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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS -5- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY SITE 300 AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ALAMEDA AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTIES 6. The discharge shall not cause bottom deposits in the receiving waters. 7. The discharge shall not increase the turbidity of the receiving waters by more than 10% over background levels. 8. The discharge shall not alter the normal ambient pH of the receiving water more than 0.5 units. 9. The discharge shall not increase the normal ambient temperature of the receiving water more than 5°F. 10. The discharge shall not cause a violation of any applicable water quality standard for receiving waters adopted by the Board or the State Water Resources Control Board as required by the Clean Water Act and regulations adopted thereunder. If more stringent applicable water quality standards are approved pursuant to Section 303 of the Clean Water Act, or amendments thereto, the Board will revise and modify this Order in accordance with such more stringent standards. 11 . This permit shall be modified, or alternatively, revoked and reissued, to comply with any applicable effluent standard or limitation issued or approved under Sections 301(b)(2)(C) and (D) , 304(b)(2) , and 307(a)(2) of the Clean Water Act, if the effluent standard or limitation so issued or approved: (a) Contains different conditions or is otherwise more stringent than any effluent limitation in the permit; or (b) Controls any pollutant not limited in the permit. The permit as modified or reissued under this paragraph shall also contain any other requirements of the Act then applicable. C. Provisions: 1 . Neither the discharge nor its treatment shall create a nuisance or pollu- tion as defined in Section 13050 of the California Water Code. 2. Between 1 May and 1 October of each year, the discharge shall not create a continuous flow in Corral Hollow Creek where it flows through the DFG' s Corral Hollow Ecological Reserve.