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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ' <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION <br /> Ernest M. Fujimoto, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Health Officer._ <br /> �/FOR <br /> 445 N. San Joaquin Street • P.O. Box 388 • Stockton, CA 95201-0388 <br /> (209) 468-3420 <br /> O D <br /> CHARLES ALTREE <br /> LINDEN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT <br /> 18351 E MAIN STREET MAR 2 g 199<<, <br /> LINDEN CA 95236 <br /> RE: BUS GARAGE SITE CODE: 1817 <br /> 18351 E MAIN STREET <br /> LINDEN CA <br /> San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division (PHS/EHD) has not issued <br /> the above listed site a permit although the site has been in compliance with requirements to own or <br /> operate the tank(s). <br /> Section 2712 (d) of the 1985 Underground Tank regulations (California Administrative Code, Title 23, <br /> Chapter 3, Subchapter 16) stated that"the local agency shall not issue a permit to operate an <br /> underground storage tank" until the local agency had inspected the facility and determined that the <br /> tank(s) complied with the regulations. Our interpretation of the statute implied that underground <br /> storage tank sites lacking a local agency site inspection or sites with soil or groundwater contamination <br /> could not be issued operating permits until the following was achieved: 1) a site inspection evaluation; <br /> 2) verification of appropriate monitoring method; 3) adequate and appropriate inventory reconciliation <br /> records; and/or 4) complete investigation and cleanup of the contaminated site. <br /> Due to this interpretation of the law, this site, as well as many others, was not issued a permit. <br /> However, it is our determination that this facility was operating in compliance with the regulations and <br /> should be considered for state funding. <br /> With the addition of Sections 2653 and 2654 to the 1991 Underground Storage Tank Regulations, <br /> PHS/EHD has the authority to require investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites, therefore, permits <br /> will no longer be withheld. <br /> If you have any questions please contact Linda Turkatte, Senior REHS, of my staff at (209) 468-3441. <br /> Ernest M. Fujimoto, M.D., M.P.H. <br /> Acting Health Officer <br /> L7 '��T/�� <br /> Diane M. Hinson, Supervising R.E.H.S. <br /> Environmental Health Division <br /> DMH/It <br /> A Di%ision of tion Joaquin County Health Care Services <br />