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-USA PETROLEUM -2- 19 October 1988 d. Proposed program, including methodology, to define the extent of soil and ground water contamination (including time table) . By letter dated 1 September 1988, we requested that USA Petroleum submit a Preliminary Report(PR) by 30 September 1988, and a Problem Assessment Report(PAR) by 30 December 1988. On 26 September 1988, by telephone, Mr. Barry Marcus of Applied GeoSystems requested an extension to the 30 September date. We agreed to extend the due date to 17 October 1988, provided no additional extensions for the PR or PAR were requested. The requests for submittal of reports are made pursuant to Sections 25297(b) and 25299.5 of Division 20, Chapter 6.7 of the California Health and Safety Code, which states that a Regional Board may take action for the protection of the waters of the State, and Section 13267 of the California Water Code which specifies, in part, that: " (a) A regional board, in establishing or reviewing any water quality control plan or waste discharge requirements, or in connection with any action relating to any plan or requirement or authorized by this division, may investigate the quality of any waters of the state within its region. (b) In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision (a) , the regional board may require that any person discharging or proposing to discharge waste within its region or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this state discharging or proposing to discharge waste outside of its region that could affect the quality of waters within its region shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, those technical or monitoring program- reports as the board may specify. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained from the reports. " Furthermore, Section 13268 of the California Water Code specifies that: " (a) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267, or falsifying any information provided therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b) . (b) (1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a' violation of subdivision (a) in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. (2) Civil liability may be imposed by the superior court in accordance with Articles 5 (commencing with Section