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CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORvqi_�R NO. R5-2007-0725 -low DOLLY MADISON/LANGENDORF BAKERY 1426 S. LINCOLN ST., ST'OCKTON SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY -5- 17.To date, the State Water Resource Control Board's Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund has not received a claim for the Site. However, Lorrie Greene and Timothy Kong have applied to the Orphan Sites Cleanup Account. Timothy Kong has agreed to conduct the work. Both parties responded to the draft Cleanup and Abatement Order issued 12 April 2007, and met with Regional Board staff on 30 May 2007. AUTHORITY — LEGAL REQUIREMENTS 18.Section 13304(a) of the California Water Code provides that: "Any person who has discharged or discharges waste into waters of the state in violation of any waste discharge requirements or other order or prohibition issued by a regional board or the state board, or who has caused or permitted, causes or permits, or threatens to cause or permit any waste to be discharged or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged into the waters of the state and creates, or threatens to create, a condition of pollution or nuisance, shall upon order of the regional board clean up the waste or abate the effects of the waste, or, in the case of threatened pollution or nuisance, take other necessary remedial action, including but not limited to, overseeing cleanup and abatement efforts. A cleanup and abatement order issued by the state board or a regional board may require the provision of. or payment for, uninterrupted replacement water service, which may include wellhead treatment, to each affected public water supplier or private well owner. Upon failure of any person to comply with the cleanup or abatement order, the Attorney General, at the request of the regional board, shall petition the superior court for that county for the issuance of an injunction requiring the person to comply with the order. In the suit, the court shall have jurisdiction to grant a prohibitory or mandatory injunction, either preliminary or permanent, as the facts may warrant." 19.Section 13304(f) of the California Water Code provides that: "Replacement water provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall meet all applicable federal, state and local drinking water standards and shall have comparable quality to that pumped by the public water system or private well owner prior to the discharge of waste" 20.Section 13267(b)(1) of the California Water Code provides that: "In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require that any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste within its region, or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this state who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge, waste outside of its region that could affect the quality of waters within its region shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board