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Joe Panetta — JNL Farms 95 W. 11 th St., Tracy. page 2 The development of the property began without notification to the EHD and resulted in a majority of the monitoring wells being damaged or lost from the grading at the site. Although the monitoring wells were found and repaired, your urgency to develop the site continues. You may not have adequately taken into your planning the requirements to investigate and remediate the contaminant impact to soil and groundwater from the former underground storage tanks. Investigative and remedial costs may be significantly higher because the work will now have to occur under and around a building. Since your petroleum groundwater plume is not laterally or vertically defined at this time, after the building is complete the required investigation may include multiple costly slant borings or remedial well installations. EHD strongly recommends you reevaluate your plan of action for this site and proceed with the most cost-effective approach. Aggressive investigation and remedial action to clean up the site should be taken before the building is started. The corrective action approach proposed now is based on meeting building requirements and may not be cost-effective. This could jeopardize any reimbursement costs from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Clean Up Fund if the site is determined to be eligible for reimbursement costs. EHD approved a request to start some of the work included in this plan before this written approval was completed and issued. An appointment for the destruction of the three monitoring wells was taken for September 15, 2003 and MW -1, 3, & 4 were properly destroyed on that date. The boring permit for the additional monitoring well installations has not been submitted and therefore may not proceed. The public participation period is still in progress and the over -excavation cannot start without EHD approval after the comment period is over. Please continue to forward your comments and submittals to Michael Infurna or you may contact him at (209) 468-3454. Donna Heran, RENS, Director Enviro ental Health Divisi ichael J. Infurna Jr., enior RXHS LOP - Site Mitigation Unit IV Margare agorio, RENS Supervisor MI/ c: CVRWQCB — J.L.L. Barton, Sacramento. c: AGE - Donna Sexton 837 Shaw Rd, Stockton. 95215 c: -JLN Farms - Joseph Nomellini, 13084 E. Hwy 26, Stockton 95205.