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t <br /> PANOCHE BURN SITE REMEDIATION <br /> Old Check Dam 0 "" <br /> rs'ar <br /> n vtr <br /> nn..uaar�rr <br /> srtn nrt n.suv <br /> cprtn r•-eros.scs" (r,rri�1 <br /> � ntr rar <br /> a.vea <br /> .S <br /> td n-vzta �rc rrap� <br /> CDW r&.VVK 1116 <br /> IL-WW <br /> rs <br /> ro <br /> W <br /> W <br /> W° <br /> Approx. Limits of "1 <br /> Contamination j0 <br /> p4 <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 />