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Charlie asked me exactly where the dumpsite was. I said I would look it <br /> up at the County records office and call back. I called and left a message <br /> that the site is Assessors parcel number 173-27-13 and the site address <br /> is 1816 Walker lane and it was owned by Marley Cooling Towers Co. Inc. <br /> until they sold it to Cheng Lee in 1993. Lee has a mailing address in <br /> Pleasanton. Same address but different name as the owner of another <br /> parcel #173-12-13 who has owned it since 1988 <br /> Rudy Lopez who lives on Walker lane, said one time a water tester got <br /> stuck in an unmarked pickup and had to get a towtruck. The man told <br /> Rudy he wouldn't drink this water. <br /> Rudy had no knowledge of notice that the water was not safe. He <br /> checked with neighbors who had not been notified either. He said a <br /> husband died of cancer about 15 years ago and his wife just died of <br /> cancer. The house is now for sale on Main Street just West of Walker Ln. <br /> Several others have had cancer in the area. His dogs have had tumors <br /> too. <br /> Rudy said that Angelo Cueno farmed the back of the Marley property on <br /> Walker lane some time ago and saw them dump a liquid to the east of the <br /> sawdust pile. <br /> Wed. April 19, 2000, 1 Returned call to Duncan Austin who has a desk <br /> across from Charlie Ridenour at the Department of Toxic Substances <br /> Control which is a division of California EPA, a state agency. 916-255- <br /> 3706. <br /> Duncan Austin said his agency is the lead agency for the Marley clean up <br /> which has been going on for many years, since the late 1980's or early <br /> 1990's. He is the Project manager of the site mitigation unit. He said <br /> this is the first he has heard that Marley had a dumpsite. He said that <br /> even the sawdust would contained the toxins including hexavalent <br /> Chromium if it came from the wood that was treated. That is where the <br /> Pollution came from, the wood treatment part of Marley. He has an X- <br /> ray machine that can quickly determine if the chromium level is high. <br /> However the machine is down for maintenance and funding for repairs is <br /> hard to get. He said it might take a month to get it fixed and do some <br /> tests at the dumpsite. He said there are so many toxic sites in California <br /> that there is a lot of competition for funding. They have to fight for <br /> every dollar with other projects. <br /> 2 <br />