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s On October 22, 2019, Alfred Martinez, the engineer, submitted a plan for an engineered system to repair the system failure. In the plan check letter, Steven 5 item that the engineer must do as required in the OWTS Standards. That letter was attached document that Alfred Martinez sent to Rod. 2. On November 13, 2019, Sukreet did the 3 percolation test inspections under permit SR0081348. According to Sukreet, James Brwn (Jimmy) of Central Valley Septic did the reading, and the owner, Lal Toor, did the recording. Alfred Martinez, the engineer, was not on site. The owner did the perc rate calculation, and it was wrong. He divided the water drop by 30 min, instead of 30 min/water drop. 3. On November 20, 2019, Steven emailed Alfred Martinez to inform him that the perc rate was calculated incorrectly. Following the EHD procedure, all three perc test would have perc rate of 0 min/inc. The EHD procedure #2 states "use the smallest reading of the four hour period to calculate percolation rate in minutes per inch". Alfred responded in the email that I forwarded to you earlier that he disagreed. He attached the percolation test procedure from 2002 and the percolation test rate form with the perc rate of 0.05 min/inch for all 3 test holes on the form that Sukreet signed on November 13, 2019. Steven spoke with Alfred Martinez on the phone that same day. Alfred Martinez was informed of the updated procedure. He agreed with Steven at that point. 4. On November 21, 2019, Lal Toor, the owner, edited the perc test rate form that Sukreet signed on November 13, 2019, to have perc rate of 60 min/inch for Test hole #3 and Fail for Test hole #1 and 2. 5. On November 20, 2019, the owner and Paul of Central Valley Septic came to EHD to add one more test hole to the existing permit. That perc test was scheduled for 1 PM on November 25, 2019. 6. On November 25, 2019, Daria did the inspection. She arrived on site at 1 PM. Alfred Martinez was not on site at time of her arrival, the owner was on site. The owner informed Daria that the engineer went to lunch. Alfred Martinez arrived 20 minutes later. According to Daria, Alfred Martinez missed his 30 min reading interval. He started the new reading after he got back from lunch. He used the dip stick that Daria and he could not agree on the reading point; Daria read it at 1.5, he read it at 1.25. According to the picture, it was at 1.5. 7. On November 26, 2019, Daria informed him that the EHD could not accept the perc test result because he did not follow the EHD procedure. Michael Kith, REHS Program Coordinator San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department 1868 E. Hazelton Avenue, Stockton, CA 95205 P: (209) 468-3444 F: (209) 468-8392 E: mkith@sigov.org From: Alfred Martinez <a1mar2tinez3@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 11:43 AM To: Kawano, Rod <rkawano@sigov.org> Cc: Lal Toor <laltoor@yahoo.com>; Kith, Michael <mkith @slgov.org>; rcastrolaw2@gmail.com Subject: Meeting Dear Mr. Kawano, I am requesting a formal meeting with you to discuss the enclosed email to Mr Kith. My client, Lal Toor has already performed two percolation tests at the Shady Rest mobile park site and is now being asked to perform a third excavation and test. This is an unreasonable request and an abuse of discretion. What is the County trying to achieve with endless testing and an engineer's report for an existing leach field in operation for more than thirty(30) years? The leach field is not a new project. For the sake of argument, let's