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installation. An annular sensor for one of the diesel tanks was replaced under the same permit and an addendum to the permit was received later that day. Adhough Mr. Catanyag did not notice an alarm in the monitoring panel the day before, the annular sensor was found to be non-functional. On March 26, 2004, Mr. Catanyag and Mr. John Jackson from the EHD conducted a routine inspection and witnessed a monitoring certification at the above referenced address. There were a number of violations noted on the inspection report(Attachment 3). The violations from the March 26, 2004 inspection are summarized as follows: I. No secondary termination in the sumps for the diesel product and siphon lines. 2. Liquid in UDC#19 master and slave, sludge in UDC#22 master. 3. Raised sensors in twelve UDCs(Corrected on site). 4. No documentation for 34 alarms. 5. Monitoring certification,leak detectors and line tightness tests were not performed in 2003. 6. Work performed without a permit(spill containers replaced). Elite IV was contacted by Flying J to remove the liquid and sludge in the UDC later that day (Attachment 4). A permit was taken out by Service Station Systems (SSS) for the work completed on September 4, 2002, by Able Maintenance (subcontractor to SSS) on March 29, 2004 (Attachment 5). The permit was approved on April 9,2004. On May 6, 2004, Mr. Catanyag received a fax from the assistant manager of Flying J, Donna Tompkins, in response to the inspection report. Most of the violations had been corrected at the time of the inspection. However, the secondary termination for the siphon lines connecting the diesel tanks remained an issue. Flying J's facility manager Marc Boriack wrote a letter to SJVAPCD citing a contradiction of a requirement (Attachment 6). Mr. Boriack requested guidance from SJVAPCD to resolve an issue of secondary containment termination that the EHD required, which Mr. Boriack claimed the SJVAPCD disapproved. After Mr. Catanyag granted an extension, Able Maintenance contacted the EHD to inspect the two replaced spill buckets on July 21, 2004. Upon arrival,the crew from Able Maintenance only broke concrete to reveal the corrosion protection for the spill buckets. The component that needed to be verified was the riser. The crew from Able Maintenance argued there is a fiberglass bucket that surrounds the metal spill container, which acts as corrosion protection and extends to the top of the tank. Mr. Catanyag explained he needed to verify the fiberglass bucket actually extended to the top of the tank. Mr. Catanyag received a call from Rod Brownlee from Able Maintenance stating the task would not be feasible but will do it to satisfy the county requirements. Mr. Catanyag informed the crew of the two acceptable options to verify corrosion protection: 1) If the fiberglass bucket extended to the top of the tank, then removing the spill bucket would reveal that the fiberglass bucket extended to the tank. However, if the fiberglass bucket did not extend to the top of the tank, then, 2) Mr. Catanyag would need to inspect the risers to verify that the risers had corrosion protection. Later that day, the foreman stated Able Maintenance was not responsible for installing the fiberglass bucket and it was already in place when the spill bucket was installed. Mr. Catanyag informed the foreman the fiberglass bucket was not previously installed according to the UST installation plan. Furthermore, the discrepancy would not have been an issue if the EHD had been notified when the spill buckets were originally installed more than a year ago. Mr.-Catanyag was asked to return after the crew from Able Maintenance had a way to prove the risers had corrosion protection. On July 22, 2004, Service Station Systems went to the site to repair the drain valve on a failed supreme grade spill bucket. It was necessary to remove the spill bucket to make the repairs, and the technician found the fiberglass bucket did not extend to the top of the tank as previously thought by Able Maintenance. Mr. Catanyag was contacted to inspect the risers later that day after removing 2