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2003. (Attachment 7) On December 31, 2002, Dina Abate, EHS, spoke with Mary Lou Pontes the owner/operator of the facility. The Ms. Pontes was told her facility would not be issued a permit at the beginning of the year if secondary containment testing was not performed by January 1, 2003. She was also told it was her choice whether or not to operate without a permit, but she would be in violation of the law if she choose to operate. A copy of secondary testing companies was faxed to the facility upon Ms. Pontes' request. EHD received a notification from Champion Precision Tank Testing stating testing of the referenced facility was rescheduled to January 23, 2003 (Attachment 8). On January 14, 2003,Dennis Catanyag REHS took photos showing Pontes Quicki-Kleen in operation (Attachment 9). zb"7,� fry On May 8, 2003, the secondary containment test results from the Jru_ary 24, 2003 testing were filed. These test results were received from Champion Precision Tank Testing. The majority of the UST system was not tested due to missing/damaged testing boots on the secondary piping. The annular space for the three-compartment tank was not tested also. In the comments section the technician wrote down that the tank has "brine annulars"which is false, the tank has a dry annular space with a sensor (Attachment 10). On June 10, 2003, Mr. von Flue witnessed the annual monitoring certification with Affordatest and conducted a routine UST inspection. An inspection report was issued to Ms. Pontes (Attachment 11). Mr. von Flue informed Ms. Pontes in the inspection report that a permit to operate the UST has not been issued due to deficiencies in repairing/retesting the secondary containment. During testing, two leak detectors failed (87,regular and 91,premium) and a permit was required to repair the UST system. On July 3, 2003, Mr. von Flue spoke with Jack Coffelt with Elite IV Contractors, Inc. Mr. Coffelt was contacted by Ms. Pontes to work on the violations that were listed in the UST inspection report. Mr. Coffelt inquired about the various violations and the status of the testing boots that needed to be installed in the under dispenser containment. On July 8, 2003, Mr. von Flue received a permit application from Elite IV Contractors, Inc. to investigate the problems associated with the leak detectors. The permit application was approved with conditions and faxed to Carrie Miller, Elite IV Contractors, Inc. (Attachment 12). On July 18, 2003, Mr. von Flue witnessed the testing of the regular(87) leak detector that failed upon testing. The technician replaced and tested two more leak detectors until one passed the three-gallon per hour leak test. The premium (9 1) leak detector was tested also and passed. While on site, Mr. von Flue spoke with Ms. Pontes and requested the documentation that was due on July 10, 2003 from the UST inspection report on June 10, 2003. Ms. Pontes gave Mr. von Flue the certification of financial responsibilitylletter from the chief financial officer and the monitoring and response plan. Mr. von Flile also noted that a testing boot on the 87, regular secondary piping entering the sump had been pulled back, correcting violation number six on the inspection report. Mr. von Flue reemphasized the importance of obtaining the operating permit to Ms. Pontes and that by 2