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S? TE OF CALIFORNIA GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.Governor <br /> CALIFORNIA-REGIONAL WATER LITY CONTROL BOARD-- <br /> ENTRAL'VALLEY REGIONIz <br /> ' <br /> 3201 S STREET <br /> SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA 95816.7090 <br /> PHONE: (916)445.0270 <br /> 14 August 1985 <br /> Mr. J. K. Williamson <br /> Director of Environmental Affairs <br /> Kayo Oil Company <br /> 1221 East Main Street <br /> Chattanooga, TN 37408 <br /> SITE ASSESSMENT REVIEW OF DOUGLAS STATION, LODI; FAST GAS, LODI; ECONO GAS, <br /> STOCKTON; FAST GAS, JACKSON <br /> We have .reviewed Kayo's Site Assessment reports dated 12 July .1985 and your letter <br /> discussing remedial actions for removing floating products. The reports and <br /> letter .show .that- gasoline has contaminated ground water at all sites and has <br /> accumulatedAn wells at two . sites. The gasoline is , to be. removed either. by <br /> bailing or pumping as it- accumulates in order .to reduce. the quantity on the ground <br /> water and prevent migration off-site. Kayo's reports .present a general overview <br /> of .-the immediate problem of floating gasoline, .on ground. .water: . However, the <br /> reports do not provide sufficient technical data to estimate product .loss, areal <br /> and vertical extent .of 'Contamination, and to develop appropriate remedial <br /> activities. <br /> Several times you have asked about Regional Board and Local Agency responsibil- <br /> ities .under California law. In response to your request: I..refer you to Chapter <br /> 6.7 , 'Division 20, of the Health and Safety Code for underground tanks and <br /> Division 7 of the California Water Code for ground water quality protection. <br /> With regard to. the actions requested below the Health and Safety. Code Sections. <br /> 25297 states in part: <br /> "The local agency may request the following agencies to utilize <br /> that agency's authority to remedy the effects of, an, remove, any <br /> hazardous substance which has - been released from an underground <br /> storage tank: <br /> b) A regional water quality control board may take action pursuant <br /> to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code <br /> and, for this purpose, the discharged hazardous substance shall <br /> be deemed a waste as defined in subdivision .(d) of Section <br /> 13050." <br />