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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVIC-ES - <br /> PpUlfy <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION .' ` <br /> Karen Furst, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer ... �P <br /> 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor • Stockton, CA 95202 <br /> 209/468-3420 <br /> JOSEPH D ANGULO SEP 2 6 2000 <br /> GEOLOGICAL TECHNICS INC <br /> 2741 RIVER ROAD <br /> MODESTO CA 95351 <br /> RE: Steve & Gene Service <br /> 2315 N. EI Dorado Street <br /> Stockton, CA <br /> This is a response to the questions in your letter dated August 16, 2000, to our <br /> agency regarding our requirements for destruction of an abandoned well, located <br /> at 60 Castle Street that has been impacted by gasoline from the above <br /> referenced site. <br /> Enclosed are sections from the California Code of Regulations. Section 2720 <br /> defines "corrective action" which includes any activity necessary to restore or <br /> protect current and potential beneficial uses of water. Section 2721 requires that <br /> the responsible parties comply with discharge requirements contained in Porter- <br /> Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Water Code) which states that dischargers of <br /> waste into the water of the state shall abate the effects of the waste. <br /> Gasoline from underground storage tanks at the above referenced site was <br /> discharged into the water and the abandoned well is a conduit that increases the <br /> potential for further migration of the gasoline. Therefore, the responsible parties <br /> are required to take corrective action to abate the effect of their waste. In other <br /> words, they must destroy the well in order to eliminate the conduit. <br /> In addition, San Joaquin County Ordinance Code Section 9 — 1115.5 (e) states <br /> that any well that is abandoned must be destroyed so that entrance of degraded <br /> or contaminated water into usable aquifers is minimized (copy enclosed). The <br /> owner(s) of the property on which an abandoned well is located is required to <br /> properly destroy the well according to the San Joaquin County Well Standards. <br /> San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division <br /> (PHS/EHD) initiates this enforcement action by issuing the property owner a <br /> "Notice To Abate". <br /> The San Joaquin County Well Standards state that conditions not specifically <br /> addressed in the standards may be regulated on a site specific basis (copy <br /> enclosed). PHS/EHD requires a more thorough evaluation of an abandoned well <br /> that has been impacted by contaminants than one that has not been impacted by <br /> A Division of San Joaquin County Health Care Services <br />