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t f e.. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT Q SAN JOAUIN COUNTY �o.•_�.coG Unit Supervisors —' Donna K.Heran,R.E.H.S. Director 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor Carl Borgman,R.E.H.S. 1 Al Olsen,R.E.H.S. Stockton, California 95202-2708 Mike Huggins,R.E.H.S.,R.D.I. �:• Douglas W.Wilson,R.E.H.S. • oq t F o R��P Program Manager Telephone: (209) 468-3420 Margaret Lagorio,R.E.H.S. Laurie A.Cotulla,R.E.H.S. Fax: (209) 464-0138 Robert McClellon,R.E.H.S. Program Manager Mark Barcellos,R.E.H.S. April 30, 2003 FILE C[DIPY Rusty Firenze, Consultant Cardlock Development,Design and Consulting 1293 Sleepy Hollow Lane Milbrae, CA 94030-1528 RE: Ramos Oil Company Project, 26440 North Thornton Road, Thornton PA-03-29 (SA), Convenience Store, Retail Gasoline and Cardlock This letter is in response to your letter dated April 3, 2003. In response to your concerns, it is Environmental Health Department's (EHD) responsibility on a pre-application to put forth to the best of our knowledge all the applicable conditions of approval that could affect the proposed project. In reviewing Environmental Health Departments comments dated February 19, 2003, for the Ramos Oil Company, Condition A delineates the requirement for a wastewater study found in San Joaquin County Development Title, Section 9-1105.2. The requirement related to a public wastewater system within a freeway service area is noted in Condition A. There has been no approval letter for Mr. Singh's wastewater treatment system as of today. The EHD has yet to see any final engineered drawings. The MicroSepTec Waste Water Treatment System that Mr. Singh is proposing will have several operating and permit conditions attached to it. Approval is subject to evaluation and based on EHD experience with a unit installed in Tracy, California. The Tracy system is under an evaluation and monitoring program in accordance with its permit. Considering your client has 20 acres plus that could be developed in Thornton, Mr. Borges on behalf of the EHD was looking at a bigger picture for Thornton in his comments and direction for you. Contacting Mr. Singh to determine if a larger wastewater treatment system could be engineered, thus allowing both projects and future development to have a greater opportunity for more services. The cost of a wastewater treatment system should be sought from a reliable Civil Engineer who has designed numerous systems, including installing them with a proven record of success. It does not do your business or Ramos Oil Company, or San Joaquin County any good to have an unproven wastewater treatment system approved and installed and experience failure.