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11/11/2011 16:20 2093336!307 CITY OF LODI PAGE 01/02 <br />ti <br />CITY HALL <br />221 WEST PINE STREET <br />P.D. BOX 3006 <br />LODI. CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 <br />(209)333-6701 <br />(209) 333.6907 FAX <br />November 11, 2011 <br />Valley Towing Products <br />31291 Comcast Drive <br />New Haven, Michigan 48048 <br />CITY OF LODI <br />CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE <br />O <br />9(2FOp,'e1 <br />Re: Hazardous Materials Stored at Vacant Business <br />1313 South Stockton Street, Lodi California <br />Dear Valley Towing: <br />D. STEPHEN SCHWABAUER <br />City Atlorncy <br />JANICE D. MAODICH <br />Dcputy City Attorncy <br />RECEIVED <br />NOV 14 2011 <br />ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH <br />PERMIT/SERVICES <br />Former Lodi Valley Towing Products Plant Manager at the above address, Dennis Bour, <br />informed Rob Lechner of the Lodi Electric Utility that Valley Towing left a number of <br />unidentified hazardous chemicals behind at the above location when it vacated the <br />premises earlier this week. Mr. Bour indicated that the City may want to "keep an eye" <br />on the chemicals as a number of them need maintenance to avoid their release into the <br />environment_ As you know, the City of Lodi is not an owner or operator of the above <br />location. <br />This letter will serve as notice that the City has no legal access to the property to provide <br />the suggested maintenance, nor the technical expertise to analyze and care for an <br />unknown suite of chemicals. Indeed the City has no legal duty to do so and is quite <br />stunned your firm would abandon them. Your abandonment is complicated by the fact <br />that you terminated electric, water, and wastewater service at the location where the <br />allegedly toxic materials were abandoned. <br />This letter will also serve as notice that the City cannot take custody of the materials. <br />Moreover, the City demands that Valley Towing Products immediately secure and <br />dispose of these materials. We have copied the appropriate environmental health and <br />regulatory authorities and the property owner, Thule Hitch Systems, Inc. to ensure <br />compliance with your legal and ethical obligations. <br />,-5=— ereiv. <br />D. STEPHEN SCHWABAUER <br />City Attorney <br />DSS/pn <br />