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Ranch Market • - 2 - • 8 January 2013 23569 Santa Fe Rd., Riverbank San Joaquin County 11020 Sun Center Drive, #200, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 by 25 January 2013 so that they may be considered for the Order. Comments may include your justification for why you should not be named in the Order, or a description of other parties who you believe should bear responsibility for the investigation. Your comments should include, or cite to, evidence that supports your claim(s). Meeting Minutes On 3 January 2013, Nagi and Halima Saleh-Ali, Mohamed and Huda Gubary, Munir Obiad, and Talal Nasser met with Regional Water Board staff (Staff) to discuss the attached draft Order. Staff provided copies of the draft Orderto the meeting participants, and stated that written comments to the draft Orderwould be due within two weeks. Staff discussed actions necessary to reach functional compliance with the requirements in the draft Order, which if completed as requested by Staff, would provide the information necessary to complete the investigation and would result in a Staff recommendation to not issue the draft Order. Staff requested a limited groundwater monitoring event for three monitoring wells (MW-1, MW-3, and MW-7) and three domestic wells (DW-1R, DW-2R, and DW-3), to determine the current extent of the groundwater plume at the Site. Mohamed and Huda Gubary requested the inclusion of a copy of the attached Third Quarter 2008 Groundwater Chemical Data Map of the last monitoring results with the well locations, and stated they (Mohammed and Huda Gubary) were the Authorized Agent for SWRCB CUF Claim Number 15211 for claimant Durhim Saleh-Ali (AKA Durhim Jubari), who was not present at the meeting. Munir Obiad, a current Site owner, indicated that access to sample the above Site wells was granted and that he would work with the neighboring properties to get access to the remaining wells. Staff agreed to check with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (CUF), to determine whether a Site CUF budget was available for the current fiscal year, and also provide a San Joaquin County list of consultants by email attachment. Staff recommended procurement of three bids from the consultants, and offered assistance to evaluate the validity of the bids. Staff also agreed to assist where possible, to ensure closure is achieved in a timely manner. A) Task to determine whether groundwater concentrations demonstrate a significant decline since 2008: • Conduct two limited concurrent groundwater and domestic well monitoring events (not required as quarterly events) on wells MW-1, MW-3, MW-7, DW-1 R, DW-2R, and DW-3. If the two groundwater monitoring events demonstrate that concentrations have declined significantly since 2008 and the domestic wells have remained not impacted, then the following would occur prior to Site closure: • Completion of the 60-day Public Participation period (Staff to assist), • Finalize the groundwater evaluation for the SWRCB Low Risk Closure Policy using the data (Staf), and