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LAW OFFICES OF <br /> JEFFORY J. SCHARFF <br /> ADMITTED IN: WELLS FARGO CENTER TELEPHONE <br /> (816) 55a_< iia <br /> CALIFORNIA 400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 1100 <br /> FACSIMILE <br /> TEXAS <br /> SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 99914 (916) a43-6EC3 <br /> JJSL6wrsc HLNFF.U9 <br /> May 7, 2004 <br /> C. Dean Hubbard <br /> California Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> Central Valley Region—Fresno Branch <br /> 1685 E Street <br /> Fresno, CA 93706-2020 <br /> Jim Carlisle p r - r-+ <br /> Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment R E��- 1 a:>D <br /> 1001 1 Street, 12th Floor <br /> P.O. Box 4010 MRI 10 2004 <br /> Sacramento, CA 95812 RW QG6_C V R <br /> FRESNO. CALIF <br /> Re: Lyoth Loading Station <br /> Tracy, San Joaquin County <br /> Gentlemen: <br /> I am writing to you on behalf of the Hoffman brothers, the current property owners of the former <br /> Standard Oil/Chevron Oil Company Lyoth Loading Station. This site was the terminus of the <br /> Standard Oil/Chevron Oil San Joaquin Valley Kcrn County Pipeline. The Lyoth Loading Station <br /> was a transfer point from the pipeline to rail cars that transported the crude oil to the Standard <br /> Oilip4errwn.0 l,retmery in Richmond. Anecdotal information indicated that crude oil accumulated <br /> on the property in a three acre "pond." When the loading station was closed in 1957, the station <br /> master ignited the pond of crude oil which burned for several days. Thereafter, the residue was <br /> pushed across the property,the site was abandoned and graded level. <br /> Thereafter, an orchard was planted on the property. Several years later, the Hoffman brothers <br /> discovered evidence of the residual crude material when a dying tree was replanted. The ensuing <br /> investigation has,for several years,attempted to delineate the extent ofthe sub-surface crude oil,and <br /> in the course of the investigation, has identified two areas of the property with elevated <br /> concentrations of benzene and benzo(a)pyrene, two known human carcinogens. <br /> The Regional Water Quality Control Board has, for several months,had an outstanding request for <br /> further investigation to delineate the extent of sub-surface crude oil. The most recent report of <br /> results continues to identify free product in at least one of the monitoring wells on-site. The Board <br /> 5594455910 => CHEVRON ENC TEL=9258420213 05/11 '04 15:24 <br />