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Quarterly Report - 152 East 1 1 th Street, Tracy Page 3 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 S]CPHS 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 During the reporting period, the Navarras' attorneys filed a complaint against The San Diego Armour Oil Company in federal court In response, San Diego Armour Oil claimed 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 Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund As the present property owners the Navarras have apphed to the California State Water Resources Control Board under the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund for a9 rant 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 i In response to an inquiry made on May I Oth 1994, State Water Resources Control Board staff indicated that, while no official estimate could be made, further processing of the Navarras' claim for compensation under the Petroleum Underground Storage Tani. Cleanup Fund may be delayed until some time near the end of 1994 WORK IN PROGRESS The following work is in progress Ground%,.ater Qualit,, Monitoring program of groundv.iter quality monitoring for the 152 East 1 I th Street site has been established according to the Groundxkater Sam Lwg PI - Pr 1>2 as 1 I th