DERR-2025-001785

195 North 1950 West • Salt Lake City, UT
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144840 • Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4840
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State of Utah
SPENCER J. COX
Governor
DEIDRE HENDERSON
Lieutenant Governor
Department of
Environmental Quality
Tim Davis
Interim Executive Director
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSE AND REMEDIATION
Brent H. Everett
Director
ERRL-0078-25
March 10, 2025
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Jacob Elsmore
8234 South Roosevelt Street
Midvale, Utah 84047
Re:Non-Compliance Letter
Washmore Laundry (Pride Cleaners VCP), located at 4358 South 900 East, Millcreek, Utah
Facility Identification No. 4002623, Release Site OFD
Dear Mr. Elsmore:
The Underground Storage Tank Act (Act) regulates petroleum storage tanks (PSTs) and imposes
certain obligations on the owner or operator of a facility having PSTs. The Act specifically requires the
owner or operator of a facility with PSTs to meet the following requirements:
1. Report suspected releases within 24 hours;
2. Investigate and confirm the release;
3. Perform initial response actions to control the release;
4. Perform site characterization;
5. Perform free product removal;
6. Perform an investigation for soil and groundwater cleanup;
7. Perform corrective actions as approved or required; and
8. Submit reports according to their required schedules.
Records maintained by the Division of Environmental Response and Remediation (DERR)
indicate that Jacob Elsmore owns or operates Washmore Laundry, located at 4358 South 900 East,
Millcreek, Utah, which has been assigned Facility Identification number 4002623.
A petroleum release was confirmed on June 23, 2022, based on environmental samples collected
at the above-referenced facility. This site has been assigned the Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank
Release Site OFD and assigned to Liberty Coe as the DERR project manager.
The DERR issued a Remedial Action Plan Comments to Jacob Elsmore on November 12, 2024,
for this Release Site. A Notice of Reports Past Due for this report was sent via certified mail on
Facility ID# 4002623
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December 19, 2024. The Notice of Reports Past Due was received by Jacob Elsmore, on December 26,
2024, according to the return receipt.
Notwithstanding the issuance of the Reporting and Remediation schedule, to date, the following
have not been submitted to the DERR:
1. An updated Remedial Action Plan addressing the comments in the November 12, 2024,
letter.
In order to satisfy the requirements contained in the Reporting and Remediation schedule, the
following must be done:
1. Submit a Remedial Action Plan,
OR
2. Submit a Corrective Action Plan within the required schedule, as required by Utah
Admin. Code R311-202, Section 280.66.
The Act gives the Division Director the power to enforce the rules of the Board by issuing a
Notice of Agency Action or Orders. Furthermore, the Division Director has the authority to seek a civil
penalty of up to $10,000.00 per day for each day of violation of the Act pursuant to Utah Code., Section
19-6-425.
This letter also advises that failure to comply with the requirements of the applicable statutes
and rules listed above within 30 days of receipt of this letter may result in the issuance of an Order and
the assessment of a civil penalty.
If Jacob Elsmore fails to achieve compliance with this letter, the DERR may implement
corrective action at the above-referenced site and may use State monies to investigate, abate, and
remediate the site. Jacob Elsmore will be subject to cost recovery of all funds expended by the State of
Utah.
Any PST release management, abatement, investigation, or corrective action must be performed
by a Certified PST Consultant as outlined in Utah Admin. Code R311-201-2.
If you have questions, please contact Liberty Coe, the DERR project manager, at
[phone].
Sincerely,
Brent H. Everett, Director
Division of Environmental Response and Remediation
BHE/LC/rr
Facility ID# 4002623
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Enclosure: Remedial Action Plan Comments Letter

cc: Dorothy Adams, Executive Director, Salt Lake County Health Department
Ron Lund, Environmental Health Director, Salt Lake County Health Department
Blake Downey, P.G., Wasatch Environmental, Inc.
Kimberlee McEwan, Assistant Attorney General, Utah Attorney General’s Office
Bill Rees, Division of Environmental Response and Remediation, VCP
State of Utah
SP ENCER J. C OX
Govern.or
DEID RE HENDERSON
Lie utenant Go vernor
Jacob Elsmore
Department of
Environmental Quality
Kimb erly D. Sb e ll ey
Executive Director
DMSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPON SE AND RE MEDIATION
Brent H. Everett
Director
November 12 , 2024
8234 South Roosevelt Street
Midvale, Utah 84047
Re: Remedial Action Plan Comments
ERRL-0450-24
Washmore Laundry (Pride Cleaners VCP), located at 4358 South 900 East, Millcreek, Utah
Facility Identification No . 4002623 , Release Site OFD
Dear Mr. Elsmore :
A Remedial Action Plan (RAP) for Fonner Pride Cleaners (Washmore Laundry) was
prepared by Wasatch Environmental , Inc., and submitted to the Division of Environmental
Response and Remediation (DERR) on August 27 , 2024. The DERR Petroleum Storage Tank (PST)
Branch has reviewed the RAP for the above-referenced facility . The DERR Voluntary Cleanup
Program has submitted separate comments under separate cover. Rather than submitting a
Corrective Action Plan (CAP) for Release Site OFD , the PST Branch will accept the RAP in lieu
of a separate CAP after addressing the comments below:
Prior to accepting the RAP , these requirements must be met:
1. Identify that Former Pride Cleaners is also known as Washmore Laundry, Facility
Identification No. 4002623 , Release Site OFD.
2. Identify that the RAP has all the necessary components of a CAP required by the
PST Branch.
3. Note that confirmation soil and groundwater samples must be collected and analyzed
for chemicals of concern related to the PST release. This includes BTEXN, TPH-
DRO , and TPH-GRO.
4 . Environmental samples must be collected down gradient from the source of the
release to determine if soil and groundwater contamination has migrated off-site.
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5. All work related to the Release Site OFD must be done by a certified PST consultant,
and environmental samples must be collected by a Utah-certified soil and
groundwater sampler (Utah Admin. Code R31 l-201-2).
6. Separate reports pertaining only to Release Site OFD will be submitted to the PST
Branch upon completion of the remedial work.
Within 30 days of your receipt of this letter, please submit a new RAP. The DERR will then
review your submission and either approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove it.
If you have any questions or concerns , please contact Liberty Coe , the DERR project
manager, at [phone].
Sincerely,
Brent H . Everett, Director
Division of Environmental Response and Remediation
BHE/LC/rr
cc: Dorothy Adams, Executive Director, Salt Lake County Health Department
Ron Lund , Environmental Health Director, Salt Lake County Health Department
Kimberlee McEwan, Assistant Attorney General, Utah Attorney General's Office
Blake Downey, P.G., Wasatch Environmental
Leigh Anderson, Environmental Scientist III, DEQ/DERR
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