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EXHIBIT E - CHEVRON UST COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE INITIATIVES <br />Chevron has developed a set of Underground Storage Tank ("UST") Compliance <br />Assurance Initiatives ("Initiatives") to help meet its goal of achieving full compliance with <br />California's UST regulations at all of its service stations in the State of California ("Stations"). <br />This includes both its company-owned, company -operated Stations ("COCOs") and its <br />company-owned, retail -operated Stations ("COROs"). These Initiatives are intended to improve <br />upon the UST compliance management practices that Chevron already has in place. <br />Nothing in this document shall be interpreted or applied to relieve Defendants of their <br />existing obligations to comply with statutes, regulations, requirements, or other laws. Nothing in <br />this document shall be interpreted as an admission of wrongdoing or liability by Chevron. <br />In the event that Chevron undergoes organizational or management changes that affect its <br />future administration and implementation of any of the Initiatives described herein, Chevron <br />shall contact the Attorney General's office to notify it of the change. In addition, Chevron shall <br />provide the Attorney General with a description of the change, how Chevron will continue <br />effective administration and implementation of the Initiative, and a reasonable opportunity to <br />suggest any revision to the Initiative that may be necessitated by the change. <br />The Initiatives shall include the following: <br />A. Centralized Management Responsibility <br />Chevron shall consolidate the activities related to UST compliance certification testing <br />and maintenance within a single organization (Maintenance and Construction) in order to <br />improve coordination and increase accountability. <br />Chevron shall monitor the success of the Initiatives described in this document by <br />annually reviewing the performance of both employees and third -party contractors. Chevron <br />shall develop and impose strict consequences for non-compliance with UST regulations by <br />imposing performance requirements for employees, which will be tied to such employees' <br />reviews and job promotion as further described in sub -part (D), and enforcing contractual <br />obligations for third -party contractors, as further described in sub -part (F). <br />B. New Compliance Coordinator Positions <br />Chevron shall create at least two new compliance coordinator positions within its <br />Maintenance and Construction organization. These coordinators will serve as a centralized <br />resource for all communication and activity related to the certification, testing, and associated <br />maintenance of the UST systems at each Station. The coordinators shall be assigned to one of <br />two geographic zones (Northern California and Southern California) and be responsible for all <br />Stations within their assigned zone. In addition, the coordinators will communicate with <br />Certified Unified Program Agencies ("CUPAs") regarding the correction of any issues identified <br />during Station compliance testing and certification ("Notice"). <br />The coordinators will utilize Chevron's improved database system, described below, to <br />track and monitor UST compliance throughout the State. <br />EXHIBIT E to Final Judgment in People v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., et al. Page 1 <br />