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Ef] uphe&xT W"wa&�y March 15, 2004 FOR: San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department Mr. Mike Huggins, R.E.H.S., R.D.I. 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor Stockton, CA 95202 Hand-Delivered PROJECT: 420 Hewitt Road-Linden, CA 95236 PA-04-69 Mr. Arturo Paniaqua- Applicant SUBJECT: Surface and Subsurface Contamination Report Dear Mr. Huggins: This letter is in response to a notice that a Surface and Subsurface Contamination Report(SSCR) I conducted for the above-referenced project was deemed incomplete. The following correspondence is my rebuttal to this notice, which was reviewed by Mr. Escotto, and is attached. Although it may be unnecessary, I would first like to document my credentials to conduct any type of environmental investigation, including an SSCR. As you know, my Bachelor's degree is in agronomy/plant science from the University of California at Riverside. I have passed four out of the five exams required for a civil engineering registration (including the national exam), except for the surveying portion that is only required by the state of California. Every other state in the union recognizes applicants as civil engineers after the applicant has passed the national exam. I hold a Registered Environmental Assessor's (REA) license (See attached) from the California Environmental Protection Agency, and a California Pest Control Advisors (PCA) license (See attached) from the Department of Pesticide Regulation. I also hold a hazardous materials transportation license from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). In addition to my college education, I have completed the Environmental Management and Auditing Program at the University of California at Davis (See attached). This program is the highest rated and the most comprehensive university environmental management and auditing program in the United States. I have conducted, or been involved with, literally hundreds of environmental investigations,reports, testing and analyses, for projects in all eight counties of the San Joaquin Valley over the past 16 years. To begin with, any SSCR is not, and cannot be considered a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) since the reference to the SSCR in the Development Title makes no mention of a Phase I ESA. However, I will make reference to the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) E1527 for the Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, since it is obvious Mr. Escotto is attempting to make the SSCR into a Phase I ESA. P. O. Box3794 ♦ `Turfocfl Cq 95381 i� I eOW9)668-1403 ♦ FaX(209)668-2598