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25 | On September 23, 2022 at 12:10 PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Francisco Pedroza conducted an unannounced Case Management inspection to follow-up on an Action Level Exceedance (ALE) reported to the Regional Office by Division of Drinking Water (DDW). LPA met with facility Assistant Administrator, Linda Weitmann and advised her the purpose of the inspection. Assistant Administrator provided LPA a tour of the facility. . There were no children in care at the time of the inspection.
Assembly Bill (AB) 2370, Chapter 676, Statutes of 2018, requires all licensed Child Care Centers (CCCs) constructed before January 1, 2010 to test their drinking water for lead contamination between January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2023, and then every five (5) years after the date of the first test. If the water testing results indicate that the facility has an ALE, an immediate response shall be required pursuant to section 101704, which may include remediation.
The Regional Office received an ALE for two (2) water outlets in this facility. The Center was notified by LPA Pedroza of the results on September 19, 2022 by phone and email. LPA advised Administrator that location (F) had an ALE of 6.7 ppb and location (Q) had an ALE of 110.0 ppb. Director advised both locations have been secured preventing children/staff from having access.
On September 22, 2022 LPA was notified by facility Administrator Elaine Francisco that location (F) outlet water filter had been replaced and location (Q) had been removed permanently. During today’s inspection, LPA toured the entire facility and inspected the outlets in question. LPA observed that the outlet (F) was properly marked for children/staff not to use and outlet (Q) was removed from the location. Per staff and Assistant Administrator, outlet (F) was only used for hand washing.
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