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May 18, 1996- USCG-Marine Safety Detachment Concord, CA. Gentlemen, I'm sending this fax to express my concern for a rapidly developing situation here at King Island-Holiday Harbor Resort, in the California Delta. I am fearful this situation will result in the introduction of large quantities of hazardous material into the water and prove harmful to the flora and fauna of this area as well as adding to the already deteriorating quality of the water in the Delta. Westrec Corporation is in the process of installing a new facility for an outside houseboat rental firm here at Holiday Harbor. Part of the plans call for the installation of a huge Hydro-Lift with which they plan to raise their fifty-toot houseboats out of the water so they can perform maintenance and repair services to them without moving them to a proper drydock environment. My contention is that unless some kind of drain system is installed between the surface of the water and the boat being worked on, a large amount of foreign and hazardous materials will be introduced into the water. This would include such materials as oil, gasoline, lubricants, paint, holding tank effluents, welding by-products and other harmful detritus_ This potential situation will make the already existing problem present at Tower Park Marina, also managed by Westrec, pale by comparison. The problem at Tower Park, where contaminates from the shop work area of Delta Marine Engines drain directly through the floor into the water below, may have been corrected, but I don't think so. I would certainly hope so. I expressed my concerns to the San Joaquin County Planning Commision, from whom the building permit for this facility was obtained, but they have thus far ignored my communications. As far as I can ascertain,none of the mandatory environmental impact studies have been done prior to their issuance of this building permit. The docks and the Hydro-Lift unit arrived by truck last week and the docks are being assembled in the water at the present time. The Hydro-Lift unit is still land-side in the parking area here at King Island. I have lived and worked here in the Delta for many years. My concern is that these large, out-of-state corporations are being allowed to by-pass the environmental guidelines established to protect our Delta. This, combined with the huge amount of water being transferred to other areas, has resulted in the present problems we have with our fisheries and water quality here in the Delta.