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James Ramsey Marilyn Ramsey P.O. Box 793 Windsor California 95246 Sept 24, 2008 California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region 11020 Sun Center Drive Rancho Cordova California 95670-6114 Attn: Karl E. Longley, Chair Statement of Facts and Demand to Remove James C. Ramsey and Marilyn A. Ramsey from CAO R5-2008-XXXX (R5-2003-0713) The Prosecution Staff Report and the proposed CAO (Proposed) is rife with inaccuracies, distortions and outright misinformation. On May 2, 1992 JQCEHD found a small dispenser leak in one of the pumps on the front island. This was corrected immediately. They also requested a positive monitoring system, because of the single wall tanks, which was complied with. The station was operated in full compliance with county standards and permits. The Oil tanks were removed at my request in 1994 because they needed annual testing by being water filled, were not in use and were of no benefit. The minor amount of pollution found in the soil was removed and disposed of under county supervision. The February 1995 soils test was requested by the Bank of Stockton and had nothing to do with the county or possible UST releases. Most of the samples had no detectable level and the time or the source of the results found was not identified. No test for MTBE was done. All activities and actions from early 1996 on were with Frank Guinta as the sole owner and operator. James and Marilyn Ramsey were added to the ongoing process of the continuing clean up by Frank Guinta, at the request of Guinta's Representatives on April 30 2003 (CAO April 3 2003) according to staff. In addition staff did not contact myself or my wife concerning this matter personally, until Jan. 2006 in order to serve us with an administrative fine action for failure to act. This is after Guinta had spent 9 years (1996-2005) as the sole responsible party replacing the old tanks and cleaning up the site.