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Quarterly Report - 152 East I lth Street, Tracy Page 3 S Copv transmitted to the California Regional Water Qualitv Control Board - Central Valley Region (RWQCB) Search for Dischargers Responsible for Release of Hydrocarbons The present owners, Mr and Mrs Albert Navarra and Mr and Mrs Carl Navarra (the Navarras) purchased the 152 East Street property in December 1978 Since that time no fuel dispensing or other operations have been conducted on the site that could account for the contamination that has been found in the subsurface The owners of the site immediately prior to its purchase by the Navarras were the San Diego Armour Oil Company and associated parties That company, and other prior owners, operated an automobile service station on the site and operated the underground storage tanks from which gasoline leaked into the subsurface The San Diego Armour Oil Company has been unresponsive to communications by the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Clean Water Programs and the SJCPHS that have directed that company to meet its responsibilities under the applicable regulations to investigate and remediate the contamination found on the property and to pay regulatory oversight fees The Navarras' attorneys have filed a compliant against San Diego Armour Oil and associated entities with respect to this matter in California Superior Court Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund ks the present property owners, the Navarras applied to the California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Clean Water Programs (CSWRCB) under the Petroleum Underground Stoiage Tank Cleanup Fund program for a grant to meet the cost of investigating and remediating the subject site The CSWRCB designated that application as Claim No 4928 and, on December 29th , 1994, issued an iriitial Letter of Commitment for Reimbursement of Costs whach covered a portion of the cost of the site investigation and characterization work that had been performed at the subject site under the direction of the RWQCB and the SJCPHS prior to the time the Navarras filed the application for a grant In compliance with the terms of the Letter of Commitment issued by the CSWRCB, during the reporting period the Navarras prepared a Standard Form Payment Request and compiled the associated accounting and technical documentation that is required for disbursement of funds under the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund program The Standard Form Payment Request was submitted to CSWRCB on 17th March 1995 In a letter dated April 14th 1995, the CSWRCB informed the Navarras' that, the Board's staff had completed an initial item by item review of the Standard Form Payment Request and supporting documents That review identified cost items for which immediate grant payment could be authorized and other items for which the eligibility for,