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• A. TEICHERT & SON, INC. AlEstablished 1887 February 27, 1991 Public Health Services San Joaquin County P.O. Box 2009 Stockton, CA 95201 Attn: Mr. Jaime Favila Corporate Office • 3500 American River Drive P.O. Box 15002 Sacramento, Calif. 95851 (916) 484-3011 Re: Billing Statement for Underground Fuel Storage Tanks Teichert Land Company Dear Mr. Favila: a t �; MAR 4 T131 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERMIT/SERVICES Please reference your billing for a permit to operate an underground tank facility at 20913 East Highway 12, Clements, CA. Since discovery of the tank in 1990 we have tried to permit its removal. Your Environmental Health Department was approached by our agent Elder Engineering for necessary permits. Upon learning that you considered the tank a non agricultural fuel tank and intended to charge back fees of $806.00 for the period 1986-1990. I have attempted to convey to your staff that the fuel tank on this working farm should be classified as an agricultural tank. I visited you and your staff on January 18, 1991 and stated the tank was located on an agricultural parcel producing in excess of $1,000/year of row crops. A Teichert Land Company Officer sent your staff a letter certifying the agricultural land usage. Your staff replied this was insufficient proof and that they needed to see copies of receipts for crop sales. Currently the property is leased to William Reichmuth who farms the land. Prior to 1990 the property was subleased for farming purposes by Rozzoni Ranch. Both members of the Rozzoni family died in 1990 and while we are not privy to their sublease records. I have asked their sublessee to share his old receipts. I have included copies of checks from Rozzoni Ranch to Teichert Land Company indicating over $3000/yr lease payments and copies of information from Mr. Reichmuth supporting the agricultural usage. Mr Reichmuth has no obligation to us to retrieve records but he did furnish records for the last year. I have since been asked by you to furnish "proof' for each year in question. I feel that we are being asked to go through an unusual amount of effort to prove the obvious. The land has been farmed continuously through the 1980's production exceeds $1000/year, and I believe the tank was a agricultural fuel tank. I am including a check for fees for 1986 through 1991, totaling $1032.00 to expedite the removal process and to avoid any penalties, but formally protest these fees.