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Flag City Chevron • • 6421 Capitol Avenue, Lodi - 2 - 5 December 2001 The following items were discussed during the 5 December 2001 teleconference: 1. Mr. Trommer stated that the UST Cleanup Fund(Fund)received the 30 November 2001 Proposal for Abandonment of Rocky s Restaurant Drinking Water Well and Connection to San Joaquin County Service Area No.31 (Proposal) submitted by AGE on behalf of BFLP. However, due to the previous petition by BFLP for a Fund Managers Decision, a completed Proposal must now be submitted to the Fund Division Chief,Ms. Barbara Evoy. The scope of work outlined in the Proposal is estimated at $98,640.00, which exceeds the$40,000.00 approved for permanent water supply replacement costs by Ms. Evoy in her 21 September 2001 letter. Additional costs must be itemized and a completed checklist needs to be included in the application package. 2. We discussed BFLP's ability to comply with the requested well destruction deadline of 31 December 2001. Mr. Cuellar stated that once the pre-approval is received, they estimate it would take approximately three weeks to have the waterline connection plans approved through San Joaquin County Public Works and start the water connection work. Then, once the water connection is complete, RDW-1 can be disconnected and properly destroyed in about one week. Based on this discussion, BFLP will not be able to comply with our well destruction deadline of 31 December 2001. 3. In Ms. Evoy's 21 September 2001 pre-approval letter, she determined that the Fund would pay for bulk water through 31 December 2001. Therefore, Ms. Evoy must also approve any request for reimbursement to continue bulk water supply after 31 December 2001. Mr.Rishwain stated that they did not intend to use RDW-1 for human consumption or food preparation purposes at Rocky's Restaurant, and will rely on bulk water until a permanent water supply is secured. Board staff discussed the need to properly destroy RDW-1 to protect groundwater resources. Board and Fund staff also discussed that annexing Rocky's Restaurant Property into the County Service Area is increasing the property value, and that Mr. Bokides along with the two other owners of the Rocky's Restaurant Property should help to cover annexation costs. Finally, Mr. Bokides was advised that failure to comply with C&A No. 5-00-700 to supply a permanent water supply to Rocky's Restaurant may lead to civil liability(monetary fines) against all three responsible parties listed on C&A No. 5-00-700. A second teleconference was scheduled for 19 December 2001 at 10:00 AM.