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Matthew Rodriquez <br />Secretary for <br />Environmental Protection <br />October 25, 2011 <br />Deborah O. Raphael, Director <br />700 Heinz Avenue <br />Berkeley, California 94710 -2721 <br />Ms. Sally Barros <br />City of San Leandro <br />Planning Services Division <br />835 East 14 Street <br />San Leandro, California 94577 <br />Dear Ms. Barros: <br />4A <br />Edmund G. Brown Jr. <br />Governor <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative <br />Declaration for the 2450 Washington Avenue Project (Project), in San Leandro. The <br />Project consists of a two -story 66 -unit residential development with 48 two - bedroom <br />units and 18 one - bedroom units in 12 residential buildings and a community building. A <br />total of 135 parking spaces are also proposed for the development. <br />As you may be aware, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) <br />oversees the cleanup of sites where hazardous substances have been released <br />pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 6.8. As a <br />Responsible Agency, DTSC is submitting comments to ensure that the environmental <br />documentation prepared for this project under the California Environmental Quality Act <br />(CEQA) adequately addresses activities pertaining to releases of hazardous <br />substances. <br />The Project Site, a portion of the Singer Friden Site, was previously used as a research <br />facility by the Friden Calculating Machine Company, Inc. (later known as Friden, Inc. <br />and/or the Singer Company) which operated a plant that manufactured adding <br />machines and cash registers from the mid -1940s to 1976. The Singer Friden Site has <br />documented groundwater contamination and a groundwater extraction and treatment <br />system has been in operation since April 2001. <br />DTSC reviewed a Preliminary Endangerment Assessment (PEA) Report, submitted by <br />Cambria Environmental Technology Inc., dated December 2002 for the Project Site. <br />Under the PEA, 24 soil samples from 4 locations, where elevated levels of <br />trichloroethene (TCE) in soil gas were detected during a previous investigation, were <br />tested for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), chromium and lead. None of the PEA <br />,,• i <br />Department of Toxic Substances Control <br />© Printed on f2ecydeo Paper <br />