The facility occupies approximately 56 acres and is surrounded by residential and industrial areas. The company took the new name in 1986.
Contamination is believed to have resulted from leaking underground tanks.
About 270,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water. Since early 1982, Fairchild has been investigating the site geology and hydrogeology and attempting to define the lateral and vertical extent of solvents underlying the site. Fairchild has installed two wells to pump and treat the contaminated ground water plume. The company is working with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to further define the extent of contamination and outline various cleanup strategies. This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.