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Mr. Robert Silverstein, Esq. 0 is <br />Review Of The Recirculated DEIR And FEIR For The San Lorenzo Sewer Lift Station Project <br />January 12, 2012 <br />Page 3 of 18 <br />I contacted Thomas and Associates, a representative of Gorman Rupp, the <br />company that manufactured the existing pumps. According to the attached email <br />(Exhibit D) from Thomas and Associates: <br />The T10A3 -B pump that is in use at the existing pump <br />station is still manufactured. <br />Parts for it are readily available. <br />A new pump would cost around $11,000. <br />A new rotating assembly for the pump would cost <br />around $5,000. <br />The pump is extremely rugged and many units are <br />still in service after 30 years. <br />The RDEIR and FOR assertion that replacement parts are difficult to obtain is <br />pure fabrication. A simple telephone call or email to the pump manufacturer <br />would have revealed that replacement parts are readily available. Obviously no <br />attempt has been made to determine if replacement parts are available. <br />MAINTENANCE ISSUES <br />The RDEIR and FEIR also identified frequency of maintenance as a justification <br />for the proposed Project. A review of maintenance logs, though, only results in <br />more questions. <br />Copies of the maintenance log book from 1/28/04 through 6130110 were <br />previously produced by the City. More recently, the City produced copies of the <br />maintenance log book through 10111111. The entries in the log book show the <br />unscheduled maintenance (emergency callouts) at the existing pump station. <br />The number of unscheduled maintenance entries per year in the maintenance <br />log book are noted in the table below. <br />55A -152 <br />