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FROM: REGINA M BOYLE FAX Na. : 209 5248011 06-01-98 12:28P P.21
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<br /> Act,[FN5] b"I'the iuterpr ion was gmcraily N&Fted afkT
<br /> f+o wal iaotice sad 00113MOW prOaeodtags. Sec. e.g.,
<br /> tN3.AmwAm¢AkMkism this broad reading IN the MWO Prim v. Pmluss i 5$ Cal.2d 824, 832, 27 Cal.Rptr. 14,
<br /> mediad used to cmd me any MMKLlal caloric of 377 P.2d 93 (1962) (formally adopted regnlatiOn on
<br /> hwardmw absumces mto the envuunmsett under the disability insumma bold reasonable whcm iutricatc gild
<br /> iAratl- For cxmutpla. the „may cxpplainz thea pv. tecanical Kamm of the subject coarser not within
<br /> though POW is not a specifically listed hazardoia opWi� at the c7otlrt). Hese, Ott the 4tlrec hand *ceoiastancc, it wikt be is rated as such where there is a Depwtnicnt has not formally pnvmulgated r%Watioos
<br /> yarrrtt"sP111 �a�s sut, e is de#ectAd io.ilio
<br /> AMD a the rele8se. OO tifa ]t8 Ihw"ctation of the Acca pekoDaw
<br /> Cxclustom provision_ Instead, it dcclases only that the
<br /> FN4_ This srgrrmcort w" omsidered aM rejactad in
<br /> tAt£Ipi1GlaftOn 1S ntcesYiaiy to t $tCC the Act's FbFUAd
<br /> Wilshire Westwagod.881 F.2d at 805. pm Rhe" is not coanpelling
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<br /> An1iew DepartrAftlt rttguea that its DarMw
<br /> FN5. Puagmph 34 of his Fourth Amended Complaint Olt of the Act's ole exclusion ciw=is
<br /> Wb:gm that someon
<br /> of 1hi; otarnirrsnts released by P
<br /> Chevron onto the premises include "read w wok um, riwrs6"t with Congress express intent w C ERCL.A to
<br /> i toluene, xylene,and bonzz G...," if PWnfiff Goutwdcd alloy►' Sum to regwate more COMPThaisivoly theft is
<br /> that tdwme, xylene,air benzene w= spilled wanitply permitted wider federal law(citing CERCLX&wmings
<br /> fmm tire-tafined pe troleum(and not u eompovml paOs pnovisic a at 42 U.S.C.J 9614). However,akhough the
<br /> of the petroleums thaw separate cheraicals Could tic CaUoxnia 1.e&wtu:re miry have been empowered by
<br /> classified as "Luzarda+rs suhstanoes" atrder mfimCongress to sinctly regulate the clium-up of ptrolcum
<br /> 25316. However, plaintiff has oat an-31W this spills a haz3t+dous substa=cs, the California sTatu 9
<br /> itrEarprvA►tirntcf his claim- weiviing reveals the Legislature declined to do so_ Thr
<br /> Each statute in Cabfbrltia is bo be read"'to hatmaaize cow cannot anorc the plain wgrCdiXtg of tin ,ort,
<br /> the stanttary scheme and not to produce absuad trults5'
<br /> wllicft, like its'l*dea'al cotmtemart, excludes refilled
<br /> E " hz re Jonathan D., I1 Cal.AppAth [647, 1650, l5 petroleti n fxoitr the ambit of the i�cYs itxflt ice.
<br /> r. Cal.Rptr.2d$E1 (1992) (citations omitted). This cant Mt
<br /> fact that the Legislature hits swually reviewed and
<br /> Js obligated to fatiow tyle utuarttbiguous language of the apprm► d Iaepartmcnt's eatpenditwe of fund frosts
<br /> statute_ The plain mmui:ag of tho Ac`s petrolemoo�
<br /> em1miou sequin s dismissal of plaintiff's EhW and ' the Act And 111e 1484 Bond Fund for retilred
<br /> petlalcaun conAaminafxcm rcmcdiatica c:1 nuk be takers
<br /> fourth camas action for cost recovery as tacit approval of t1m UepmymerWs prwtitxi breve. In
<br /> declarstrary relief under the Act_ F
<br /> fact, i(appears the Ugislature aemowl(Agcs the
<br /> B.Agency Fl)tcrpiret8tlon lm>ated reach of the Act comt� lug refined petroleum
<br /> spills: ,In 1999, the Legielxn= estsbiiWiie3 the
<br /> Moving beyond tht plain meaning of the Act,pltuutiff s'ctt�o[t:tmr Under "d
<br /> 5totage T� C[eaatap
<br /> Progreso in Ca] a Health and Sdety Coda§25299_
<br /> argues that the Amicus Califtunia Departrncat of Toxic Tbat Chapter'si express puxpow ix to deal with the
<br /> Substtltrce Control bas, since the ,Ant's imoeptiom
<br /> problems associated vntb kal;ing ��
<br /> itrterptreted %c pctraltamm eeacitasion lit s r
<br /> pctivl tanks,and nowhere clpes did tttttthute alter or
<br /> suppo ting the piaintiTs positive. As the agenq sawA the Califarzsia St's petmlmm exclusion
<br /> sepowible for embt ing the Act, the Mparta cot's p mea _ Scotal.Hettltb&Safety Code§25299,14
<br /> os
<br /> iittekpretataon should ordinarily be aded slative bstdings xting seal log
<br /> owaide mble �wei n
<br /> t and defa;cnce_ However, the f W
<br /> arttnes is rut talion its not pmmasive hh=. �&"l 1pn°d P tanks).L 6�
<br /> F�6. Tho Califartriri sffituna VIM adopted putsr and to
<br /> f *296 First, the Uepmimeait s tnterprttation of the t3itited Suites Code Title 42.Chdptor 82,Subcbsptrr U{.
<br /> petrelctim eatciusion provision is dilwtly amtrcary to r aid Section '205 of the
<br /> the EPA's and Ninth Circuit's imterptetatiau of the 8ipero t5r9Auwn), by
<br /> pearl identical sm within the federal S S°Pe1�!�Amee►d,YiealS and R,eauthari�atioa Act of
<br /> Y �` � l9Bfi ("SARA.x Pub.L.99494, IDD Sint. 1613, r
<br /> Statute.WiL4m WestwoW,$St F.2d at 803-10. eitahlislres a sepwam prap=to r-pmd to penclFuw
<br /> "king front mweM>»md stomp wim and dhows
<br /> Second, the cited cases deferring to an agency's ui tlergroued storage twits to be rgpkIM pu owd to a
<br /> mterpretrstaam of a static stgttlt+e are disltingttishab[e state-program, rathat straw a federal pmgmtu, in stataa
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