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I leaving a trench about 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep from the dock to the tank (Figs . 3, 5a, 6) . The tank was uncovered and on Jan- uary 30, 1989 the tank was pulled from the ground with a crane and loaded on a truck for removal . The tank proved to be an old railway tank car body. The tank was then hauled to Schnitzer Steel Products Co. , 12800 Folsom Blvd. , Rancho Cordova, CA (App. # A-3) . Appedix A-6 is a copy of the cover letter to the SJLHD detailing the disposal of the tank and tank waste. As the tank was being removed, a 6" square piece of the bottom fell out and an estimated 50 gallons of P.S. 604 fuel oil leaked out . The iank pulling was witnessed by the SJLHD. The tank remo- Val left a hole about 12 feet x 28 feet x 14 feet (App. A-7) . The soil contaminated by the spill from the hole in the tank bottom was removed later the same day and stored in the 50 gal . drums shown on Figures 4 and 7. An attempt was then made to ex- cavate under the adjacent railroad tracks lying between the tank site and the concrete loading dock. This couldn' t be done with the equipment on hand. The spoil left from digging out the tank, cleaning the hole left when the tank was removed and the contam- inated soil from the tank leak were all stored north of the excavation. The spoil was placed over plastic sheeting and the drums were capped. E On January 31 , 1989 samples for testing were taken by Canonie F,nvironmental Labs (DHS certified) from two locations at the pit bottom and from the trench at the edge of the railroad track. ;Wo samples were collected at each location. The sampling was witnessed by a representative of the DHS. Samplin; locations are shown on Figure 3. The samples were obtained, using standard Canonie Lab QC/OA pro- cedures. The sampling locations were cleared of all remaining debris and then laboratory cleaned brass tubes were pushed into the soil . The tubes were sealed at the ends, capped and placed on ice and transported to the laboratory. All equipment used was supplied by Canonie Labs ; routine QA/QC methods .were used and crnain-of-custody records were kept. Spiked samples ar_ rou' inely run in the laboratory to ensure proper equipment operation, also sample blanks are routinely run to ensure that thF• sample con- tainers are clean and that no foreign substances have entered. 15 Appendix A-5 is a copy of the original specifications for tests to be run on the samples. All samples were tested for BTXE . by `. EPA method 8020 (prep. 5030) and TEPH by GCFID (prep. 3550) . Siie inspection and discussions with JTO show that the field sketch of the collection points made by Canonie are incorrect (Appendix A-4) . The correct sketch and locations are shown on all other -._._ figures in this report . The railroad lies between the excavation and the warehouse and samples IN and 1S were obtained from in- side the excavation. Sample 3 was Taken at 'the edge of the rail -- 3