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25 | On 4/11/24, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Anna Chan conducted an unannounced Case Management visit. LPA met with Director, Monette Perez to discuss the Lead Sampling Testing. LPA was led on a walk through of the facility, census taken was 32 preschool children and 4 staff. Director of Linda Vista Sylvia Cuesta arrived around 1:30pm to continue with the visit.
Assembly Bill (AB) 2370, Chapter 676, Statutes of 2018 requires all licensed Child Care Centers (CCC’s) 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 years after the date of the first test. The Purpose of today’s visit is to follow up lead testing results of Action Level Exceedance (ALE). The facility has not done re-testing and was cited.
Instructions for required lead testing are outlined in PIN 21-21-CCP. This PIN which contains Written Directives, have the same force and effects as the regulations contained in Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
Child Care Centers are expected to use an Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP), for lead testing. Accreditation from the California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, known as an ELAP laboratory, is equipped to measure the amount of lead in parts per billion (ppb) unit of measurement.
Director was advised that on 8/30/23, lead testing was done in the facility and the water on sample D and D30 failed with a result of 8.7ppb and 12ppb respectively. The faucets needs to be re-tested or removed for Lead Exceedance. Te facility is providing filtered water using Brita water pitcher to children in care. Director Cuesta stated that Lead Testing will be repeated for the facility to find out which faucet failed lead testing. Documents from the previous testing were not available.
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