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' PANOCHE BURN$ITE REMEDIATION <br /> .Y+cix.nYrw <br /> X ;J MJ <br /> Old Check Dam I r/ ? <br /> s'or 1 <br /> OP <br /> OP <br /> n Y)M <br /> S1FEl aYt R.1519! <br /> R*er.-av'.c.r'Fs•'. •,(]'SREL TMJ <br /> ,p n-SbaN <br /> 0 <br /> Y� <br /> C y <br /> MM) <br /> n-sa s <br /> aao <br /> ew <br /> 60 <br /> pts <br /> .0 �\ <br /> Approx. Limits of bw <br /> Contamination <br /> Figure 3. Site Map <br /> 1 .3 Background Summary <br /> CIWMB records indicate the owner, Ms. Anita I. Choperena, had a Local County Use Permit <br /> in the 1970s that allowed tires to be stored in the canyon. However, with the passage of the <br /> California Tire Recycling Act in 1989, the site violated PRC Section 42820, et seq., Major <br /> Waste Tire Facility Permit. In the early 1990s, the CIWMB began enforcement actions against <br /> the owner to bring the site into compliance with the California Code of Regulations for a <br /> major waste tire facility. On May 20, 1996, a massive tire fire erupted in the canyon. A grass <br /> fire ignited the site and produced smoke that was visible for more than 30 miles. The <br /> California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CDF) and Fresno County Fire <br /> Department responded to this incident. <br /> The smoke from the tire fire jeopardized the integrity of Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E's) <br /> intertie electricity transmission lines that cross over the canyon. These lines carry more than <br /> 500,000 volts of electricity to the western half of the United States. According to a PG&E <br /> field representative, smoke has enough particulate matter to create an arc between trans- <br /> mission lines. A 1990 court action allowed PG&E to bury approximately 2 million tires in an <br /> area contiguous to the fire to protect the intertie lines that crossed directly over the tire pile. <br /> Approximately 1 million exposed tires were left outside PG&E right-of-way. <br /> CIWMB 3 <br />