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�..n PETE WILSON. Oovarno/ g-41C OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD— CENTRAL VALLEY REGION 3A43 GOUTIER ROAD, SUITE A SACRAMENTO, CA 95827.309n PHONE: (916) 361.5600 FAX: (S16) 361.5666 30 September 1991 TO: See mailiing list. NEWFIELD. PROPERTY, 107 NORTH SCHOOL STREET, LODI, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY You have all been identified by San Joaquin County Public Health Services as Responsible Parties for the underground tank site at 107 Horth School Street in Lodi. In a letter dated 8 August 1991, Ms. Laurie Cotulla, of San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division, requested the Board consider formal enforcement action regarding the site. We have reviewed our file and found that soil contamination and possible ground water contamination exist on site. Soil contamination was found during tank removal in September 1987. County staff have repeatedly requested additional investigation to determine the extent of contamination, but the extent of contamination remains undefined. By 30 October 1991, you are to submit a Preliminary Investigation and Evaluation Report as described in the Tri-Regional Recommendations and Appendix A (attached) . Regional Board authority to require this report is found in Section 13267 of the California Water Code which states, in part: (b) .. . the regional board may require that any person discharging or proposing to discharge waste within its region or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this state discharging or proposing to discharge waste outside of its region that could affect the quality of waters within its region shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, those technical or monitoring program reports as the board may specify. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the reports and the benefits to obtained from the reports. -- Note also Section 13268: (a) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267, or falsifying any information provided therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b). (b)(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 [of the Water Code] for violation of subdivision (a) in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs.