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i V(M),Background of Claim Background of Property In 1936 the property was purchased by Guiseppe and Angela Caffese from Oil Products Company, Ltd Included in this purchase was the land as well as all equipment, fixtures,gasoline pumps and all other personal property located at the premises Oil Products Company conducted a gasoline and service station business at the southeast corner of Wilson Way and Market Street Harold A Knowles and his wife, Dena W. Knowles, bought the property from Gusieppe Caffese and Angela Caffese on February 24, 1947. The Knowles operated a service station and retail store business. Harold A Knowles and his wife Dena W Knowles,sold the property to Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Stockton,Inc on August 5, 1977 The Knowles sold the property with the tanks and pumps intact to Pepsi-Cola Pepsi-Cola allegedly excavated, through a general contractor, removed the tanks and paved over the area approximately in the . end of December 1978 or the first of January 1979.The permit for removal of the underground storage tanks indicated that the Knowles requested a permit for removal of the tank(s) This was not the case. The permit was issued approximately one year after the Knowles sold the property to Pepsi-Cola San Joaquin County issued the permit in the Knowles' store name by mistake Pepsi-Cola thereafter sold the property to Union Safe Deposit Bank on December 13, 1985 who in turn sold the property to Roek Brothers Construction on December 24,1985 Roek brothers as well as the local agency have demanded that all previous property owners undertake the responsibility to investigate and remediate the contamination at this property CORRECTIVE ACTION TO DATE The Roeks have undertaken to date the entire costs associated with the corrective action To fully define the extent of contamination onsite, a preliminary site assessment and a soil and groundwater investigation have been conducted by the