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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Unit Supervisors Carl Borgman,R.E.H.S. Donna K.Heron,R.E.H.S. 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor w`i < DirectorMike Huggins,R.E.H.S.,R.D.I. ° At Olsen,R.E.H.S. Stockton, California 95202-2708 Douglas W.Wilson,R.E.H.S. Program Manager Telephone: (209)468-3420 Margaret Lagorio,R.E.H.S. 9 F OPN` Laurie A.Cotulla,R.E.H.S. Robert McClellon,R.E.H.S. Fax: (209) 464-0138 Mark Barcellos,R.E.H.S. Program Manager JAY MCILRATH DEC 2 0 2002 JC & M MCILRATH PO BOX 326 STOCKTON CA 95201 RE: JAMAR Service SITE CODE: 1667 4075 Main Street Stockton CA 95212 In correspondence dated September 13, 2002 you were notified by San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (SJC/EHD) that if the work plan "Additional Site Assessment Work Plan" dated April 2002, that was conditionally approved by this agency on May 28, 2002 was not implemented by October 31, 2002 this site would be referred to the appropriate agency(s)for enforcement action. It is now December 2002 and the work has not yet been completed. Please note that at a meeting at this office on March 14, 2002 you promised to have the work completed within eight weeks following approval of the work plan. The concentrations of methyl tertiary butyl ether(MtBE) at your site have consistently exceeded 200,000 micrograms per liter(µg/I) in the groundwater. The State Water Resources Control Board has issued a guidance document for the investigation and cleanup of sites that have had a release of ether oxygenates such as MtBE. The contaminant concentrations at your site and its proximity to potential receptors make it a Class A high priority site per the State Water Board criteria. A request by your consultant on October 22, 2002 to delay work until you received pre- approval of costs from the UST Clean Up fund was verbally agreed to by SJC/EHD. You must know however, that waiting for pre-approval of costs is not a valid excuse for delaying work, and will not be agreed to again. As the responsible party to this site you are required by state regulation to clean it up, regardless of eligibility for reimbursement from the fund. In addition, it is your responsibility to have all necessary paperwork submitted to the fund in a timely manner so as not to delay work. The work was re-scheduled to begin on December 16, 2002, but was cancelled at the last minute because the driller you hired did not want to work in the (possible) rain. This also is not an acceptable excuse for delaying work. There are many drilling companies capable of doing the work proposed by your consultant in the rain without a threat to their equipment. The work has been rescheduled to the middle of January 2003, which is approximately 25 weeks, or nearly 6 months, after the date that you promised to have it done.