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i • <br /> STTE OF CALIFORNIA GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN Governor <br /> CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD— <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> 3443 ROUTIER ROAD, SUITE A � <br /> SACRAMENTO, CA 95827-3098 <br /> 12 July 1990 <br /> Mr. David Bates <br /> Chi RECEIVED <br /> Chief Production <br /> VEDtion Engineer s� v <br /> The Marley Cooling Tower Company ��� ) 6 ���� <br /> 5800 Foxridge Drive <br /> Mission, Kansas 66201 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH <br /> PERMIT/SERVICES <br /> NOTICE OF VIOLATION <br /> VIOLATIONS OF NPOES PERMIT NO. C40081787, MARLEY COOLING TOWER, SAN JOAQUIN <br /> COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> Marley Cooling Tower Company (MCTC) has violated and continues to violate Board <br /> Order No. 87-161. The enclosed memorandum discusses the NPDES permit violations <br /> at MCTC' s Stockton facility. The permit violations were: <br /> 1) Effluent Limitations 1: During th)e first quarter of 1990, the <br /> effluent limitations for total chromium were exceeded 33 days out of <br /> 68 days of sampling (a 49% violation rate) . The total copper <br /> effluent limitation had a 62% violation rate (42 violations) , and <br /> the TDS limitation had a 90% violation rate (61 violations) . <br /> 2) Provision E.3: This provision requires that the Discharger comply <br /> with the attached Monitoring and Reporting Program (No. 87-161) . <br /> This monitoring program requires that monthly monitoring reports be <br /> submitted on the 15th day of the following month. As the memorandum <br /> indicates, MCTC has not complied with this requirement for the first <br /> four months of 1990. <br /> These violations are unacceptable. MCTC is required, pursuant to Section 13267 <br /> of the California Water Code, to submit to us, by 3 August 1990, a Technical <br /> Report with measures and time schedules to prevent a recurrence of the NPDES <br /> permit violations including: <br /> 1) A detailed monitoring plan, QA/QC program, and a contingency plan, <br /> for a three-month Hach monitoring proposal , including an evaluation <br /> of wet chemical and/or atomic adsorption techniques if the HacGh <br /> proposal is deemed inappropriate. <br /> 2) Treatment plant modifications and/or operational and maintenance <br /> adjustments, including maintenance of an effective ion exchange <br /> resin. <br /> 3) Specific measures to comply with the TDS effluent limitation. <br /> 4) A QA/QC program for the contract laboratory, including future <br /> compliance with the 15 day reporting requirement. <br />