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" Advanced GeoEnvironmental , Inc . 0 1h. 0:11sm 13 February 2009 U L� D AGE-NC Project No. 97-0301 FEB 1 8 2009 Ms . Vicki McCartney ENVIRONMENT HEALTH San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department PERMIT/SERVICES 600 East Main Street f Stockton, California 95202 1 a sem/ Subject: Request For Reduction of Monitoring Activities PACIFIC PRIDE - EL DORADO 3147 South El Dorado Street, Stockton, California Dear Ms. McCartney: On behalf of Mr. David Atwater of Van De Pol Enterprises, Advanced GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (AGE) has prepared this letter to request a reduction of groundwater monitoring activities at Pacific Pride - El Dorado, 3147 South El Dorado Street, Stockton, California (site) . Since December 1999, atotal ofthirty-six (36) consecutive quarterly groundwater monitoring events have been conducted at this site (see Tables 1 and 2). Based on the ground water monitoring data collected to date, there does not appear to be increasing trends in ground water concentrations and the ground water plume appears to be in a stable state. Therefore, AGE believes that continued quarterly ground water sampling from wells MW- 1 through MW- 12 for the investigation is not cost effective. Currently, AGE is in the process of preparing a corrective action plan (CAP). Until this site is operating a ground water remediation system (ifwarranted), annual sampling events should be adequate enough to monitor ground water impact at the site, and should be re-evaluated on a annual basis . As you are aware, costs associated with the cleanup effort at this site are presently reimbursed by the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Fund. However, Van De Pol Enterprises was recently notified by the UST Cleanup Fund on 09 January 2009 that future reimbursements for this claim would be suspended indefinitely until funds become available. Due to the significant cost ofprevious quarterly monitoring at this site, Van De Pol Enterprises has accrued over $ 150,000 of expenses that has not been reimbursed by the UST Cleanup Fund. Furthermore, Van De Pol Enterprises has recently had three additional UST investigations suspended by the UST Cleanup Fund. These suspensions combined with the accrued cost of quarterly monitoring has caused a great financial hardship on Van De Pol Enterprises. Van De Pol Enterprises does not have the financial capabilities to continue absorbing costs with the ongoing quarterly ground water monitoring program. Therefore, AGE is requestingthat the quarterly ground water monitoring program be reduced to an annual monitoring program. Your cooperation 837 Shaw Road, Stockton, California 95215 Telephone (209) 467 -1006 Fax (209) 467 - 1118