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CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT 01.__R NO.R5-201 I- ->- VALLEY PACIFIC SERVICES INC. 930 VICTOR ROAD, LODI,SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY VI. Basin Plan: The Water Board's Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins, 4th Edition (hereafter Basin Plan) designates beneficial uses of the waters of the State, establishes water quality objectives (WQOs) to protect these uses, and establishes implementation policies to implement WQOs. The beneficial uses of the groundwater beneath sites governed by this attachment are domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural supply. VII. Policies: The following policies contain provisions that must be adhered to by responsible parties conducting cleanup activities. ' 1. The State Water Resources Control Board (he reafte $tate Board) has adopted Resolution No. 92-49, the Policies and,,Procedures for Investigation and Cleanup and Abatement of Discharges Under Water Code Section 13304. This Policy sets forth the policies and procedures to`be used during an investigation or cleanup of a polluted site and requires that cleanup levels be consistent with State Board Resolution 68-16, the Statement Of Policy With Respect to Maintaining High Quality of Waters in California. Resolution 92-49 and the Water Board's Water Quality Gontrol Plan for the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins (4th Ed) (Basin Plan) establish the cleanup levels to be achieved. Resolution;9249 requires the waste to be cleaned up to background, or if that is not%reasonable, to a'n alternative level that is the most stringent level that is economically,and technologically feasible in accordance with California Code of Regulations;Title 23, section 2550.4. Any alternative cleanup level to background must (1) be consistent with the maximum benefit to the people of the state; (2) not;unreasonably affect present and anticipated beneficial use of such water; and (3)`not result it water quality less than that prescribed in the Basin Plan and"applicable Water Quality Control Plans and Policies of the State Board. 2. Chapter IV of the Basin Plan contains'the Policy for Investigation and Cleanup of Contaminated Sites; which describes the Central Valley Water Boar&s'policy for managing contaminated sites. This Policy is based on ,g Water Water Code Sections 13000 and 13304, the Title 27 CCR, Division 2, Subdivision 1 regulations;, and State Water Board Resolution Nos. 68-16 and 92-49. The Poiicy includes site investigation, source removal or containment, ,,A i information required to be submitted for consideration in establishing cleanup levels, and the;bases for establishment of soil and groundwater cleanup levels / i 3. The State Board adopted the Water Quality Enforcement Policy, which states in part: "At a minimum, cleanup levels must be sufficiently stringent to fully support beneficial uses, unless the RWQCB allows a containment zone. In the interim, and if restoration of background water quality cannot be achieved, the CAO should require the discharger(s) to abate the effects of the discharge. Abatement activities may include the provision of alternate water supplies." (Enforcement Policy, p. 14.)