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t3 <br /> I S <br /> HL AL i <br /> r. AnconEneii RVIC�� � �� <br /> � E <br /> ASSOCIATESZ "t41 -3 PM 1: 40 <br /> IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT <br /> 29 APRIL, 1993 MEMORANDUM TO FILE <br /> IN RE: CLARK SITE, 729 SOUTH COMMERCE STREET, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA <br /> THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE ALLOWS SELF CERTIFICATION FOR <br /> SOIL UNDER TITLE 22 AS NON HAZARDOUS IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR <br /> CHARACTERISTICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WHICH ARE GENERALLY AS FOLLOWS: <br /> IGNITABILITY: ARTICLE 3. SECTION 66251 21 <br /> CORROSIVITY: ARTICLE 3. SECTION 66261.22 <br /> REACTIVITY: ARTICLE 3. SECTION 66261.23 <br /> TOXICITY: ARTICLE 3. SECTION 66261.24 <br /> ANALYTICAL DATA FROM THIS SITE SAMPLED ON 16 APRIL, 1993 AND RESULTS RECEIVED <br /> ON 29 APRIL, 1993 INDICATE THAT THE SOIL REMOVED FROM THIS EXCAVATION IS NOT <br /> HAZARDOUS. THESE RESULTS ARE ATTACHED AND MADE A PART OF THIS CERTIFICATION. <br /> THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH REMEDIATION OF HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SOILS REPRESENTS <br /> A MAJOR PERCENTAGE OF ALL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CLEANUP COSTS IN CALIFORNIA. REGARDLESS <br /> OF THE SOURCE, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE COST OF CLEANUP IS DEPENDENT ON THE CRITERIA <br /> ESTABLISHED BY EITHER A LOCAL OR STATE AGENCY. GIVEN THE UBIQUITOUS NATURE OF THE <br /> PROBLEM, COMMON SENSE WOULD MANDATE UNIFORM STANDARDS STATEWIDE. UNFORTUNATELY, <br /> IN CALIFORNIA, THIS IS NOT THE CASE. STANDARDS VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION <br /> AND VARY SO SUBSTANTIALLY, THAT ONLY THE WHIM OF THE REGULATOR INVOLVED DETERMINES <br /> WHICH STANDARDS WILL APPLY, <br /> AFTER CONSULTING WITH DR. JOHN C. CUMMINGS, A PHD CHEMIST, A CIVIL ENGINEER <br /> AND AN ATTORNEY, I HEREIN DECLARE THE HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SOIL AT THE <br /> CLARK SITE, 729 COMMERCE STREET, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA WHICH SOIL BECAME CONTAMINATED <br /> BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LEAK OR LEAKS FROM ONE OR TWO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS <br /> AND OR ASSOCIATED PIPING (THE TANKS WERE REMOVED BY OTHERS, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC <br /> RECORDS, ON APRIL 13, 1992) As NON HAZARD0k. <br /> ATTEST' <br /> VICE PRESIDENT AND �NVIROftSSOR, <br /> MANAGER <br /> CC: REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL REA-031 <br /> MR- FRED CLARK <br /> DR. JOHN C. CUMMINGS <br /> P.O. Box 1257 • Stockton. California 95201 • Number One, Port Road 21. Port of Stockton • Stockton. California 95203 <br /> (209) 463-7108 • FAX (209) 463-2712 <br />