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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES <br /> �pUl/y <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY .� <br /> z .Z <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION y' <br /> Ernest M. Fujimoto, M. D., M.P.H., Acting Health Officer •` <br /> 304 E. Weber Ave., Third Floor • P. O. Sox 388 • Stockton, CA 95201-0388 C9C/FOR�\P <br /> 209/468-3420 <br /> All Consultants, Engineers, Geologists MA. LED DEC 2 2 1995 <br /> All LOP Responsible Parties <br /> Due to the overwhelming response to Wait Pettit's December 8, 1995 State Water <br /> Resources Control Board letter, San Joaquin County Public Health Services, <br /> Environmental Health Division (PHS-EHD) considers it imperative to provide <br /> clarification as to PHS-EHD's response to the anticipated impacts of the paradigm shift <br /> within the Leaking Underground Storage Tank program administration. <br /> PHS-EHD has achieved a reputation as an aggressive and progressive Local Oversight <br /> Program, closing many petroleum cases with remaining low-risk residuals in the soil <br /> and closing low-risk groundwater cases. <br /> PHS-EHD participated voluntarily in the reevaluation of case files involving <br /> contamination within alluvial soil deposits, a major portion of the Lawrence Livermore <br /> National Laboratory (LLNL) report. Additionally, PHS-EHD strongly supports the study's <br /> purpose to streamline petroleum UST site investigations and to facilitate economically <br /> feasible cleanups. <br /> Petroleum cases for which the fuel leak source has been removed and/or abated <br /> sufficiently to protect the beneficial uses of our water quality resource will continue to be <br /> evaluated on its merit for low-risk closure. <br /> Residual soil contamination posing a threat to water quality will require remediation; <br /> sites exceeding the Maximum Contaminant Levels established by the State of California <br /> will require active remediation until concentrations posing a health risk have been <br /> remediated. Therefore, we do not expect a change to our existing program. <br /> If you have any questions, please contact me at (209) 468-3452. <br /> Donna Heran, RENS, Director <br /> nvironmental Health Division <br /> Diane M. Hinson, REHS, Supervisor <br /> Site Mitigation Unit <br /> cc: James G. Giannopouios, SWRCB Gordon L. Boggs, RWQCB <br /> A Division of San Joaquin County Health Care Services <br />