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I Canepa's Car Wash 2 Claim No, 019982 Fund closed Claim No . 8449 on December 19, 2011 , because Canepa's Car Wash received the maximum reimbursement per occurrence for the claim . UST System #2 In April 1993 Canepa's Car Wash installed a new UST system (three 12 , 000-gallons), which I will refer to as UST System #2. On March 6, 2012 , San Joaquin County concluded a probable second release occurred between 1998 and 2002 from UST System #2. On October 17, 2012 , the Fund received a claim application . Our investigation confirmed a subsequent release occurred from UST System #2; however, the second release for Claim No . 19982 was not a separate occurrence from the first release funded under Claim No. 8449, Discussion Occurrence Section 25299. 19 of Chapter 6.75, Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code defines "occurrence" as follows: "An accident, .including continuous or repeated exposure to conditions, which results in an unauthorized release of petroleum from a UST. Unauthorized releases at the same site which require only a single site investigation shall be considered as one occurrence. An unauthorized release subsequent to a previous unauthorized release at the same site shall only _ be considered a separate occurrence if an initial site investigation has been completed for the prior unauthorized release. Initial Site Investigation Section 2804 of Chapter 18, Division 3, and Title 23 of the Petroleum UST Fund Regulations defines "initial site investigation" as follows: "A soil and groundwater investigation sufficient to identify where contamination resulting from an unauthorized release is most likely to be present." Based on the Fund's review of the application and supporting documentation submitted, the initial site investigation for UST System #1 had not been completed in 2002 . This is evident based on the following correspondences from San Joaquin County relating to UST System #1 : • On October 28, 2004, the County approved the remedial action plan for soil and groundwater. • By letters dated December 1 , 2008, and May 18, 2011 , respectively, the County directed Canepa's Car Wash to submit a work plan to complete the lateral delineation of impacted groundwater.