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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT p4°'N SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Unit Supervisors Donna K.Heran,R.E.H.S. Carl Bergman,R.E.H.S. Director 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor Mike Huggins,R.E.H.S.,R.D.I. Al Olsen,R.E.H.S. Stockton, California 95202-2708 Douglas W.Wilson,R.E.H.S. • .. `pProgram Manager Telephone: (209) 468-3420 Margaret Lagorio,R.E.H.S. oaP Laurie A.Cotulla,R.E.H.S. Robert McClellon,R.E.H.S. Fax: (209) 464-0138 Mark Barcellos,R.E.H.S. Program Manager FEB 2 6 2004 MABEL KEIR 1103 GRANTLINE CT MODESTO CA 95330 RE: Lopez Properties SITE CODE: 0001525 1601 Turnpike Stockton, CA 95206 San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD)has reviewed the letters dated January 26, 2004, and February 18, 2004, from your attorney, Kathy L. Monday, with Damrell Nelson Schrimp Pallios Pacher& Silva Attorneys. EHD also reviewed the Grant Deed hand delivered by Ms. Monday on February 17, 2004, showing ownership of the above-referenced property was granted to Duncan B. and Mabel Todd Keir from Turnpike Associates on April 16, 1986. In a meeting with Duncan Keir, Bill Snyder, Mervyn Totman, and Ralph Smith, on February 21, 1995, EHD staff was informed that R. Goold & Son operated the underground storage tank(UST) and leased the property from Turnpike Associates. The men that formed the partnership of Turnpike Associates were: E. R. Goold,Ralph Smith,Bill Snyder, and Mervyn Totman. EHD was told these same men owned R. Goold& Son. On February 20,2004, EHD sent R. Goold and Son, contact person Bill Snyder, a"Notice of Responsibility" letter since that company may have been the last operator of the UST. This is the same letter that EHD sent to you and Nereida Lopez on October 17, 2003. This means that R. Goold and Son, Ms. Nereida Lopez, and you have each been named as a responsible party and as such, EHD considers each party equally responsible for assessing and cleaning up the site at 1601 Turnpike. The decision not to remove you as a responsible party is based on the following: • You, as the UST owner,had control of the UST at the time of or following the unauthorized release of a hazardous substance. • It is unknown when the unauthorized release occurred. • There is no documentation to show when the UST was emptied of its contents. • There is no documentation that the UST was not used between the time you purchased the property on April 16, 1986, and when the UST was removed on October 14, 1987.