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LHEALTH SERVICESPUB IC SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION Karen Furst, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer ; 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor- Stockton, CA 95202 %Foams 209/468-3420 FILE THOMAS O'NEILL & ANDREW HYD= APR 2 31999 PO BOX 923 STOCKTON CA 95201 RE: Valley Motors SITE CODE: 1166 800 E. Main St. Stockton,CA.,95202 In a meeting held at San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division (PHS-EHD) on January 12, 1999,Mr. Frank Enright assured the City of Stockton representative and PHS-EHD that he would be submitting a document concerning ownership of an abandoned underground storage tank(UST) at the northeast corner of the site. This document was to be submitted to PHS-EHD by March 1, 1999 and as of this date, has not been received. On March 9, 1999,PHS-EHD directed you to submit a work plan to define the groundwater contamination by April 14, 1999. The work plan has not been received at PHS-EHD. Additionally,a UST Closure Plan and fees were to be submitted to PHS-EHD by March 31, 1999 for the illegally abandoned UST located in the City of Stockton's right of way on Main Street. As of this date, the UST Closure Plan has not been received. The February 19, 1999 proposal to over-excavate petroleum contaminated soil was not approved by PHS-EHD on March 9, 1999. In correspondence dated the same day,PHS-EHD notified you that the over-excavation may proceed at your own expense if you still wanted to proceed and requested that you acknowledge that the over-excavation of the 825 to 1825 cubic yards of soil was not directed by PHS-EHD. Your written letter of intention was due by April 14, 1999 and has not been received. You are not in compliance with PHS-EHD directives since you failed to submit the work plan, the UST Closure Plan, and the associated fees. UST sites are required to be in compliance with directives issued by PHS-EHD in order to become or remain eligible to receive reimbursement from the State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB) Clean Up Fund (CUF). Failure to comply with PHS-EHD directives may also result in a referral to the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Environmental Prosecutions Unit for formal enforcement. The failure to submit a UST Closure Plan is being referred to the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office for formal enforcement action. The SWRCB-CLF allows 90 days for responsible parties to come into compliance with directives issued by PHS-EHD. This is to notify you that you have until June 9, 1999 (ninety days from the original directive) to submit a complete work plan, boring permit application, and the $89 application fee. A Division of San Joaquin County Hcalrh Care Scrvices