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1., BANTA-CARBONA IRRIGATION DISTRICT P. o. BOk' 99 (8880 WEST LINNE ROAD) TRACY Ck9578-0299 Telephone: 209-835-4670 FAX: 209-835-2009 08 March 1996 Mr. Dave Deaner, Program Manager UST Cleanup Fund Program State Water Resources Control Board Division of Clean Water Programs P. 0., Box 944212 Sacramento CA 94244-2120 Reference: Claim No. 010900 (Your undated letter received 28 February 1996) Dear Mr. Deaner: Thank you for considering our reimbursement claim following cleanup of our underground storage tank (UST). We regret the data we submitted was insufficient for you to accept this claim. Please accept this letter as an appeal of the referenced letter. Following is additional information for your consideration. 1. As we noted in earlier correspondence, the longest -term field employee working for the District could not recall seeing the UST in use nor was he even aware of its presence. Thus the tank has not been utilized for at least a third of a century nor were we able to verify whether the District installed the tank in the first half of this century or if it was installed by predecessor property owners. If installed by predecessor owners, there are no known records that could verify the purpose for which the fuel was used. 2. The UST was discovered by staff of Dillard Environmental Services during a general cleanup of District properties. When they reported it to our administrative staff, they were advised to remove it along with other items and their Project Manager proceeded to process the paperwork. That paperwork does state the tank was used for farm purposes when in fact, there is no evidence that it was so used. We can only presume the Project Manager made an assumption that because this District sells raw water to agriculturists, the UST was used for farm purposes. Dillard's Project Manager has subsequently left their employment and we are unable to verify his reasoning.