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CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER NO. 5-00-707 4 FORMER UNOCAL AND MONTGOMERY WARDS 5606 AND 5400 PACIFIC AVENUE, STOCKTON ' SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ' 13. Section 13267(b) of the California Water Code provides that: "!n conducting an investigation specified in subdivision(a),the regional board may require that any person who has discharged discharges,or is suspected ofdischarging,or is proposing to discharge waste within its region, or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity ofthis state who has discharged,discharges, or Is suspected ofd(scharging,or who proposes to discharge,waste outside its region that could affect the quality of waters within is region shall furnish, ' under penalty ofperjury,technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board requires. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need far the report and the benefits to be obtainedfrom the reports." 14.Title 23, Chapter 16,Article 5, Section 2652 (c and d) of the California Code of Regulations requires the Discharger to submit quarterly reports containing the results of all corrective action activities occurring during the previous three months. 15. The issuance of this Order is an enforcement action taken by a regulatory agency and is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act,pursuant to Section ' 15321(a)(2), Title 14, California Code of Regulations. 16. Any person affected by this action of the Board may petition the State Water Resources Control ' Board(State Board) to review the action in accordance with Title 23 of the California Code-of Regulations sections 2050-2063. The State Board must receive the petition within 30 days of the date of this Order. Copies of the law and regulations applicable to filing petitions will be ' provided on request. In addition to filing a petition with the State Board, any person affected adversely by this Order may request the Regional Board to reconsider this Order. Such request should be made within 30 days of the date of this Order. Note that even if reconsideration by the ' Regional Board is sought, filing a petition with the State Board within the statutory time period is necessary to preserve the petitioner's legal rights. ' IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that,pursuant to Sections 13267 and 1)304 of the California Water Code, the Discharger shall: ' 1. Clean up the petroleum hydrocarbons and abate forthwith,the existing and threatened effects of petroleum hydrocarbons that have, and continue to be, discharged to soil and groundwater from this site. "Forthwith"means as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event, no later than the ' deadlines imposed by this Order. Site-Specific Investigation and Cleanup Tasks for Unocal and Wards Sites Compliance Date ' 2. Work cooperatively with Delta staff to provide a short-term alternative 15 September 2000 irrigation water source that is capable of supplying the demand required ' by Delta.