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r FALCON ENERGY ASSOCIS - LORZ SITE 1 Y LO E SITE HISTORY THIS 2.3 ACRE RESIDENCE IS LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 99 AT PELTIER ROAD. MR. AND MRS. LORZ PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1964. MR. AND MRS. LORI OPERATED A BUSINESS ENITY MOM AS 'LQDI CONCRETE PIPE SERVICE WHICR ENTAILED THE UTILIZATION OF VARIOUS LARGE TRUCKS.- IN 1969, .A SAN JOAQ0IN COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE WAS OBTAINED BY THE LORZ WHICH ENTITLED THEM TO OPERATE THE BUSINESS FROM _THEIR HOME.PROVIDED NO MANUFACTURING WAS DONE ONSITE AND NO MATERIALS -WERE KEPT ON SITE. IN 1971 THE 500 GALLON FUEL STORAGE TANK WAS INSTALLED TO FACILITATE THE FUEL REQUIREMENTS OF THE LORZ`S. TRUCKS. IN 1977, AN ADDITIONAL 350 GALLON TANK WAS INTALLED FOR UNLEADED GASOLINE._- IN '1986, THE LORZ RECEIVED -NOTIFICATION THAT THEIR TANKS WOULD HAVE TO BE .REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND -MONITORING WOULD BE REQUIRED. THE LORZ PROPERLY-REGISTERED THE TANKS, PAID THE.-REQUIRED FEES THEREAFTER AND MONITORED BOTH TANKS AT LEAST MONTHLY, AS REQUIRED. THE.TANK-MONITORING LOGS STILL RETAINED BY MR. AND Ms. LORI INDICATE THAT THE. TANKS WERE FILLED, ON AVERAGE, APPROXIMATELY FOUR OR--FIVE TIM ES:'EACH YEAR. THE MONITORING LOGS INDICATE NO MEASURABLE LOSS OF FUEL IN THE THREE YEARS WHICH THE RECORDS WERE KEPT, MR. AND MRS.- LORZ BOTH HAVE' INDICATED THAT-THEY ADMONISHED VARIOUS VENDORS, ON:MORE THAN ONE -O-.CCASSION, TO 'NOT FILL-THE TANKS TO THE TOP OF THE FILLER PIPES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AS EXPANSION FORCED EXTREMELY SMALL QUANTITIES OF FUEL TO DRIBBLE THROUGH THE OVERFLOW VENTS. ON ONE OCCASSION, THE LORZ RECALL'- THAT- THE VENDOR/DRIVER LET THE ONE OF THE TANKS FILL TO FULL WHEREIN THEY ESTIMATE FIVE TO TEN'GALLONS OVERFLOWED. THE VENDOR WAS LAX IN HIS ATTENTION TO THE FILLING OPERATION. THIS OVERFILLING . IS THE ONLY PLAUSIBLE REASON THAT- THE LORZ FEEL-MAY HAVE CAUSED THE SMALL AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE WHICH HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE TESTING PROCEDURE. THEY ESTIMATE THAT IN THE 19 YEARS FROM' INSTALLATION° OF THE FIRST TANK THAT A MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OF 150 GALLONS MAY HAVE OVERFLOWED, HEALTH-REASONS FORCED THE 10RZ-JO CONSIDER RETIRING AND THEY BEGAN EFFORTS TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY IN 1957, IN 19N; -THEY WERE INFORMED BY . SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH THAT' THE TANKS WOULD HAVE TO BE 'REMOVED. THEY HAD ALREADY BEGUN THE PROCESS OF-- HAVING THE TANKS REMOVED