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California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region " °l a P Winston H.Hickox Robert Schneider Chair ° Secretary far Gray Davis Environmental Sacramento Main Office RE� � V �D Internet Address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwgc65 Protection 3443 Routier Road,Suite A,Sacramento,California 95827.3003 Phone(916)255.3000•FAX(916)255-3015 JUN 0 y 2003 5 June 2003 ENVIRONMENT HEALTH PERMIT/SERVICES Mr. Andrew Smith Herman &Helen's Marina 15135 Eight Mile Road Stockton CA 95219 HERMAN & HELEN'S MARINA,VENICE ISLAND FERRY, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY I have received a copy of your 19 May 2003 letter(Letter)to Mr. Robert Schneider,Regional Board Chair,regarding Herman &Helen's Marina at 15135 West Eight Mile Road in Stockton (site). The Letter included a copy of the 11 April 2003 Additional Soil and Ground Water Investigation Report(Report) submitted by Advanced GeoEnvironmental, Inc. The Letter requests consideration of reclassifying Herman&Helen's Marina as an underground storage tank (UST) site. The Report recommends additional investigative work to delineate the extent of pollution and determine the source of pollution near monitoring well MW-6. Ms. Devra Lewis of my staff concurred with these recommendations in her 21 April 2003 letter. On 2 June 2003, the UST Cleanup Fund(Fund) sent you a letter,which is attached, stating it tentatively concludes that most of the methyl tertiary butyl ether(MTBE) did not originate from the USTs and that it would prefer to have more information prior to making a final determination on future reimbursements from the Fund. As my staff has discussed with you and is noted in the Letter, when there is sufficient data to make a determination of the source of the petroleum pollution, or to determine a percentage attributable to the USTs, we will re-evaluate the classification of the site. Based on the recommendations in the Report, it is clear that there is not enough data to determine the percentage of pollution attributable to the USTs. Furthermore, I have concerns regarding the concentrations of MTBE and other petroleum pollution entering nearby surface waters. Remedial activities must be implemented to prevent continued releases of petroleum pollution into surface waters,which threaten beneficial uses and are a violation of Federal law. Please continue to work with my staff to start an interim remedial action and determine the percentage of pollution attributable to the former USTs. California Environmental Protection Agency Zoo Recycled Paper The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs,see our Web-site at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/mgcb5