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diesel leak detector failing during the last monitoring system certification. Ms. Miller stated that CPT told her they broke the 87-octane annular sensor during testing. Ms. Miller later called back and said she spoke with Aimee at CPT, who said according to the monitoring system certification report, all the leak detectors passed. Ms. Le approved the permit on July 29, 2005, as submitted, with the understanding that it may be amended (Attachment 7). On August 4, 2005, Ms. Le spoke with Mr. Ed Stearns with CPT and asked about the failed equipment, since he was the service technician on site during the July 13, 2005, monitoring system certification. Mr. Stearns stated that the leak detector failed because he left the monitoring panel in bypass mode when it was tested. When he retested it in normal mode, it passed. He also stated that he broke the annular sensor on July 20, 2005, when he was on site performing the secondary containment testing. On August 25, 2005, Ms. Le sent follow up letters to the owner and West Lane Chevron asking for the submittal of documents requested during the monitoring system certification (Attachment 88) and hazardous waste inspection (Attachment 89). None of the requested documents were ever submitted. On December 13, 2005, Ms. Le received a complaint from a customer that the auto shut off on one of the nozzles failed and about 4-5 gallons of fuel spilled on the ground (Attachment 90). Ms. Le performed a site visit due to the fact that a return to compliance had not been received for the July 13, 2005, hazardous waste inspection where it was found that West Lane Chevron did not have a container to hold spent absorbent. Ms. Le was shown a covered container that held spent absorbent in a storage room at the carwash. On September 7, 2006, Mr. von Flue attempted to perform a routine UST inspection and witness the annual monitoring system certification to be performed by CPT. Elite IV was on site replacing the drop tubes. Mr. von Flue asked Mr. Chuck Dowdy of Elite IV if he obtained a permit prior to beginning work. Mr. Dowdy stated that he dropped off the permit application yesterday. The permit application was submitted as Mr. Dowdy stated, but it had not yet been approved. Mr. John Hejde of San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVC ) was also on site and said that SJVAPCD had not given Elite IV the authority to construct. The monitoring certification was rescheduled. The permit application, S 0048080, was approved by Mr. von Floe later that day and faxed to Elite IV(Attachment 91). On September 20, 2006, Mr. Ng performed a routine UST inspection (Attachment ) and witnessed the annual monitoring system certification, leak detector testing, and spill container testing. Several sensors were mislabeled and were corrected during the course of testing. The 91-octane annular sensor was not programmed into the monitoring panel. The service technician with CPT, Mr. Keith Huston, programmed the sensor back into the monitoring panel which immediately triggered a sensor out alarm for the 91-octane annular. The previous alarm for the 91-octane annular was on July 20, 2005, and it was possible that the annular space was not monitored for 14 months. The diesel spill container failed to hold 5-gallons of liquid for one hour, the 91-octane leak detector failed to detect a leak of 3.0 gph at 10 psi, and the 87-and 91-octane piping sump sensors were not properly located to detect a leak at the earliest opportunity. Certification of financial responsibility was lacking and the UST — Tank forms (former Form ) needed to be updated for all three tanks. A monitoring system certification test report, required to be submitted to the EHD within 30 days, was never submitted. On September 25, 2006, Mr. Ng approved an amendment made to permit S004800 to include 12