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CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER NO. 5-00-707 4 FORMER UNOCAL AND MONTGOMERY WARDS 5606 AND 5400 PACIFIC AVENUE, STOCKTON SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 13. Section 13267(b) of the California Water Code provides that: "!n conducting an investigation specified in subdivision(a), the regional board may require that any person wh has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of discharging, or is proposing 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 ofdischarging, or who proposes to discharge, waste outside its region that could affect the quality ofwaters within its region shalt furnish, under penalty ofperjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board requires. The bur n, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits tp be obtained from the reports." 14. Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 5, Section 2652 (c and d) of the California Code of Regula ons requires the Discharger to submit quarterly reports containing the results of all correctiv action activities occurring during the previous three months. 15. The issuance of this Order is an enforcement action taken by a regulatory agency and is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Section 15321(a)(2), Title 14, California Code of Regulations. 16. Any person affected by this action of the Board may petition the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) to review the action in accordance with Title 23 of the California C de of Regulations sections 2050-2068. The State Board must receive the petition within 30 d ys of the date of this Order. Copies of the law and regulations applicable to filing petitions will b provided on request. In addition to filing a petition with the State Board, any person affected adversely by this Order may request the Regional Board to reconsider this Order. Such i equest should be made within 30 days of the date of this Order. Note that even if reconsideration by the Regional Board is sought, filing a petition with the State Board within the statutory time period is necessary to preserve the petitioner's legal rights. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 13267 and 13304 of the California Wa er Code, the Discharger shall: 1. Clean up the petroleum hydrocarbons and abate forthwith, the existing and threatened effects of petroleum hydrocarbons that have, and continue to be, discharged to soil and groundwater from this site. "Forthwith"means as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event, no later tf.an the deadlines imposed by this Order. Site-Specific Investigation and Cleanup Tasks for Unocal and Wards Sites Com liance Date 2. Work cooperatively with Delta staff to provide a short-term alternative 15 Septemb ar 2000 irrigation water source that is capable of supplying the demand required by Delta.