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Sprint. Environmental —Region,West 330 S.Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas,NV 89032 Voice: (702)244-7212 FAX: (702}244-7847 November 30, 2001 Dennis Catanyag San Joaquin County Public Health Services Environmental Health Division 304 E. Weber Ave., 3rd Floor Stockton, CA 95202 Re: Under zround Storage Tank UST Program Ins ection Re ort Dated 10/24/01 Mr. Catanyag: On October 24, 2001, an annual test/inspection of the UST monitoring system located at the Sprint Telephone Switch on 3807 Coronado Ave, in Stockton, California, was performed by a certified independent company and witnessed by the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division. During the test, the inspector noted several violations, and issued an Inspection Report with the violations. On November 12, Sprint requested an extension of that 30-day deadline for responding, and was granted verbal approval by telephonic communication on Thursday, November 15, 2001. This serves as Sprint's response to each specific allegation of noncompliance: Item#3. Current State Form B—Completed form is attached. Items #5, 9, 10, 11, 15 —the allegation that no monitoring system is in place that detects liquid accumulation and other UST anomalies is in error. Sprint takes exception to this assertion, because an active UST monitoring system is, and has been in place since the initial installation of the UST. The current monitoring system is an Andover Infinity, Model SX8000/CX9200—a system whose status and alarms are continuously viewed, and tracked, by Sprint employees sitting at console stations at the Building and Maintenance Center (BMC). Contrary to the violations noted on 10/21/01, Attachment 4 is the record of the visual and audible alarms (witnessed by BMC personnel) that were intentionally set off during the annual testing of the system. The Environmental Health Division states that the current system is not County- approved and must be replaced. Although Sprint was unable to find, or obtain, a published list of county-approved monitoring systems, Sprint has applied for an Underground Tank Retrofit permit (Attachment 10), as required by the Agency representative. The installation of a Veeder Root, Model TLS300, should be completed on, or about, December 21, 2001. During this period, no interruption of monitoring capability is expected. Also, the audible and visual overfill alarm located outside the building, in proximity of the UST, has been repaired.