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209-463-6393 �-^ I 11D _ 3550 So Hwy. 99 fax 209-463-5873 Stockton, CA 95215 FES 23 ENVIRONMENIA PERMIT/ SER 1 February 10,2000 Mr. Jack Del Conte California Regional Water Quality Control Board 3443 Routier Road Sacramento, California Dear Mr. Del Conte, This letter is written in application for a Board Adopted Waiver. This waiver would allow light irrigation of three hundred trees and plants located on our property. We are dealing with what we believe is a relatively insignificant volume of water and would pose an extremely low threat to the environment and the water quality. In a phone interview with Ms. Kim Williams prior to your reorganization, it was suggested to us that such an application would be appropriate. By way of historical review: we began operations as Central Valley Steam Cleaning in 1984. We subsequently closed our operation when it was deemed to be environmentally unsound. In an effort to remain in the truck wash industry, and to do so within the appropriate regulations, we embarked on a study of available water reclamation systems. This effort included countrywide facility inspections to examine systems currently in use. After many months we entered into contractual agreements with WaterCycle, Incorporated and their distributor Blue Shores, Incorporated. Upon successfully obtaining a seven-digit loan, property was purchased the construction and equipment installation commenced. Early in the start up phase it became evident that the reclamation system would not perform as warranted. This failure required our company to truck off recycled rinse water, at great expense, to a city operated disposal site. The investment of three years, together with large debt service, forced us to turn to the court for redress. In a long five week trial the court awarded judgment in our favor and set the funds required to build a thirty five hundred foot sewer connection. The defendant has delayed the judgment by filing an appeal. Our legal counsel has indicated that this appeal is little more then a delaying tactic. The defendant purchased a bond for the amount of the judgment as per a court order. A ruling on the appeal is due within the next twelve to fourteen months. The city of Stockton was represented in the trial; they testified that they would allow us to construct a sewer if we paid for the construction. Clearly, our company has shown extreme sensitivity to regulatory agencies, in total support of insuring safe and sound water treatment policies. It is our feeling that this request for temporary relief will not endanger or encroach upon sound environmental guidelines. "Located at Mariposa Rd. and Hwy 99 in Stockton, California."