FIELD DOCUMENTS AND WORK PLANS 1992-1999

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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS -6- MARLEY COOLING TOWER COMPANY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY benefit to the people of California by facilitating cleanup of contaminated ground water. 27. The Board adopted a Water Quality Control Plan, Second Edition, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Basin (hereafter Basin Plan) which contains water quality objectives for all waters of the Basin. These requirements implement the Basin Plan. 28. Federal Regulations for storm water discharges were promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on 16 November 1990 (40 CFR Parts 122, 123, and 124) . The regulations require specific categories of facilities, which discharge storm water associated with industrial activity (storm water) , to obtain NPDES permits and to implement Best Available Technology Economically Achievable (BAT) and Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (BCT) to reduce or eliminate industrial storm water pollution. 29. The State Water Resources Control Board adopted Order No. 91-13-DWQ (General Permit No. CAS000001) specifying waste discharge requirements for discharge of storm water associated with industrial activities, excluding construction activities, and requiring submittal of a Notice of Intent by industries to be covered by this permit. This Order further specified that if an individual permit is adopted for storm water runoff from a facility, then the General Permit would no longer apply. This individual permit and the provisions it contains concerning storm water relieves the Discharger from seeking coverage under the General Permit. 30. Statewide plans and policies applicable to this discharge and not referenced in the Basin Plan include the "Policy Statement on Wastewater Discharge to Watercourses in Water Deficient Areas, Resolution No. 79-45" and the "Policy with Respect to Water Reclamation in California, Resolution No. 77-1" . 31 . The action to revise an existing NPDES permit is exempt from the provisions of Chapter 3 of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21100, et seq. ) , in accordance with Section 13389 of the California Water Code. 32. The Board has notified the Discharger and interested agencies and persons of its intent to revise the existing NPDES permit for this Discharger and has provided them with an opportunity for a public hearing and an oppor- tunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 33. The Board, in a public meeting, heard and considered all comments pertaining to the discharge. 34. Effluent limitations, and toxic and pretreatment effluent standards established pursuant to Sections 301, 302, 304, and 307 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and amendments thereto are applicable to the discharge.