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' ILE COPY San Joaquin County DIRECTOR Environmental Health Department Donna Heran,REHS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 600 East Main Street Laurie Cotulla,REHS vi: Stockton, California 95202-3029 PROGRAM COORDINATORS Carl Borgman,REHS Mike Huggins,REHS,RDI �4 i F 6.0.4 Website: www.sjgov.orgfehd Margaret Lagorio, REHS Phone: (209)468-3420 Robert McClellon, REHS February 20, 2008 Fax: (209) 464-0138 .teff Carruesco,REHS,RDI Kasey Foley, REHS Tower Energy Group 1983 W. 190th Street Torrance CA 90504 RE: Jackpot Food Mart 14000 E Hwy 88, Lockeford NOTICE TO ABATE IMMEDIATELY The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) was notified on January 14, 2008 by Time Oil Co. that this location was purchased by you effective November 15, 2007. EHD records show that on February 7, 2008, you received a letter from the EHD notifying you of a violation of California Health and Safety Code Section 25284 relating to the permit to own or operate underground storage tanks and requesting that you submit the required forms to the EHD. As of this date, the EHD has not received an application to operate the UST system at the site. On January 25, 2008, invoices were mailed out for the 2008 UST operating fees as well as other associated fees. All fees are due and payable at this time. As of this date, the EHD has not received payment for these fees. Violations: California Health and Safety Code Section 25284(x)(1) — Except as provided in subdivision (c), no person may own or operate an underground storage tank unless a permit for its operation has been issued by the local agency to the owner or operator of the tank. California Health and Safety Code Section 25284(c) —Any person assuming ownership of an underground storage tank used for the storage of hazardous substances for which a valid operating permit has been issued shall have 30 days from the date of assumption of ownership to apply for an operating permit pursuant to Section 25286 or, if accepting a transferred permit, shall submit to the local agency the completed form accepting the obligations of the transferred permit. California Health and Safety Code Section 25299(x) —Any operator of an underground tank R system shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each underground storage tank for each day of violation for any of the following violations: (1)-Operating an underground tank system which has not been issued a permit, in violation of this chapter.