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State Water Resources Control Board G AE, Division of Fiinancial Assistance 1001 E Strect,Sacramento,California 95814•(916)341-5700 Mailing Address:P.O.Box 944212•Sacramento,California 94244-2120 Linda S.Adams FAX(416)341-5707•http:/YwAvtv.wate ards.ca.gav Searerary for Arnold Sehwarzenegger Envlromnenial Protection Govereor RECEIVED Ms. Donna Heran Public Health Services of San Joaquin County DEC 2 4 2010 Environmental Health Division 600 E. Main Street ENVIRONMENTAL.HEALTH Stockton, CA 95202 PERMIT15ERVICES UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CLEANUP FUND RECOMMENDED CASE CLOSURES, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY LOP SITES In response to the cash shortage facing the UST Cleanup Fund (Fund), the State Water Board has directed Fund staff to accelerate,implementation of he 5-Year Review process and to elevate cases identified as being ready for closure as ap 3ropriate. The purpose of this letter is to transmit the attached table that contains a fist of cases being overseen by your office that have been reviewed and determined by Fund staff to be good candidates for immediate closure. However, there is continued disagreement betm een your staff and Fund staff over whether these cases should be closed. We are therefor requesting that you review these cases with your staff and let us know if you concur with ur closure recommendation. We would appreciate a response within 30 days. If you agre3 that a case should be closed, we would expect that to mean that a "no further action" letter would be issued within 90 days. If you disagree with closure, please provide a brief statement for the basis of your disagreement, and we will consider whether or not to recommend closure to the State Board. For each of these cases on the attached list, the Fund 5 ear Review staff has reviewed the available information in making our closure determination. The Fund's recommendations are based on review of information contained in the Fund's claim files, data currently in the GeoTracker database and any other sources of information that were readily available to Fund staff at the time the review was conducted. During our review we solicited input from your staff to obtain the current status of corrective action at this site as well as information on any outstanding issues. If additional information was provided by the caseworker, it was considered by Fund staff and incorporated into our recommendations, if applicable. In general, your staff has responded fairly consistently as to whether they agree With case � closure or not as well as their reasons for keeping the case open. As previously stated, we are now requesting your review and either concurrence or disagreement with our determinations for case closure. If you concur with our determination for case closure, please provide an estimated timeframe for closing the case. Please e-mail or call me at 916 341-5353 if you have a ( ) y y questions or need additional information. Sincerely, Y �Q John Russell, P.G., Fund Manager Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Division of Financial Assistance California Environmental Protect On Agency Owycled Paper