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i f San Joaquin County DIRECTOR PQ N Donna Heran,REHS �o coG Environmental Health Department ASSISTANT DIRECTOR z•" :2 600 East Main Street Laurie Cotulla, REHS Stockton, California 95202-3029 PROGRAM COORDINATORS •. -�� Carl Borgman,REHS RV c• �''�P . ov.or /ehd Mike Huggins,RENS,RDI Website: wwws Foci r' l9 9 Margaret Lagorio,REHS Phone: (209)468-3420 Robert McClellon,REHS Fax: (209) 464-0138 .teff Carruesco,RENS, RDI Kasey Foley, REHS November 10, 2008 Mr. Thomas O'Neill PO Box 923 Stockton, CA 95201 Subject: Valley Motors RO#: 594 800 E. Main St CUF#: 12540 Stockton CA 95202 Global ID#: T0607700430 The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) has received a letter dated October 29, 2008, from your consultant, Upgradient Environmental Consultants (UEC) and has the following comments. In the letter, Mr. Victor Cherven stated that based on phone conversations with Mr. Mark Owens of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Clean Up Fund (CUF) and Mr. James Munch of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) you will not be submitting the Well Permit Application Form and fee due October 17 2008, as directed by the EHD in correspondence dated October 9, 2008, but will instead be submitting another work plan (revision) to Geotracker by November 15, 2008. The EHD is the lead agency for the oversight of the investigation and remediation at this underground storage tank (UST) site and is assigned the responsibility for requiring, reviewing, and evaluating work plans deemed adequate and necessary for this site. You are required to be incompliance with the EHD directives. By not submitting the Well Permit Application Form and fee by October 17, 2008 as directed by the EHD, you are not in compliance. The EHD has been in contact with Mr. Munch, who was disturbed by the letter since he had spoke with Mr. Clyde Hebbron of UEC, and the letter written by Mr. Cherven contained inaccurate statements about the discussion. Mr. Munch informed the EHD that he told Mr. Hebbron that the work plan approved by the EHD would provide valuable data and should be enacted. Mr. Munch also told the EHD that Mr. Hebbron was informed that the contamination at the site appeared stable but was at concentrations that required active remediation to reduce the concentrations. He also suggested that the UEC be prepared to run the test longer if the data gathered during the test shows remedial success. The EHD has also been in contact with Mr. Mark Owens of the CUF and was advised that whenever remediation costs will be incurred he recommended that pre-approval be submitted to the Fund. With the case of pilot studies, Mr. Owens noted that the Fund typically does not issue pre-approval unless the costs are expected to be considerable (test run for extended period of time, numerous wells, etc). Generally, if costs involved for a typical pilot study are reasonable, they are reimbursed if the work is required by, and approved by the EHD.