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AQu�N San Joaquin County DIRECTOR Environmental Health Department Donna Heran, REHS .ti 1868 E Hazelton Avenue PROGRAM COORDINATORS Stockton, California 95205 Robert McClellon,REHS Jeff Carruesco, REHS, RDI c•. P Kasey Foley,REHS Website: www.sjgov.org/ehd Linda Turkatte,REHS Phone: (209)468-3420 Fax: (209)464-0138 September 14, 2012 Clara Colson, etal 8238 Thornton Road Stockton, CA 95209 Subject: 154 Airport, Manteca CA, APN 20014010. The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) has received a complaint that there is a well present that has been inactive since 2005 at the aforementioned property. The well has been found to test with detectable levels of MtBE, and as such may be a source of impairment to the ground water quality. When a well is inactive for greater than one year it is defined as being abandoned and must be destroyed under EHD permit and inspection, pursuant to San Joaquin County Well Standards and State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, Water Well Standards: State of California Bulletin 74-81 requirements, as follows: 1. San Joaquin County, Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division, Well Standards, Section 6.1 When a well no longer functions as originally designed, or cannot appropriately function in place of another design, or has fallen into such a state of disuse or disrepair that it may become a source of impairment to the ground water quality, constitutes a safety hazard, or found to be abandoned, it must be destroyed under a well destruction permit. 2. State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Water Resources, Water Well Standards: State of California Bulletin 74-81, Part III, Destruction of Wells: Section 20. Purpose of Destruction states, "A well that is no longer useful must be destroyed in order to: 1.)Assure that the ground water supply is protected and preserved for further use." Section 21. Definition of"Abandoned" Well A well is considered "abandoned"or permanently inactive if it has not been used for one year, unless the owner demonstrates intention to use the well again. In accordance with Section 24400 of the California Health and Safety Code, the well owner shall properly maintain an inactive well as evidence of intention for future use in such a way that the following requirements are met: The well shall not allow impairment of the quality of water within the well and groundwater encountered by the well. Section 22. General Requirements All "abandoned"wells and exploration or test holes shall be destroyed.