WS-29666_0_CA_TCR_20221205

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December 5, 2022

Guilford County Schools
C/O HICAPS
600 North Regional Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27409
Attention: Mr. Daniel K. Hood Submitted via: [e-mail]
Reference: UST Closure Services
Claxton Elementary School
3720 Pinetop Road
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
S&ME Project No. 21580028A
Dear Mr. Hood:
S&ME, Inc. (S&ME) appreciates the opportunity to perform environmental services for the subject Claxton
Elementary School project located in Greensboro, North Carolina. This letter report document closure of the
former heating oil tank closed by removal from the subject property.
 Background
Samet Corporation (Samet) provided closure by removal of one 10,000-gallon heating oil underground storage
tank (UST) installed adjacent to the main building on campus. The Claxton Elementary School buildings are
currently under demolition. The subject 10,000-gallon heating oil UST is considered a Commercial UST since it is
greater than 1,100-gallons in capacity, and the tank is a non-regulated UST since it was used to store heating oil
for consumptive use on the property. In accordance with North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(NCDEQ) UST regulations, collection and analysis of soil samples is not required at the time of tank permanent
closure, if there is no evidence of a release.
 Scope of Services
S&ME submitted the attached NCDEQ Notice of Intent: UST Permanent Closure or Change-In-Service form (UST-3)
to the NCDEQ, dated November 9, 2022.
Field Services
S&ME representative Lyndal Butler observed and photograph the UST during removal by William Fulp Wrecker
Service Inc. And Hazmat Clean-up on November 22, 2022. The depth to the top of the tank was approximately
four feet below ground. The tank was 10 feet in diameter and 17 feet in length. The tank exhibited corrosion and
surface pitting, but no perforations were observed. The fill port was located near the east end of the tank. Two
product lines extended from the west end of the tank to the building.

Attachments
Notice of Intent: UST Permanent Closure or Change-in-Service (UST-3)
Site Investigation Report for Permanent Closure or Change-in-Service of UST (UST-2A)
Environmental Field Report
Photographs of UST Closure- Claxton Elementary School
Non-hazardous Material Manifest
Tank Disposal Manifest

Hours Mileage Signature of S&ME Personnel
6.25

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Environmental Field Report
Date:
11/22/2022
Job Number:
21580028A
Project Name:
Claxton Elementary School
Weather/Temperature:
Partly cloudy, windy, 55 °F
Project Location:
3720 Pinetop Road, Greensboro, North Carolina
Notes By:
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Present at the Site:
L. Butler
☐ Samet- Clarence Satchell- Supt.
Fulp Towing & Environmental
Guilford County Dept of Health- Jordan Larew
HICAPS- Avery Owens

8:45- Pack, HASP and mobilize to site.
9:30- Arrived on-site and met Mr. Satchell, but left site due to delay in contractor arrival.
10:30- Returned to site, completed safety meeting with Mr. Satchell, met Fulp crew, and photographed the site.
Fulp dry iced the tank and off-loaded equipment.
11:00- Called Jordan Larew, Fire Marshall scheduled to arrive at 1:00. Fulp uncovered the tank, and the fill port was
at the east end of the tank. Top of the tank is approximately 4 feet below ground surface and the tank diameter is
10 feet. No visual or olfactory indications of a release was observed in soil excavated from the fill port. Measured
fill port location with GPS unit.
12:30- Jordan Larew arrived. Fulp excavated soil from north and east sides of the tank.
12:50- Avery Owens and Fire Marshall representative Brad Brawley arrived. LEL reading was 0%.
13:30- Tank rolled to north side of excavation. Tank is approximately 17 feet in length. No visual or olfactory
indications of a release were observed beneath the tank location or in excavated soil. 0.25 hour- off-site
14:15- Tank was removed from excavation and loaded for transport with a wrecker. Two soil samples collected with
the excavator bucket from the east and west ends beneath the former tank location were placed into sealable plastic
bags and allowed to equilibrate prior to measuring headspace volatile organic vapor concentrations with a photo-
ionization detector (PID) in parts per million (ppm).
14:40- T1: east end- 1 ppm; no fuel odor.
14:45: T2: west end- <1 ppm; no fuel odor.
Product line not accessible until soil stockpile is moved. Fulp used stockpiled soil and off-site soil delivered to site
to backfill the tank excavation. Tank exhibited surface corrosion and pitting, but no perforations were observed.
Tank and excavation photographs were collected, and west end of tank was recorded with GPS.
15:00- Left site and will return to sample product line.
16:50- Returned to site. Fulp excavated the product line, which was connected near the west end of the tank and
ran to the northwest approximately 15 feet to the razed building. Two soil samples were collected beneath the line.
L1- east end: non-detect; no fuel odor.
L2- west end: non-detect; no fuel odor.
17:20- Demobe from site to office to off-load equipment and download photographs until 17:45.
Equipment Used
GPS unit
Photo-ionization detector
Photographs of UST Closure- Claxton Elementary School
3720 Pinetops Road, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina
S&ME Project No. 21580028A

11/22/2022 Photographer: L. Butler 1
Location / Orientation Northwest of tank basin facing southeast.
Remarks UST basin underlying former UST location.
11/22/2022 Photographer: L. Butler 2
Location / Orientation North of tank basin facing east.
Remarks Tank following removal from tank basin.