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e CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER • -4- PIONEER AMERICAS,INC. PIONEER CHLOR ALKALI COMPANY,INC. ALL PURE CHEMICAL COMPANY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY probably will be,discharged into the waters of the state and creates,or threatens to creat :mdalti p of pollution or nuisance,shall upon order of the regional board cleanup the waste or abate the effectsfhereof br,,i 'the case of threatened pollution or nuisance,take other necessary remedial action,including,but riot limited,.-' overseeing cleanup and abatement efforts." 22. Section 13267(b) of the California Water Code provides.th;. t;.,; "In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision(a),thS;regional board may require that ai y.,person.:-" :�:.::• discharging or proposing to discharge waste within its region dr anY:01 Tien or ciotniciliar_y,or political`agency or entity of this state discharging or proposing to discharge wast&outse,af<iis> egiori€hat could affect the quality of waters within its region shall furnish,under penalty of perjurythose technical or: ionitoring program reports as the board may specify. The burden,including costs,of these reports:--.;shall bear a reason le relationship to the need for the report and the befits to be obtained from the reports." 23. The Discharger caused or permitted waste to be discharged into g ?undwer where it created a condition of pollution or nuisance. 24. The issuance of this Order is an enforcement action tA.en by a regulatory agency and is exempt from the provisions of the California;: nirotmental QualttyAct, pursuant to Section 15321 (a) (2), Title 14, California Code of Relat ns;::'''.:::::;:; 25. Any person affected adversely by this acti n of this SO.'ird may petition the State Water Resources Control Board within 30 days o the date v�which the Board took action. Copies of the law and regulations. pplicabf-�to filingpet:tc3'l `will be provided on request. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that,'pUrsuant to Sections 13304 and 13267 of the California Water Code, All Pure Chemical Company shall: 1. eap and abate forth vtith the effects of all contaminants discharged to soils and groundwater at the At-1--.....Pure Chemical Compfacility. "Forthwith" means as soon as is reasonably :;.:...;possible. CaWliance with' requirement shall include, but not be limited to, the following m6,asures: <' a B '::30 January 1997, submit a work plan and time schedule to determine the lateral and vertical extent of VOCs in groundwater both onsite and offsite. The work plan shall rie dde,41 e schedule to conduct the work and submit a site assessment report. Upgaidpproval of the work plan required in La. above, implement the work plan in icordance with the approved time schedule which will become part of this Order. C. By 30 June 1997, submit a site assessment report which evaluates the results of the groundwater investigation. The site assessment report shall include all items in the attached Items to be Included in a Site Assessment Report Submitted to the Board. The report shall describe and propose in detail additional investigation needed to define the