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September 24, 1991 L.S. Turner Shell Oil Co. P.O. Box 4848 511 N. Brookhurst St. Anaheim, CA 92903 SEP 2 ENVIF?ONMENTAL HEALTH Re: Chapin Brothers Shell �' F�M�T�5ElV10� 1766 Monte Diablo Ave. Stockton, CA 95203 Dear Mr. Turner: We appreciate your letter dated September 16, 1991 alerting us to the local underground storage cleanup fund workshop. We have received literature from the Sacramento and San Diego meetings in addition to material from the local public health agency. We have also been notified that the San Joaquin Public Health Services Environmental Health Division's local program for the oversight of assessment and clean up activities at contaminated underground tank sites has identified you (Shell Oil) as an additional responsible party, Furthermore, it is our understanding that a copy of the underground tank program official inspection report from the San Joaquin Health District dated September 9, 1991 also cited the Shell Oil Co. for a major violation of improper tank abandonment. It is our position that the removal of the tanks is a matter of mutual concern. Documents have been provided to the fact that of the four gasoline storage tanks on site only three were sold to Chapin Brothers Inc. Thus, Shell Oil owns one of the underground tanks at this said site ( 1766 Monte Diablo). This fact was demonstrated by the itemized list of the sale of property and equipment executed at the time Shell Oil lost the master lease from the previous owner (Mr, Tom Blanchard of Aptos, California). As to the matter of the schedule for the ranking and payment of claims submitted to the State of California, we are aware that the eligibility of a small business owner and operator has a ranking of category B while the Shell Oil Co. would have -a ranking of category D. (SB2004) 1