Appendix I - Hazardous Materials Documentation - VTA

2.3.3 Yard and Shops Segment
UPRR Newhall Yard
Contaminant Management Plan, SVRT/BART Extension
There were two environmental investigations initiated by VTA as part of the due diligence process for the
acquisition of land from the UPRR Newhall Yard for the SVRT project:
• Earth Tech was retained by VTA to conduct a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) to
identify potential environmental concerns within UPRR Newhall Yard. Earth Tech conducted the
Phase I ESA in July and August 2002 and subsequently prepared the combined report Phase I
Environmental Site Assessment and Phase II Investigation Work Plan for the Newhall Yard, San
Jose/Santa Clara, California (Phase I ESA and Phase II Work Plan), released in draft in September
2002 and finalized in February 2003.
• Earth Tech conducted a Phase II environmental investigation within the potential sale area in the
UPRR Newhall Yard. The investigation was performed in two phases:
FMC Facility
1) In December 2002, Earth Tech focused its evaluation on the eastern portion of the yard
where there were no tracks and investigated the western portion of the yard (containing
numerous sets of tracks for railroad car storage) by collecting a total of forty-six soil samples
from twenty-one locations. This investigation was described in the Earth Tech report Draft
Phase II Investigation Data Summary Report for UPRR Newhall Yard, San Jose/Santa
Clara, California, dated February 2003; and
2) In June 2003, Earth Tech primarily focused on the western portion of the yard and collected
an additional 26 soil samples from nine locations. This investigation was described in the
Earth Tech report Draft Additional Investigation Data Summary Report for UPRR Newhall
Yard, San Jose/Santa Clara, California, dated July 2003.
In addition to the environmental investigations presented above for the UPRR Newhall Yard, environmental
investigations and corrective actions have been ongoing at the adjacent former FMC facility site since 1996.
The facility investigations and corrective actions have been focused on the following three site addresses:
• 333 West Brokaw Road, which was the northernmost section of the facility immediately north of
Brokaw Road. VTA plans for this area to be included in the Santa Clara Station, as an option. This
area is now occupied by FedEx Corporation;
• 328 West Brokaw Road, which was the portion of the facility immediately south of Brokaw Road.
VTA plans for this area to be included in the Santa Clara Station, as an option; and
• 1125 Coleman Avenue, which comprised the remainder and largest portion of the facility.
Soil and groundwater beneath the former FMC facility is impacted with petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and
volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The primary chemicals of concern are trichloroethylene (TCE) and
tetrachloroethylene (PCE) in groundwater.
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