE GAS TECH AND OBTAINED NO READING. HE AUTHORIZED US TO MAKE ANY IMMEDIATE REPAIR TO MITIGATE A FIRE HAZARD, WE OBSERVED THAT A TRENCH HAD ALREADY BEEN OPENED UNDER THE UNLEADED PRODUCT LINE BETWEEN THE CENTER AND NORTH ISLAND, IT WAS REPORTED TO US THAT THIS HAD BEEN DONE THE PRIOR DAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MITIGATE THE DANGER. HOWEVER, THE LEAK HAD NOT BEEN DISCOVERED, TWO DAYS LATER WE LEARNED THAT WESTERN METER HAD DONE THE EXCAVATING. WE TRACED THE PLUMBING AND ASCERTAINED THAT THE LEAKING LINE APPEARED TO BE APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET NORTH OF THE EXCAVATED TRENCH. WE PROCEEDED TO UNCOVER THIS AREA DIRECTEDLY UNDER OUR ESTIMATE OF WHERE WE FELT THE LEAK EXISTED AND DISCOVERED A CORRODED COUPLING WITH TWO CORROSION HOLES WHICH WE RETAIN IN OUR POSSESSION. WE MADE REPAIRS TO THIS PORTION OF THE UNLEADED PRODUCT LINE. WE HAD ALSO NOTICED A SWEATING COUPLING IN THE LINE IN THE EXISTING TRENCH AND OBTAINED PERMISSION F'• OWNER TO REPLACE As WE DISCOVERED 1 r TO THE OWNER THAT CONTAMINATED SOI WAS OBSERVED DUNDER r LEAKING PIPE A/ THAT A REMEDIATION PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. IN ORDER THAT THE EXTENT OF CONTAMINATION BE ESTIMATED, WE FELT IT WOULD BE EXPEDIENT TO TAKE P.O. Box 1257 * Stockton, California 95201 * Number One, Port Road 21, Port of Stockton * Stockton, California 95203 (209) 463.7108 * FAX (209) 4632712