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P4V'tN ./ Office of the y ' County Administrator Capital Projects Division �CiFO pN COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN Courthouse, Room 678 222 East Weber Avenue Stockton, California 95202-2778 ,. xa (209)468-2180 FAX(209)468-2186 J U L 0 6 1992 July 1, 1992 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Ms. Laurea Cotulla, Program Manager HERMIT/SERVlCkIS Environmental Health Division Public Health Services P.O. Box 2009 Stockton, CA 95201 Dear Ms. Cotulla: San Joaquin County Human Services Agency Project I am in receipt of your most recent communication, dated June 12, 1992. That communication contains several comments and requirements, the first of which was a request for documentation of a destruction permit for monitoring well #1 at the site. By separate correspondence, I have asked our consultant, Weston Consultants, to provide you with this information. With regard to additional investigation and monitoring, I am sorry to report that due to the state/ local government budget crisis, this office lacks the necessary funding to continue with your requirements at the present time. I respectfully request a moratorium of at least one year to con- tinue with these efforts. Additionally, with the construction phase of the Human Services project completed, well monitoring and continued groundwater investigation would be transferred to the entity responsible for maintenance of the building and site. This is the case with all other under- ground fuel tanks on County property. In this instance, maintenance of buildings and grounds for the Human Set-vices Agency is directly within the responsibility of that agency. I have had tele- phone contact with Mr. Harry Brodie, Director of the Human Services Agency. He reported that his organization's funding has been severely impacted due to the cut-rent state budget crisis, and that he too lacks funding at least for the 1992-93 fiscal year to meet any additional requirements regarding groundwater contamination. As you may know, the County has expended nearly $400,000 in remediation of underground fuel tank leakage at this site. A total of nine fuel tanks have been removed and disposed of in accor- dance with state requirements. So, too, have tons of contaminated soil been removed and properly disposed of at a certified site.The efforts to date have been substantial, and have made a signifi- cant impact in improving the environmental quality of our underground resources. I believe this represents more than a good faith effort on the part of the County, especially in consideration that these were not County placed fuel tanks as they were acquired from the private sector at a time when we were unaware of their existence or the ramifications of removal.