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Mr. Kirk Vandergeest, CFO -4 - 25 July 2016 Zacky& Sons Poultry, LLC below. Zacky & Sons Poultry, LLC owns and operates the poultry processing plant at 1111 Navy Drive, Stockton and is responsible for the waste generated at the facility. Required Actions IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to California Water Code section 13267, Zacky & Sons Poultry, LLC is required to determine if pollution of the groundwater is occurring from the facility and to establish background groundwater quality. The following reports are required to be submitted to the Central Valley Water Board for review and approval. 1. Beginning with the Third Quarter 2016, the Discharger shall implement MRP R5-2016-0810 (Attachment C to this Order) and shall monitor the wastewater and groundwater as described in the MRP. The first quarterly monitoring report is due by 1 November 2016 and quarterly and annual monitoring shall continue to be submitted until the MRP is rescinded. 2. By 1 December 2016, the Discharger shall submit a Groundwater Characterization and Groundwater Monitoring Well Installation Workplan that proposes an appropriate number of monitoring wells to provide an assessment of groundwater conditions, including a background characterization evaluation upgradient of the pond, onsite processing plant, and wastewater treatment system. The workplan shall be prepared in accordance with, and include the items listed in, the first section of Attachment D: "Requirements for Monitoring Well Installation Workplans and Monitoring Well Installation Reports". A schedule or timeline for the characterization activities should also be included. The plan can also include additional alternative investigative techniques or evaluation of available resources to characterize background groundwater conditions. The groundwater monitoring wells will be designed to yield samples representative of the uppermost portion of the first aquifer underlying the pond and wastewater treatment system. 3. By 1 December 2016, the Discharger shall submit a Wastewater Treatment Facility Integrity and Evaluation Workplan that specifies the means and methods that the Discharger proposes to use to evaluate the integrity of the wastewater system, including but not limited to the pond liner, sump, clarifying tanks, lateral lines, and connections, and a survey of the sewer outlet to the street. Provide a proposed schedule to coordinate the evaluations to be conducted. 4. By 1 October 2017, the Discharger shall submit a Groundwater Characterization and Groundwater Monitoring Well Installation Report for the installation of new groundwater monitoring wells. The report shall be prepared in accordance with, and including the items listed in the second section of Attachment D: "Monitoring Well Installation Workplan and Monitoring Well installation Report Guidance". The report shall describe the installation and development of all new monitoring wells, and explain any deviation from the approved workplan. After installation and development, the new monitoring wells must be included in the Groundwater Monitoring Program outlined in the MRP. The above technical reports are required pursuant to Water Code section 13267. Failure to submit the reports, or submittal of incomplete reports, subjects the Discharger to a maximum liability of$1,000 per day per late report.