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f <br /> a CC u t <br /> MCCUTCHEN,DOYLE,BROWN&ENERSEN,LLP NEA��I {3Ni [, > �,`pntG. f <br /> 96 AUG 22 AM 100- 15 <br /> August 21, 1996 Direct: (415)393-2041 <br /> dmoser@mdbe.com <br /> FEDERAL EXPRESS <br /> Mr. Michael Infurna <br /> Senior REHS <br /> San Joaquin County, Public Health Services <br /> Environmental Health Division <br /> 304 E. Weber Avenue, 3rd Floor <br /> Stockton, California 95201 <br /> 305 S. Hutchins Street,Lodi <br /> (Site Code 9149) <br /> Dear Mr. Infurna: <br /> Texaco Refining& Marketing, Inc. ("Texaco') hereby submits the enclosed <br /> closure report for the site located at 305 S. Hutchins Street in Lodi, in compliance with your <br /> recent request. With this submittal, Texaco again requests that San Joaquin County grant <br /> conditional closure for this site, in accordance with our prior meetings with your office. As <br /> discussed further below, time is of the essence due to pending litigation over this site in <br /> federal court, and we would appreciate your prompt attention to this matter. <br /> I. BACKGROUND <br /> In a letter to you dated May 22, 1996, I requested that San Joaquin County <br /> grant conditional closure of the site. The history of this matter is fully described in that <br /> letter. In summary, representatives of the FDIC, Texaco and ARCO met with Diane Hinson, <br /> then the Supervisor of the PHS-EHD Site Mitigation Unit, on January 22, 1996. At the end <br /> of that meeting, the following agreements with Ms. Hinson were reached. First, Ms. Hinson <br /> stated that the County would not require any remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the <br /> groundwater beneath the site under any circumstances. This commitment was due in part to <br /> the existing solvent contamination in that same groundwater, which is part of a regional <br /> solvent plume completely unrelated to the gasoline station operations at the site. Second, Ms. <br /> Hinson stated that the existing contamination of subsurface soils by petroleum hydrocarbons <br /> does not pose any threat to human health or the environment given the depth of the <br /> A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco Palo Alto <br /> San Francisco, California 94111-4066 Los Angeles Washington, D.C. <br /> Tel. 1415) 393-2000 Fax 1415) 393-2286 San Jose Taipei <br /> http://www.mccutchan.com Walnut Creek <br />