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�✓ -now, <br /> CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ORDER NO. 95- <br /> CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER <br /> FOR <br /> THE PORT OF STOCKTON, PUREGRO FEED, <br /> PACIFIC MOLASSES AG PRODUCTS AND CARGILL MOLASSES LIQUID PRODUCTS <br /> dba FORMER PM AG PRODUCTS FACILITY <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> This Order is issued to the Port of Stockton, PureGro Feed, Pacific Molasses Ag Products, and <br /> Cargill Molasses Liquid Products (hereafter collectively known as 'Discharger') based on provisions <br /> of California Water Code Section 13304, which authorizes the imposition of a Cleanup and <br /> Abatement Order. <br /> 1. The former PM Ag Products feed facility is in the Moss Tract section of TIN, R6E, <br /> MDB&M, at 2130 West Washington Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County, on approximately <br /> three acres of land owned by the Port of Stockton. <br /> 2. The facility consists of approximately 55 aboveground tanks and one underground tank with <br /> associated aboveground and underground piping used to blend liquid livestock feed <br /> supplements. Raw products consisted of molasses, urea fertilizer, phosphoric acid, whey, <br /> trace minerals, lignin, 10-34-0 fertilizer, limestone, aqueous ammonia, animal drug mixes, <br /> coconut oil, and animal fat. <br /> 3. Aerial photos show that the Army used this area during World War II for equipment storage <br /> and distribution; after that time it was used to store logs. The Port provided the following <br /> history of current operations: In 1965, the Port leased the land to PMS of California, which <br /> built a feed products facility. The company changed names twice: in 1973, to PMS West, <br /> and in 1986 to PureGro Feed. In 1991, PureGro Feed sold all the improvements at the site <br /> to Pacific Molasses Ag Products. The facility has been vacant since 1993, when Cargill <br /> Molasses Liquid Products bought the improvements. Cargill is currently upgrading the tank <br /> farm in anticipation of moving onto the site. <br /> 4. As part of their pre-sale activities, PureGro Feed completed an Environmental Site <br /> Assessment for the facility. The San Joaquin County Public Health Services reviewed the <br /> report, and in August 1992 stated that there appeared to be contaminants at the site, and <br /> asked the Regional Board to provide oversight. <br /> 5. Upon staff's request, PureGro Feed implemented a soil and groundwater investigation. Their <br /> testing determined that extensive nitrogen spills are found throughout the entire area, to a <br /> depth of 15 feet below ground surface. Reduced forms of nitrogen are found at up to 32,000 <br /> ppm, and nitrate (as N) is found at up to 200 ppm. (A background sample contained 4 ppm <br />