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0 • Ranch Market, Riverbank - 2 - 8 December 1999 County evidence shows that ground water and soils were contaminated 'during the ownership and operation of the property by Nagi Saleh-Ali and Durhim Saleh-Ali. This contamination continugs today under the ownership of Mohamed&Huda Gubary. Therefore,the current and past property overs, Mohamed&Huda Gubary,Nagi &Halima Saleh-Ali, and Durhim Saleh-Ali are all considered responsible parties. Therefore,pursuant to Water Code Section 13267 which states in part: "(b)(1) In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste within its region...shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, technical or monitoring reports which the regional board requires. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtainedfrom the reports." and in accordance with the information in this letter,Mohamed&Huda Gubary,Nagi &Halima Saleh- Ali, and Durhim Saleh-Ali are required to: 1. By 31 December 1999, submit a plan and schedule to supply the residence at 23565 South Santa Fe Road with'an alternate (potable)water supply. 2. By 31 December 1999,.submit the Monitoring Well Installation Report for monitor wells installed on 24 November 1999. 3. Complete Quarterly Ground Water Monitoring and Sampling of the four on-site monitoring wells and the three domestic wells by 31 December 1999, and provide a report of quarterly ground water monitoring and sampling activities and analytical results by 31 January 2000. All wells must be sampled and analyzed for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH)by EPA Method 8015M, and for benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene,xylenes, all oxygenates, 1,2-DCA, and EDB by EPA Method 8260B. Some laboratories can run a complete suite of petroleum constituents and fuel additives by EPA Method 8260B, thereby saving considerable cost. All work must be performed according to the enclosed Appendix A of the Tri-Regional Recommendations for Preliminary Investigation and Evaluation of Underground Storage Tank Sites, and permits required by State and Local agencies. You must submit all reports to the Regional Board and the San Joaquin County Public Health Services. Failure to submit the requested technical reports could lead to fines authorized by Section 13268 of the Water Code,which states: "(a) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267...is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b).