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.w, t.Q Introduction Under authority of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has tasked URS Consultants, Inc. (URS) to conduct a Site Inspection (S1) of the French Camp site in French Camp, San Joaquin County, California. The French Camp site was identified as a potential hazardous waste site and entered into the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) on November 1, 1987. The site was used as an asbestos dump by the Johns Manville Pipe Corporation from the early 1970s until 1985, receiving a total of approximately 13,000 cubic yards of asbestos-containing pipe and other asbestos debris. The site was referred to the California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control (Cal EPA DTSC) by the San Joaquin County Health Department in May 1985, and subsequently to EPA in June 1985. A Preliminary Assessment (PA) was performed by Cal EPA DTSC in 1987 and subsequently reviewed by ICF Kaiser in 1988. The purpose of this assessment was to review existing information on the site and its environs to assess the threats, if any, posed to public health, welfare, or the environment and to determine if 5inher investigation under CERCLA/SARA is warranted. The EPA Technical Assistance Team (TAS") subsequently conducted a PA of the site in April 1988 to evaluate the need for CERCLA emergency response action. After reviewing the PAs, EPA decided that further investigation of the French camp site would be necessary to more completely evaluate the site using EPA's Hazard Ranking System (HRS) criteria. The 1-IRS assesses the relative threat associated with the actual or potential releases of hazardous substances from the site. The HRS is the primary method of determining a site's eligibility for placement on EPA's rational Priorities List (NPL). The NPL identifies sites at which EPA may conduct remedial response actions. This SI report is the result of URS' recent investigation. 1.1 Apparent Problem The French Camp site was a dumping ground for off'-specification asbestos-containing piping and other asbestos debris. Friable asbestos debris was reported on-site, and EPA determined that the site posed a health threat to the surrounding community (1,3). A CERCLA Section 106 order was issued to the property owner (Lyon Communities) in URS Co+nsea6Br nfi4 tm. F2ge 1