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Ms. Margaret Logorio June 3, 1998 Page 2 In your letter of today's date addressing our concerns regarding the improper failure to identify Chevron, Signal Oil Company or Louise DeMartini as responsible parties you state the following: "As to the identification of responsible parties, your attorney provided a copy of a lease agreement between John and Louise DeMartini and the Signal Oil Company which was purchased by Chevron. This document does not prove that Signal Oil Company was the last owner or operator of the UST's before their use was discontinued. Until evidence is provided that Signal Oil (Chevron) was the last owner or operator of the UST's before their use was discontinued, you will remain the only responsible party named by PHSIEHD. You meet the definition of a responsible party because you are the owner of the property where an unauthorized release of a hazardous substance from and underground storage tank has occurred." As noted in our previous correspondence to you, a person or entity is a responsible party under 23 CCR § 2720 when they are"(2) [i)n the case of any underground storage tank no longer in use, any person who owned or operated the underground storage tank immediately before the discontinuation of its use". Your correspondence completely failed to state any reason for your failure to name Louise DeMartini as a responsible party despite being provided with proof that she was the owner of the underground storage tanks - as a fixture to the property- immediately before the discontinuation of the use of the tanks. During our telephone conversation of this date you indicated that mere proof of ownership of the real property was insufficient - with respect to Mrs. DeMartini but not Mrs. Sandberg-to prove ownership of the underground storage tanks. You further stated that you would not put this opinion in writing and that you had other matters to work on beside Mrs. Sandberg. We would ask that you review the documents that have been provided, and again give some consideration to our assertion that both the Signal Oil Company and thus Chevron U.S.A., and Louise DeMartini are responsible parties under 23 CCR § 2720. Sincerer, Regina M. Boy Enclosures cc: Dorothy Sandberg Mary Lynn Belsher, Esq.