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SUMMARY OF MEETING: PM AG PRODUCTS - 2 - PM Ag Products currently has a sale pending for this property; they expect to have it transferred to the new owner by 1 January 1993. Because of this, they wish PureGro to complete the work as soon as possible. Another wrinkle is that PureGro is also being sold, probably about 1 February 1993. According to that sale agreement, Unocal (PureGro's parent company) will be responsible for completing any outstanding cleanup work. Pat asked that I address all correspondence to Matt Smith at the PureGro Corporate office. All PM Ag Products correspondence should be addressed to Bill Withrow. PM Ag Products North Plant, 2115 W. Washington This feed plant has not handled products for a few months, and is undergoing a major renovation. PM Ag Products plans to reopen the North Plant when the South ' Plant changes hands in January. Concrete loading pads are being installed in all truck loading areas. A "hazardous" tank farm has been constructed with concrete floors and a concrete spill containment wall . A second tank farm is currently being retrofitted with concrete floors and a spill containment wall . The third tank farm, consisting of the largest tanks, will not have containment walls, but will have load-out pads. PM Ag Products has an agreement with the Stockton Sewage Treatment Plant that allows stormwater (including any leaks or spills of product) from the tank farms and load-out pads to flow into the city sewers, and to the sewage treatment plant. However, the sewage treatment plant will not accept stormwater from the non-tank farm areas, so stormwater from these areas flows to city storm drains. From a water quality standpoint, this is fine because these non-operational areas should be clean. We discussed the Retail Fertilizer Dealer Waiver Program, and I passed out copies of the management practices. Based on what I observed today, the plant falls under the waiver program, and qualifies for a waiver of waste discharge requirements. A final point of discussion was the fertilizer spill which occurred several years ago. As noted in our files, soil was removed, and monitoring well installed. PM Ag Products has now completed the four quarters of monitoring required by the Board, and have not found excess nitrogen levels in the groundwater. They would like to have the option to abandon the monitoring well if it is not longer needed. I told them that I would review the file and send a closure letter to Pete.