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I. Introduction and Background <br /> Metropolitan Stevedore Company (MSC) owns and operates a general <br /> and bulk cargo handling facility at the Port of Stockton (Port) in the City of <br /> Stockton, San Joaquin County. MSC is located toward the western end of the <br /> Port, south of the Port Road A [main rail classification yard, see Figure 1. MSC <br /> operates a marine bulk vessel loading facility located at Dock 12, an integrated <br /> conveyor system for the transfer of bulk materials to and from Dock 12, and <br /> rotary rail car dumper. <br /> MSC operates the bulk materials loading facility located at and near Dock <br /> 12, in the Port. The facility consists of: (1) two adjoining leased parcels of 10.0 <br /> acres located approximately 700 linear feet from Dock 12, and (2) a right-of-way <br /> connecting the leased area to Dock 12, on which MSC operates a conveyor <br /> system used for transferring bulk materials from the leased area and adjacent <br /> areas to Dock 12 for ship loading. <br /> MSC's lease includes a total of 14.69 acres, of which 4.69 acres is <br /> subleased to Bay Sulfur (BSU), wherein BSU processes molten Sulfur and <br /> stockpiles it as periled sulfur in a contained facility (see figure 1). The BSU <br /> facility is completely contained within a walled and bermed facility. The 10.0 <br /> acres actually occupied by MSC is in two adjoining parcels, one of which is <br /> rectangular, containing the former petroleum coke stockpile area, rotary car <br /> dumper, rail loop track, and the office. The remaining 5.0 acre parcel is irregular <br /> in shape and located between the rectangular parcel and BSU's facility. <br /> In 1991 , in order to fulfill its property due diligence, MSC retained Dames <br /> and Moore to conduct a baseline ground water quality report, titled "Baseline <br /> Investigation Report" and a "Preliminary Site Assessment Report" for the Audit <br /> Area III (MSC's former Petroleum Coke storage area). As such, four ground <br /> water monitoring wells were installed by Dames and Moore's contractor in 1991 <br /> (see Figure 2). These wells were strategically placed in order to provide both <br /> ground water quality information immediately underneath Area III (MW-1 and 4), <br /> as well as for the purpose of establishing ground water direction in the immediate <br /> vicinity of MSC's leased land from the Port. <br /> • <br />