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Nov 10 99 08m47a County Counsel 466-0315 t 1P• c Nv JANO I. ROBWTML S AsSB am ENVIRONMENTAL C{�ONSMTAN1S GENERAL ENcnaEl wm A l,,CE1'ISE#365234 HAZ REGISIEREO ENVMM4UNI'AL ASSESSOR,REA-03121 FAX (209) 943 2911 CELL (209) 608 2345 25 OCTOBER, 1999 MR. ST'�VE CUTIERREZ RE CE IV ED SUPLRVISOP•, FIRST DISTRICT 222 E. WEBER AVENUE, ROOP4 701 OCT 2 6 1999 STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA 95202 DEAR SUPERVISOR GUTIERREZ, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1N RE: APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL OF_O1dL (—Q 1 009 GALLON UNDERGROUND STORAGE DIESEL TANK TT 1611 SOUTH AIRPO T 1•PAY STOCK70PJ� CALIFORNIA 95106 _ AS YOU ARE MY SUPERVISOR AND COUNTY GOVERN-'ENT REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL FS THE SUPERVISOR REPRESENTII•JG THE PROPERTY AS INDICATED ABOVE, I I')QITE f1i `•3Y CLIENT15 BEHALF AU,D ASK FOR AN INTERVENTION OF ConiON SENSE AND SOUND BA'SAC BUSINESS PRACTICE. THE PROPERTY SITE IS THE PLASTIC BUCKET RECYCLING FACILITY SOUTFI OF CHARTER WAY AND LPJST 1-:'EST OF AIRPORT VtAY WHICH BURNED ON 28 JUNE, 1999. A TRULY TRAGIC INCIDENT WHICH YOU NAY RECALL. IT PIAS BEEN REPORTED TO PE THAT THIS SITE :'HAS BUILT ON BY THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (FOREST SERVICE) SOMETIME BACK IN THE LATE 1950'S OR EARLY 196( 15. THE SITE WAS PURCHASED 3Y PAY CLIENT, LA FINCA PARTNERSHIP NO. 1, A CALIFORAIIA PARTNERSHIP WHOSE OPERATIONS H4ANAGFR IS MIR. FLOYD SMITHSON AND WHD IS MY CONTACT AT THEIR OFFICES IN GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORAIA, IT WAS REPORTED TO ME, THAT He-0TIATIONS TO PURCHASE THIS APPROXL'i3TE EIGHT (8) ,ACRE SITE FROM THE FOREST SERVICE BEGAN IN OR ABOUT 1979 A."D WERE CONSCIATED IN 1983. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A TEi-ANT WAS LOCATED AND THEY OCCUPIED THE PROPERTY FOR OVER IS YEA,°5. AFTER THIS TENANT LEFT THE PROPERTY, TI-E CURRENT TENA':'T, ULTIMATE CONTAINER, OCCUPI--D THE SITE 'UNTIL PRESENT_ 11' HAS BEEN REPORTED .AND :1 4TIONJED PN NE:JS ARTICLES ON NUMEROUS OCASSIONS THAT ON JUIJf' 28 OF THIS YEAR 4',HENJ TE."PERATJRES EXCEEDED 190 DEGREES, F, A GRASS FIRE WAS SET PROX.MATE TO THIS SITE BY CHILDREN. THE FIRE .ADVANCED RAPIDLY CAUSING SEVERE DA,"AIK,E TO 9UILCIIPYS ON THE SITE AND DESTROYING MOST OF THE IIJVENTORY. FROM A RAPIDLY GROWII4G COMPANY WITH A 3P.IGHT FUTURE, THE TFN'Ai4l WAS ALMOST DECIMATED .APD HAS STRUGGLFD SINCE TO REBUILD HIS BUSINESS. IT WAS REPORTED TO ME TWIT DURING THE FIRE, THE PRESENCE OF THE DIESEL TANK BECOME K.OI;R': AND THE SITE OYINER HAS BEEN ORDERS) TO PROPERLY REK)VE THE TANK 3Y I rRiIT. OUR FIRM `;IAS SUCCESSFUL IN TH= 3IDDING FOR THIS JOB. ON 07 OCTOBER, WE SUBMIT ED AN APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL OF THIS REPORTED 1,000 GALLON DIESEL TANK. THZ RE;1OVAL OF THIS TANK 'r,'ILL BE OF GREAT ASSTSTA14CE IN FELPING, THE PROPERTY 00IR BRI14G THIS SITE INTO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. THE RE'OWAL OF TRIS TANK IS A NECESSARY CONDI-TON PRECEDENT TO OTHER ."•2ICH MORE SUBSTANTIAL YlIN2K AT THE SITE INCLUDING BUILDU14C Dc11OLF-ION OF FIRE DA'4AGED STRUCTURES AS "ELL AS CLE*fJP OF FIRE DEBRIS AT THE SITE. THE PROPERTY (AINER IS A WELL KNOWN FNAILY ACTIVE IN CALIFORNIA FOR "1ANJY GENERATION.; AND -HAS 13E-EN INVOLVED WITH STE);lARDSHIP OF TUE LAND FOR OVER 150 YEARS. FIPD ENCLOSED MY LETTER OF 97 OCTOBER, 1999 WHEREIN I SUBMITTED OUR TANK REMOVAL APPLICATION IN TRIPLICATE TO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, I=NVIRONl1ENTAL HEAL-iii DIVISION AS IS RE(IUIRPJT . INd 12 OCTOBER, 1999, I RECEIVED .A TELEPFOPJE CALL FROM THE SITE IiISPECTOR FOR THIS PROJECT ASKING ME WHY E HAD NOT SUI—kI TED THE REQUIRED FEES. I RESPOIJDED THAT, IN FACT, I HAD SUB'1ITTED THE FEES AND :HAD DONE 50 BY POSTAL 14ONT_Y ORDER. THE ONLY RFSPON.'SE I GOT WAS, "OH", A FBI MINUTES LATER, I RECEIV© ANOTHER TELfPr�lp CALL FRIN3 A CLERK AT SAN JOAIUIN COUNTY, ENVIRON:^ENT.4L HEALTH DIVISION ASKING WJY I HAD NOT ENCLOSED A CHECK FCC THE FEES IN -TY TANK Rt-K)VAL APPLICATION SUGHITTAL. I AGAIN TEL (2J19)943-7793 • P.O.Box 30331 - 3rocrmN,CA 95213-0331