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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES LA!N.. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY �: J ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION �^ < M.P.H. Acting Health Officer Ernest M. Fujimoto, M.D., 445 N. San Joaquin Street • P. O. Box 388 • Stockton, CA 95201-0388 C4�iFijR�\P 209/468-3420 I� ATTN MARYROSE PETRIZZO PEP BOYS MANNY MOE and JACK 3111 W ALLEGHENY AVE ;AY 2 �. 199,� PHILADELPHIA PA 19132 h RE: Pep Boys SITE CODE: 39841 845 E Charter Way Stockton CA San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Environmental He th Division (PHS/EHD) has determined that a petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater plume exists beneath the above referenced site. Evidence for the existence of this plume is documented in quarterly groundwater monitoring reports submitted to this agency by the responsible party of a neighboring site which had an unauthorized release of petroleum hydrocarbons from an underground storage tank. The neighboring site is located adjacent to and upgradient of your site. In additions wells with low levels of contamination exist downgradient of your site which indicate that the plume extends the entire length of your site. California state law requires the remediation of this plume. I During the April 26, 1995 telephone conversation with PHS/EHD staff, you were informed of the investigation at the neighboring site and that this agency directed the responsible party at the neighboring site to investigate the extent of the plume beneath your property. You were informed that under current California law, costs incurred during the investigation and remediation of contamination from underground petroleum fuel storage tanks, including costs associated with oversight by PHS/EHD, are reimbursable to the responsible party by the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Program. ` Two of the conditions of reimbursement are that the responsible party is a California resident and that the responsible party had title to the property when the contamination was discovered. When contamination migrates off of the initial site the responsible party for the initial site is eligible for reimbursement for offsite activities. :r M PHS/EHD has received a copy of the April 28, 1995 fax sent by you to Mr. Cussen, the consultant for the responsible party of the neighboring site, which states that you do not permit any outside companies to perforr i investigations on your property. Since you have indicated that you want to be responsible for the cleanup, you have been identified as the responsible party for the contamination beneath your site. Under the California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 11, Section 2726 a 'Responsible Party" is any owner of property where an unauthorized release of a hazardous substance from an underground storage tank has occurred. Your site has been placed in the Local Oversight Program(LOP). This means that PHS/EHD will provide oversight for remediation of the contamination at your site. Since you are not a California resident you are not eligible for reimbursement from the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup :Fund Program. Had you agreed to allow the investigation on your site, as part of the cleanup by the initial responsible party of the neighboring site, you would not have been named as a responsible party and you would have been able to avoid the cleanup costs associated wits your site. In summary, you have been notified of the plume beneath your site, you have been identified as the responsible party and your site has been placed in LOP. You will be billed for oversight services provided by PHS/EHD through the State(of California)Water Resources Control Board(SWRCB). You are not eligible for reimbursement of costs associated with the cleanup. I� i A Division of San.Joaquin County Health Care Services