WHEREAS:

1.  The Executive Officer of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, submitted a written request to the Chief of the Division of Clean Water Programs for funding in an amount not to exceed $200,000 from the EAR Account for the prompt cleanup of petroleum from the underground storage tank (UST) system at the Beacon Gas Station at 3208 Highway 50 in Meyers, El Dorado County, which has polluted the ground water beneath and in the vicinity of the site and has impacted the South Tahoe Public Utility District's Arrowhead Nos. 1 and 2 municipal drinking water supply wells;

2.  Prompt action by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to abate the situation is necessary to protect human health and the environment;

3.  Funds are available from the EAR Account, established pursuant to section 25299.50 of the Health and Safety Code (Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Program);

4.  The California Regional Water Quality Control Board issued Cleanup and Abatement Order No. 6-98-18 on March 19, 1998 and the J. E. Tveten Corporation has failed to take corrective actions as ordered; and

5.  Section 25299.51 of the Health and Safety Code authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to provide funds to California Regional Water Quality Control Boards for cleanup of UST sites.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to section 25299.50 of the Health and Safety Code, authorizes an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 from the EAR Account for the Lahontan Regional Board to perform prompt corrective action at 3208 Highway 50 in Meyers.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and a correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on May 20, 1999.

/s/
Maureen Marchè
Administrative Assistant to the Board