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San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department <br />12066.002.000 <br />Mountain House Neighborhood A, Units 3 and 4 <br />January 3, 2019 <br />SOIL GAS CHARACTERIZATION WORK PLAN ADDENDUM <br /> <br />Revised January 8, 2019 <br />Page 3 <br />PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK <br />An ENGEO representative will contact the USA North Service Alert to facilitate notification to <br />operators of underground utilities at the Property. Drilling activities will be performed by a <br />C-57-licensed drilling contractor, utilizing Geoprobee direct push technology. All work will be <br />performed by an ENGEO environmental professional under the supervision of a registered <br />Professional Geologist or Professional Engineer. ENGEO will prepare a drilling permit <br />application and submit it to the San Joaquin Environmental Health Department. <br />Standard operating procedures and methodologies for the soil gas sampling are provided in <br />Appendix A. <br />Soil Gas Assessment <br />In order to further delineate the extent of VOCs in soil gas on the Property, sampling will be <br />performed at three locations (SG-5, SG-11, and SG-12 @ 10') (Figure 2). The soil gas samples <br />will be recovered in accordance with Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Final <br />Advisory Active Soil Gas Investigations (July 2015). The soil gas samples will be recovered from <br />each of the three locations at a depth of 10 feet below the existing ground surface. Specific soil <br />gas sampling procedures are provided in Appendix A. General procedures are described as <br />follows. <br />The soil gas monitoring well casings will consist of 1/4-inch-diameter Teflon® tubing equipped <br />with a filter at the base of the tubing. The wells will be installed with a direct push probe rig, <br />which will advance an approximately 3-inch-diameter boring. At each location, the boring will <br />extend to a depth of approximately 10 feet below the ground surface. The bottoms of the well <br />casings will be equipped with a filter that will be situated at a depth of 9.5 feet below the ground <br />surface, centered in the middle of a 1-foot layer of No. 3 sand. Twelve inches of dry granular <br />bentonite will be installed on top of the sand, and the remaining annular space will be filled with <br />hydrated bentonite grout to 6 inches below grade. <br />Soil gas samples will be recovered using a sample train consisting of a stainless steel twin <br />Summa manifold with built-in flow controller. The samples will be recovered using 1-liter <br />Summa canisters. Following recovery, we will label each sample canister with a unique <br />identification number, sampling time, and pre- and post-sample vacuum readings. The soil <br />gas samples will be submitted to Torrent Laboratories, a State-certified laboratory located in <br />Milpitas, California, under documented chain-of-custody for analysis of VOCs by EPA Test <br />Method TO-15. The target laboratory reporting limit for soil gas is less than the respective <br />site-specific soil gas screening levels. Sample results will be reported in micrograms per <br />cubic meter (ug/m3). <br />The three wells will be maintained for a period of approximately 10 days to allow for review <br />of analytical data. Upon review of data and approval of SJCEHD, the sampling train will be <br />removed and the soil gas wells will be drilled out and grouted in accordance with SJCEHD <br />standards.