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FROM: REGINA M BOYLE FAX NO. : 209 5248011 06-01-98 12�6P P.2[l
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<br /> 818 F.Supp.292
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<br /> further. The California 5um=c 001111 is deaf meaning of CERCLA-- [d at 514. The logio m
<br /> =ting statutory moa; Wilshire WeAwood is ooatpelliug borc-
<br /> To dctannine the intent of legislation,we first oxisult
<br /> the words tlresllsslves, giviatg ft= their UNA and FN2. T !r prouctenm mmIuriem pwiaicat in ttie
<br /> ordinary meeting. Viihen "statutory language is ... C+aerpor+Gh I Pariroonmaaeat Acspeansez,
<br /> clear and ,mambiguaas tltexc is tars need for
<br /> Coda�et�itic L wd LkMlity Stet (*8up ftid") is
<br /> qpnlaiped'J withax flee stegtae's dcfualioa of the teres
<br /> Cx14r1- egad emm should not ill dUlge is it-" "&mudoefs subrten w"and states:*The term[hazardous
<br /> The plain Meaning of words in a statute maty be ssbMt=j docs not imWe.prOulwm.i0dt"208 cauda
<br /> dLvegar'ded only where that memilag is" rigto oil of any (Notion thomf which is not otbwwin
<br /> the seaters] pttrvie:w of the act,' ar for some other apwifiaalty tiOW or desiVotsd as a barmtdanm
<br /> exxrtpelIiug rc sryrt..." si;bseaatoe h.." 42 U.S.C.§1601(14).
<br /> DaFoutee v. [3p-Right, Iota., 2 Cal_ 4th 593, 601, 7 PlaftlAr does 104 Qfer an alternative reading Of tete
<br /> Cal.Rpt0d 238. 828 P.2d 140 (1992) (Citations statute; but challenges this int,etpretati0n of Sctaotr
<br /> omitted), 25317 im two finnts.
<br /> ' Tho starting point for deciding whelhes the teems of Firai, plainti ff�argues tbit two Califotntio courts have
<br /> the Act apply to gasoliate is section 25317's petroleum exarriiiecl the'iwopr of the: ,cwtuxon curd decided it
<br /> oxclusioel. That section states exp!resgly than petroleum, shattld not apply to refined pets cum 14owever,
<br /> certide oil, and cssrde oil "fractiatas" are cKccptod from neither3cm is;persPasive. Sachs V.Exxon Co. 11.S.A.,
<br /> the Act's reach, provided those fractions arc 00t 9 CaL'AppAth 1491, 12 Ca1.Rptr,2d 237 (1992),
<br /> themselves listed ha gs subst s A mode oil modified and mh'g denied, 10 Cal.App.4tlt 15125,
<br /> fiw% n is a mixture or chemical compound denved deniedP (Dec. 17. 1992), merely mattiow the
<br /> frotxt crude oil d mugh "cra&d ng" or 4 dis'tillau,00 Act in.dicta, ststirtg "woe do not a q=m any opinion
<br /> procesa, as a compound obtained tbnwgh the withl� t tai,'the scope of the petrolewn exclusio set
<br /> disWiattica process, gasoline is universally fordo iii [ttw 'Act]...." Id, 9 Cal.AppAth at 1497,a. 4,
<br /> . ackntowledgil to be a crude oil fractim Sex HOwlcy's 12 Ca1.Rptr.2d 237. Terrrinellea v. JOhnsml, Nes.
<br /> Condensed CbeWcal dictionary 892 (11th ed_ 1987) 645739 {San 'Diego Superior Court, fi M Match 27.
<br /> (c%soline is among "[t]he most important pctroletioa 1992)1;is air i�taxpubtiabed trial cumt timate oto
<br /> a Tmctie>trs, obtained by cracking or distillation..."?• QvqMJinewitliaut analysis, a dattttrt+ea based on the
<br /> f Tlnn,be catl gasralitttc is a credo oil frectio%but is not AcVs petroleum prolusion, with the trial cow t oely
<br /> i a specifically listed hamdcus u6simm sae Cal. Heid for purposes of the demurrer that responsible
<br /> Health dt Safety Cade§§ 25Sl6(a)-(0, a plain reading rcgdataQy ag ncies could cotnsidcr refinW petroletan
<br /> of to staune reveals gasoline is mpt ftotn ft AM I to bc'included is am Aar.
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<br /> This is the sane milt reached by the Ninth Circuit in [3� Second, ;both plaintiff anis Amicus De u tment
<br /> inteslrrethig the almost identical statute in tbo arg=that thepetrolewn exclusion comained in the Act
<br /> petroleurn exclusion prevision of lore federal Supaf=d precludes stag regulation only of unreamed petroleum
<br /> law, [FN7] Tn Wilshire Westwood Assoc. v. Allandc and anode ail. ()ace petrrxleum and collie ail we
<br /> RiahfiK 881 F,2d 801,SO (9th Cir-1989)the Ninth refined, they srgue,the rrfitted petroleum is MA+xt to
<br /> Croutt considered whdber leaded psaltac and its state reguia#ioet if it is a speci5cally f led ha7erdOus
<br /> various ccasdwcut parts--iadud=g be=one, toluene, sum 'm car if it contains spccifically listed betardaus
<br /> and xylene (the same constintents alleged by plaintiffs substaim . 1FN3) Therefore,it is mvied,because ft
<br /> i in this sonar])--fall within the scope of the federal matwijjs shat:leaked from the tanks were alleged to be
<br /> CMCLA petrolemn catolusiotl. The Cit foaud ffte 'refinea petrale°um, along vvith other hamrdous
<br /> i "plain meanine of Ow exclusirn in CFRCLA *M suYbstsmx% inebulmg but not litruted to, be nzwne,
<br /> made it PumicommY to resoft 10 lePslattive histrary toluene,and jy1 lane," Fourth Aumded Complaint at 4,
<br /> and agerwy imtcrpre=c t of tate e:�xalumOn. The court the p aleurn exclu an does not apply. This
<br /> held that "the pcttulcura cxchesion in CERCIA does argurmant is ncot oonvincing. [FN41 The Act oor►tuitls a
<br /> Apply w Mutsefirted and mfiped gasoline MW thoigh specific exclukan,for pettcleum and its fractions. 'lbe
<br /> certain of its indipnow its and Ociltffin Impage Of sectiori 25317 specifically regWTCS the
<br /> additives during the refinrug process Stave flim elves ctit>irs--tteltii the ootripeari is of ells fractions-xo be
<br /> been dcsigaated w hwmdous suhsiaucest within the Misted#�imiirdotits sub9 wK=im order to be subject to the
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