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pUIN c - <br /> JQN�� �QQU N Environmental Health Department <br /> COUNTY Linda Turkatte, REHS, Director <br /> Greatness grows here. Kasey Foley,REHS,Assistant Director <br /> PROGRAM COORDINATORS <br /> Robert McClellan, REHS <br /> Jeff Carruesco, REHS, RDI <br /> Rodney Estrada, REHS <br /> Willy Ng, REHS <br /> Muniappa Naidu, REHS <br /> January 19, 2018 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO Employee Housing Dairy Exemption Facility Owners <br /> FROM: Melissa Nissim, Lead Senior REHS, Housing Programs <br /> Environmental Health Department <br /> SUBJECT: Annual Review/Self-Assessment for Dairy Permit Exempt Facilities <br /> The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) is the local agency designated by <br /> the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to implement the Employee <br /> Housing Program pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code, Employee Housing Act. The local <br /> program is responsible for ensuring that all employee housing accommodations meet the minimum <br /> State requirements established for use, maintenance, occupancy, and safety. <br /> Beginning in 2000, the EHD granted exemptions from the Employee Housing Permit to Operate <br /> requirements to employee housing facilities (housing for five or more employees or agricultural <br /> workers) located at dairy farms. EHD records show that your facility was one of these exempted <br /> facilities. <br /> As a result of a recent review of our local Employee Housing Program, HCD provided clarification that <br /> an annual review of all Dairy Exempt Employee Housing Facilities needed to be conducted by the <br /> EHD. The annual review is the mechanism used to determine if a facility continues to qualify for <br /> exemption status by meeting the minimum State requirements for use, maintenance, occupancy, and <br /> safety for the housing accommodations. <br /> In order to perform this annual review with minimal impact to local dairies, we have opted to use a self- <br /> assessment program in lieu of an on-site inspection by EHD staff. This self-assessment program will <br /> allow owners and operators to perform the inspection themselves, to identify problems and make <br /> corrections, and to report this information to the EHD. The EHD will evaluate this information to comply <br /> with the required State annual review. Failure to return the required self-assessment documents to the <br /> EHD could result in loss of dairy exempt status. <br /> Please complete the enclosed Self-Audit Housing Checklist, one for each separate housing <br /> unit, to document the condition of each housing unit during the inspection, and mail back to <br /> the Environmental Health Department by March 1, 2018. <br /> For more information on the minimum State requirements for employee housing, the Employee <br /> Housing Facility Inspection Information Booklet is available upon request. <br /> EHD staff are available to provide any assistance you may need to participate in this program. For <br /> further information, please contact Melissa Nissim, Lead Senior REHS, at (209) 468-3168 or <br /> mnissimCu)-sicehd.com. <br /> 1868 E. Hazelton Avenue I Stockton, California 95205 1 T 209 468-3420 1 F 209 464-0138 1 www.sjcehd.com <br />