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Hiqh TECh ENTERPRiSES ,,DEC 6 20A 4 December 2004 ENVIROWIFN7 To: Michael J. Infurna Jr., Senior REHS pF San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor Stockton, CA 95202-2708 (209)468-3454 From: Edward W. Finucane,PE, QEP, CSP, CIH Subject: San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department requirements for the final settle- ment of the septic tank/water well situation at the Saint Francis Motel, 5708 North Highway 99 Frontage Road, Stockton,CA 95212 Pursuant to our telephone conversation of Wednesday, 1 December 2004, I would like to provide a summary of information all of which relates to the matter of the Saint Francis Motel's septic tank and water well. I will start with a chronology. 1. In late April, 2004, Room#108 of the Saint Francis Motel was found to have been used to manu- facture crystal methamphetamines. The room's occupants were arrested and the room sealed off. 2. Shortly thereafter, members of CRACKNET cleared the room of: (1)raw material chemicals, (2) manufacturing intermediates, (3)finished product chemicals, and(4) the apparatus used in the overall operation. The CRACKNET team also performed a visual examination of the motel room with the goal of determining if there might have been any area in it where a hazardous spill could have occurred. Their determination was that there had been no such spill. At this point the room was tagged to prevent any future human occupancy until all interior hazards were deter- mined objectively to be absent. 3. In early May, 2004, I was contracted by the Saint Frances Motel to clear this motel room. I de- termined—using a pair of calibrated ambient air analyzers, and systems designed to identify any area of acidic or basic residues—that there were no chemical residues hazardous to human occu- pancy within Room#108 of the Saint Francis Motel. To document this determination,I issued High Tech Enterprises Report#040501-L stating this conclusion. 4. Pursuant to your department's additional requirement, I contracted to have the contents of the Saint Francis Motel's septic tank sampled and analyzed by Geoanalytical Labs of Modesto, CA, a certified analytical laboratory. Their effort was focused on analyzing for a broad spectrum of organic chemicals,the tank's pH, and for the presence of iodine,iodide ions,chloride ions,etc. The results of this sampling and analytical effort(including both the proper Chain of Custody documentation and a complete listings of all the analytical results) were described by me in High Tech Enterprises Report#040501-L-F. This Report included copies of all of Geoanalytical Lab's analytical results and other documentation as an Appendix. The lab's analyses clearly in- dicated that the mass of potentially hazardous chemicals present in this septic tank was extremely low; the quantities of these chemicals present in this tank was judged by me to be insignificant. A copy of this report and its appendix was forwarded to your office. 5. In addition,it is my professional judgment that the trace chemicals that were determined to be present were extremely unlikely to have been introduced into this system as a result of the dis- posal of chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamines, which, if I am not mistaken, was the sole purpose of the county's demand to have the contents of this septic tank analyzed. 6. Shortly later, the Geoanalytical Lab's report of the contents of the septic tank was shown to a local septic tank company which, in turn,determined that the contents were perfectly safe for them to pump and dispose in a routine manner. This septic tank pumping and disposal process was completed,I believe, in early June, 2004. 7. Upon receiving a copy of the aforementioned High Tech Enterprises Report#040501-L-F, your department required the Saint Francis Motel to perform additional tests to determine whether the organic chemical contents of the septic tank might possibly be able to migrate to the Telephone: Addreco: (209) 473-1113 Fax: (209) 473-1114 Po5tOffice box 7835 (800) 221-9595 E-mail:hightechted0jp5.net 5tockton,CA95267-0835