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Cleanup activities at the Property have been successful in removing some of the salt contamination from the A-zone aquifer and have provided an alternate supply of water to neighbors affected by the pollution plume. Despite remediation of groundwater and the decline in salinity concentrations in the A-zone aquifer, groundwater concentrations do not yet meet water quality objectives. Continued monitoring of the pollutant plume is needed to determine the threat posed by the existing pollutant plume and any decline in concentrations due to diffusion. H. DEFINITIONS Unless otherwise expressly provided herein,terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the California Water Code have the meaning assigned to them in the California Water Code. 2.1 "California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region"shall mean the State of California, Environmental Protection Agency,Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, and any successor agency of the State of California that may have responsibility for and jurisdiction over the subject matter of this Agreement. 2.2 "Douglas" or"Released Parties", for purposes of this Agreement, includes the individual Vfichael Douglas and his successors and assigns, by virtue of Douglas' ownership of the Property. Douglas did not cause the Known Conditions at the Property, and was not prior to 1998, an owner of the Property. 2.3 "Known Conditions" shall mean any waste, as defined in the California Water Code, present or existing at, on, or under(including within the groundwater beneath) the Property, that was disclosed to the Board or is reasonably discernible from the report [give date and title of report] previously submitted to the Board, as of the date Douglas takes possession of the Property, but does not include discharges to soil or ground water that may have occurred from underground tanks known to be present at the Property. 2.4 "Parties" shall mean the Board and Douglas. III. AGREEMENT' 3.1 Cleanup and Abatement Actions. Douglas agrees to complete the following tasks according to the specified time schedules: A. Provide a permanent water supply for the Warmerdam's property and any other properties whose water supply has been impacted by the waste discharged from the Property. A permanent water supply could include replacement wells or a binding agreement which would guarantee a water supply for such impacted properties. B. Submit a workplan to the Board and County of San Joaquin, and after approval remove the underground petroleum storage tanks in accordance with County and State regulatory requirements. There are known to be three underground tanks. One of these tanks is a