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1 - 16 January 2004 AGE-NC Project No. 02-0964 Page 2 of 4 In letters dated 21 July and 26 September 2003, the USTCF requested the Sutter Office Center supply substantial evidence that four underground storage tanks (USTs)were abandoned in place in 1960, evidence that UST were still located on the property and the same, that documents, that the abandoned UST or system were the source of the release which is being mitigated. Based on the SWRCB Staff Decision memo, dated 08 December 2003, and my telephone conferences with Ms. Barbara Rempel, it is my understanding that the Claims Review Unit - Technical Review Unit is taking the position that the fact that Sutter Office Center are the owners of the real property where the abandoned USTs were located,is not sufficient evidence to establish that the Sutter Office Center are the owners of the abandoned USTs. AGE and.Sutter Office Center has made a submittal that the Sutter Office Center ownership of the property is sufficient to demonstrate that Sutter Office Center owns the abandoned USTs,and makes them eligible for their placement on the priority list and a eligible for a USTCF claim.As stated in AGE's letters dated 27 May 2003 and 27 October 2003, four USTs were abandoned in place, as verified by the then accurate City of Stockton Fire Department permit for UST abandonment,on 19 February 1960. This permit does represent records from the City of Stockton Fire Department. The installation of the UST prior to abandonment in place is a necessity, as stated by this permit. One must assume the UST were installed for this action, inspection of said USTs abandonment by fire department personnel, to legally occur and be documented.. AGE and Sutter Office Center further submitted a site photograph of the 1950's,documenting the presence of the dispenser on the site.No other reported USTs were operational on the site during this time. Due to the evidence of the presence of a fuel dispensing island and documentation of the presence of four, 550-gallon UST on the site, at a minimum prior to 1960, AGE and Sutter Office Center,respectfully,submit that fuel was dispensed from the site,noting that the only other practical explanation for the documented presence ofboth items,including their connections,must include that ambient air was being dispensed from the fuel pumping island throughout its operation. AGE and Sutter Office Center further submitted within AGE's letters dated 27 May 2003 and 27 October 2003 and fax memo,dated 23 July 2003,that historical Polk street directory of Stockton and a Sanborn Map(fire insurance map)indicated that a gas filling station operated at the northeast comer of the site from 1935 until 1941,which were named Harry Harvey Gas and Bowman&Box Gas Station, and a cab service operated at the same location from 1942 until 1958, named ServiceNeterans Cab Company. AGE and Sutter Office Center have submitted documentation that the UST are currently abandoned in place,by signature of the USTCF claim application.Site reconnaissance indicates their presence at the site. Additionally, AGE and Sutter Office Center further submitted letters from the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department(EHD)documenting two separate operational locations for USTs. Advanced GeoEnvironmental,Inc.