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DocuSign Envelope ID : 516EDCEC-B4B6-4460-9581 -DF73EA468C04 <br /> Cosmo <br /> 1A/F/pLESME <br /> May 22 , 2017 <br /> Vicki McCartney <br /> Senior REHS <br /> San Joaquin County Environmental Health Dept . <br /> 1868 E . Hazelton Ave . <br /> Stockton , CA 95205 <br /> Dear Inspector McCartney <br /> This letter is in response to the May 17 inspection of the Costco gas station located at 2680 <br /> Reynolds Ranch Pkwy , Lodi . The specific violation was for very small amounts (" '/4 cup") of <br /> liquid found in the turbine sumps of two of our underground storage tanks . Inspector Cesar <br /> Ruvalcaba , EHS Trainee , signed the inspection report but our tester informs me that you were <br /> on site as well . It was noted that the Lodi infraction was a repeat violation for liquid intrusion . <br /> Attached for your convenience is my letter to you , dated March 31 , 2017 , regarding a similar <br /> violation at our Stockton location . To date I have received no reply to that letter . <br /> Costco objects to violations that affect our compliance record for which we have no practical <br /> course of avoidance , and that do not negatively impact safety or the environment . These small <br /> liquid accumulations are due to condensation , and not liquid intrusion per code ( i . e . , "water <br /> intrusion by precipitation , infiltration , or surface runoff') . <br /> We feel that any liquid accumulation insufficient to trigger a properly- placed liquid sensor should <br /> not be a violation , by definition , as we rely on the liquid sensors to tell us when a sump has <br /> failed per state and local requirements . <br /> Included is a photo taken by our tester Alltech Petroleum , that shows the tiny amount of sump <br /> moisture that triggered this latest violation . Although Costco inspects all our CA tank sumps <br /> twice annually , and any moisture is removed at those intervals , we cannot control condensation <br /> accumulation of amounts less than one cup . We protest this second instance of a " liquid <br /> intrusion " NOV for condensation moisture , and ask that it be stricken from our compliance <br /> record . We further ask that in the future no violations be written for moisture insufficient to <br /> trigger an alarm . <br />