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Quarterly Report - 152 East 1 lth Street, Tracy Page 3 i § Copy transmitted to the California Regional Water Quality 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 effectively unresponsive to communications by the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Clean Water Programs and the SJCPHS that have requested 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 That company also claims that it is exempt under the petroleum exclusion provisions of the Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liabilities Act (CERCLA) from any requirement to investigate or remediate the contamination found on the subject property During the reporting period the Navarras' attorneys continuing with legal action in an attempt to prevail upon the San Diego Armour Oil Company to admit liability for the contamination of the subject property and be responsive to the requirements of the governing laws and regulations Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund As the present property owners, the Navarras have applied to the California State Water Resources Control Board under the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund for a grant to meet the cost of investigating and remediating the site On March 22nd 1994 the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Clean Water Programs notified the Navarras that their application had been reviewed, designated as Claim No 4928 and assigned to Priority Class B with Rank 458 Other than an informal response to an inquiry as to the status of the claim whereby Board staff indicated that further action on the claim may be delayed until some time near the end of 1994, no further communication has been received from the Board since that time