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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. - 13- PAT MITCHELL AND CALIFORNIA NATURAL PRODUCTS WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Monitoring Well Installation Workplan consistent with the requirements described in Attachment C. Additional groundwater monitoring wells shall be installed at the land application area and a minimum of one well shall be proposed as a background well at the processing facility. The workplan shall include a Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) that will be implemented for all future groundwater monitoring. At a minima n, the SAP shall include: water level elevation measurement techniques, sample collection details (purging techniques sampling equipment to the used and decontamination of sampling equipment) sample Preservation and shipment analytical procedures chain of custody control and quality assurance/quality control standards. The Discharger shall collect,preserve and transport groundwater samples in accordance with the approved SAP. b. By 14 June 2001,the Discharger shall submit a report on confirmation or completion of improvements for the land application facility. The improvements shall include installation of fencing or notification signs, confirmation of minimum one foot freeboard berm, and reconfiguration of checks to improve application rate. C. By 14 June 2001, the Discharger shall submit an Operation and Maintenance (O&M)Plan for the wastewater treatment facility,-and land application area, and landscaped area. The O&M Plan shall instruct field personnel on how to manage the day-to-day discharge operations to comply with the terms and conditions of this order and how to make field adjustments, as necessary,to preclude nuisance conditions (e.g., standing water, runoff from landscaped areas, and objectionable odors from ponded wastewater). It shall also include a nuisance condition troubleshooting flowchart and a description of notification requirements if bypass occurs. The Discharger shall include a Cropping Plan as an appendix to the O&M Plan. The Cropping Plan shall be prepared by an agronomist, shall identify the crops to be grown,present nitrogen removal calculations, and crop cutting/harvesting procedures. A copy of the O&M Plan shall be kept at the facility for reference by operating personnel. Key operating personnel shall be familiar with its contents. d.By 14 inne 2001, the Disehafger-shall submit a repei4 en impfavements made to the p14 opcerrxoarim-r .r e:d.By 16 July 2001,the Discharger shall submit a Long-term Wastewater Disposal Plan. The Plan shall be prepared by a Registered Engineer, shall describe expectedrp ocess wastewater and stormwater flows for the next ten years, and shall propose method(s) for disposal. No additional wastewater maybe applied on the existing 17-acre land application area or the landscaped area unless it can be demonstrated, through the appropriate CEQA document, that there will be no unmitigated environmental effects including no adverse impacts to water quality. Any Report of Waste Discharge submitted for increased flow rates must describe the proposed disposal options for the next ten years. fle. By 30 July 2001, the Discharger shall submit a Groundwater Well Installation Report consistent with the requirements described in Attachment C.