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August 31, 2023

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Reader responds to Service Industry News

Aug. 15 VGBA story

MAIL.

This letter is from Hassan Hamza President of Vacless Systems Inc., in Canoga Park, California. .

am writing to agree with you on importance our congress in VGB A renewal!! also to correct some misleading your news article considers renewing August 15, 2023.

I added two exclamation express dislikes the idea of safety does not mandate the installation of covers manufactured ANSI/ A112.19.8 installation Safety Release System (SVRS) ANSI/ASME word “renewal” A112.19.17 standard on pools or equipped single main article issued on August 15, 2023, regarding “Congress Renewing VGBA” misleading the pool’s service that in act, installation covers is good enough. this case your highly respected may be, inadvertently, proceed the wrong information into their recreational a correction to this

Thank you Hassan. We will contact the Pool Hot Tub Alliance to address a correction. Please look for it in an upcoming issue.

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