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' ELITE IV.CON TORS. INC. a I 1W 2535 WICwWAM D . PHONE: (209)461-6337 STCTON, CA 95205 F (209)461-6342 FED ID#68-0286169 February 25, 1998 Robert McClellon San Joaquin County,Environmental Health Division 304 East Weber AVe. Stockton, Ca 95202 Dear Sir, I wish to thank you for your response to my previous letter of February 12, 1998 and bringing to my attention the change in section 2643(f) sub items 2, 3, and 4. At the time in the 1980's when the three sites in Manteca that I have identified s being permitted by your office with trench liners and approved by the local agency as to monitoring both visually and with an audible alarm, I'm under the impression that this "positive shut " was not a requirement. 1 our concerns at that time was to insure that the enviromnent would not be further contaminated y tank or piping leaks. As discussed in my letter,by installing a positive shut down at each of the turbines, we feel that the pressure piping would insure that a minimal leak could be detected and stopped immediately, Common sense tells me that the trench liner then would protect the environment (soil) as a further aid to this protection,including the existing visual and audible alarm. rm certain you could agree that positive turbine shutdown instantly is far better than testing lines once a year on the grounds a leak could occur after the test is made and passed. With a trench liner such a leak would eventually be monitored and the turbine shut down, but not before many gallons had been released in the trench,requiring an expensive and time consuming clean up project. Further, I do not believe you or staff intend for the customer to shut down his petroleum sales due to condensation or intrusion of rain water into the finer, especially in a wet year as we presently have in California, which could easily exceed the 5% false alarm allowed in 26430 article 2. 14