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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER R5-2011- <br /> FOR <br /> VALLEY PACIFIC PETROLEUM SERVICES, INC., <br /> ROBERTS PETROLEUM SERVICES, <br /> WOOLSEY OIL COMPANY, <br /> MR. BRUCE WOOLSEY <br /> WILLIAM S. AND VIRGINIA ROBERTS <br /> VIRGINIA AND WILLIAM ROBERTS TRUST, <br /> AND <br /> FRENCH CAMP LLC <br /> VALLEY PACIFIC PETROLEUM SERVICES <br /> 930 EAST VICTOR ROAD, LODI <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> ATTACHMENT A <br /> AUTHORITY — LEGAL REQUIREMENTS <br /> and <br /> GENERAL REQUIREMENTS <br /> AUTHORITY — LEGAL REQUIREMENTS <br /> The following laws and regulations authorize the Central Valley Regional Water Quality <br /> Control Board (Central Valley Water Board) to issue Cleanup and Abatement Orders <br /> (CAOs) to persons who have participated in actions that have led to actual or <br /> threatened water contamination. <br /> I. Legal Authority over Responsible Parties/Dischargers: These laws and regulations <br /> give the Central Valley Water Board the legal authority to hold persons named in the <br /> accompanying Order responsible for cleanup activities. <br /> 1. Section 13304(a) of the California Water Code states, in relevant part, that: <br /> Any person who has discharged or discharges waste into waters of the state in <br /> violation of any waste discharge requirements or other order or prohibition issued <br /> by a regional board or the state board, or who has caused or permitted, causes <br /> or permits, or threatens to cause or permit any waste to be discharged or <br /> deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged into the waters of the state <br /> and creates, or threatens to create, a condition of pollution or nuisance, shall <br /> upon order of the regional board clean up the waste or abate the effects of the <br /> waste, or, in the case of threatened pollution or nuisance, take other necessary <br /> remedial action, including but not limited to, overseeing cleanup and abatement <br /> efforts. <br /> 2. Section 13050(d) of the California Water Code defines "waste" to include: <br />