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CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORL NO.R5-2011- -2- VALLEY PACIFIC SERVICES INC. 930 VICTOR ROAD, LODI, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ... sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation, including waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal. 3. Sections 13050(1) and 13050(m) define "pollution" and "nuisance," respectively, as follows: (1) "Pollution" means an alteration of the quality of the;waters of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects either of the following: (A) The waters for beneficial uses. (B) Facilities which serve these beneficial uses. (2) "Pollution" may include "contamination "Nuisance" means anything which meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is injurious to health, or is Indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of,property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. (2) Affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be-'unequal. r ii 'r (3) Occurs during, orasa result of, the treatment or disposal of wastes. is 4. California Code of Regulations, tltle�23;;sectlon 2720, defines who is a "responsible party"' for the purposes of eaning up contamination resulting cl from a leaking underground storageAank. This/section states, in relevant part: "Responsible party'.i,means one,or more of the following: (1)Any person who:owns or operates an underground storage tank used for the storage of any hazardous substance;;, (2) In the case of any undergrq,und storage tank no longer in use, any person who owned or operated the underground storage tank immediately before the A discontinuation of its use; (3) Any owner of property where an unauthorized release of a hazardous i ; substance from an underground storage tank has occurred; and (4) Any person who hador has control over a underground storage tank at the time of or following an unauthorized release of a hazardous substance. alifornia Codeof Regulations, title 23, section 2720, specifies that Responsible Parties shall comply with all California Water Code provisions andany Orders issued by a regional water board when an unauthorized release.from''an underground storage tank has occurred. 1 For the purposes of a cleanup at a site contaminated by a leaking underground storage tank, Responsible Parties may also be referred to as Dischargers.