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✓ �/ • `� Robert F.Staab ConocoPhillips Region Manager ConocoPhillips Company 1230 W.Washington St. Suite 212 Tempe,AZ 85281 602.728.7058 January 29, 2004 REGISTER MAIL# li ECE V ED Mike Infurna FEB 0 2 2004 San Joaquin Co. Enviro., Health Division 304 E. Weber Ave., 3rd Floor Stockton, CA 95202 ENVIRONMENT HEALTH PERMIT/SERVICES Subject: ConocoPhillips Corrective Action Responsibilities Relative to Stock Sale of Circle K Stores, Inc. On December 17, 2003 (referred herein as"Closing Date"), Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (parent of The Circle K Corporation and Circle K Stores, Inc.), a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Qu6bec, Canada(referred herein as"ACTI") acquired The Circle K Corporation and Circle K Stores, Inc. ("Circle K") from ConocoPhillips Company (referred herein as"COP") in a stock purchase transaction. Previsions of the Environmental Liability Agreement(referred herein as"Agreement")control the baseline assessment, reporting, and remediation of petroleum contamination at Circle K facilities. Under the Agreement, among other things: 1) COP will be the responsiblearty with respect to all Baseline Contamination and will be responsible for all Baseline c1)Corrective Action and Baseline Corrective Action Costs at the following: (i) those Circle K sites that had active or planned remediation or monitoring on the Closing Date or known or identified contamination on the Closing Date (a list of these sites in California is attached hereto as Exhibit A); and (ii) those additional Circle K sites(if any) that are identified within 180 days after the Closing Date to reveal contamination requiring corrective action, based on assessments to be completed during that 180-day period (through June 14, 2004) based upon procedures agreed to by the parties. 2) ACTI will be responsible for New(z)Corrective Action and New Corrective Action Costs and will be responsible for any related reporting required by applicable environmental laws as current owner and operator. (1) In the Agreement,the contamination described in clauses (i)and (ii) above is called "Bgseline Contamination', the related corrective action is called"Baseline Corrective Action"and the related costs are called"Baseline Corrective Action Costs'. (4 In the Agreement, any contamination at any of the Circle K sites that is not Baseline Contamination, including any release commencing after the Closing Date, is called "New Contamination". ACT is responsible for New Contamination and related"New Corrective Action'and"New Corrective Action Costs".