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08/07/2000 11:35 FAX [a 02 <br />kin <br />Attention: <br />Subject_ <br />February 23, 2000 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Public Works Agency <br />101 West 0 Street <br />Santa Ana, California 92701 <br />Ms. Souri Amirani <br />Project No. 993000 -047 <br />Destruction of Thirteen Groundwater Monitoring Wells and Soil Disposal Summary, Old <br />City Yard, 730 Warner Avenue, Santa Ana, California <br />In accordance with your written authorization to proceed dated June 9, 1999, Leighton and Associates, <br />Inc. (Leighton) has properly destroyed thirteen groundwater monitoring wells at the Old City Yard <br />located at 730 Warner Avenue, Santa Ana, California. Destruction activities were performed in <br />accordance with state and local regulatory guidelines. Approximately 5 cubic yards of petroleum <br />hydrocarbons impacted soil and one 55- gallon drum of rinsate water were generated from the well <br />destruction activities. The soil and water were transported offsite and disposed in accordance with all <br />local and state regulatory guidelines. Field activities and laboratory analyses are summarized below.c <br />Field Activities <br />On December 29, 1999, Leighton supervised the destruction of thirteen groundwater monitoring wells <br />(MW -I through MW -8, B -2 through B -5, and LA -1). Leighton subcontracted Cascade Drilling, Inc. of <br />Norwalk, California to destroy the monitoring wells (Figure 2). Monitoring wells were destroyed <br />according to guideline set forth by the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA), A copy of the <br />well destruction permit is included in Appendix A. Monitoring wells were constructed of 4 -inch diameter <br />PVC pipe and ranged in total depth from 15 to 58 feet, Table I shows monitoring well information <br />including associated total depths, Monitoring wells were destroyed by overdrilling the entire well; <br />removing the well casing, filter pack, annular seal, and well box. Boreholes were backfilled with <br />hydrated bentonite slurry. A total of 318 feet of monitoring well materials were drilled. <br />Approximately five cubic yards of soil cuttings from the boreholes were stockpiled on plastic onsite. <br />W.A. Woods Industries of South Gate, California, transported the soil off site on February 2, 2000. The <br />soil was transported under nonhazardous waste manifest to TPS Technologies Inc., Adelanto, California <br />for final disposal_ A copy of the nonhazardous waste manifest is included in Appendix 8. <br />One 55- gallon drum of rinsate water was generated from drilling activities. On February 18, 2000, <br />Belshire Environmental transported the drum under non - hazardous waste manifest to their staging yard <br />located in La Habra, California. The drum will later be purged by a vacuum truck and transported <br />Compton for final disposal. Leighton will forward a copy of the non - hazardous waste manifest under <br />separate cover. <br />