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_ WASTE DISCHARGE REQ.^: 'NTS ORDER NO.5-01-145 ' _3- <br /> KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION DBA KRC AGGREGATES <br /> AGGREGATE MINE AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> Discharges to Storm Water Associated with Industrial Activities.(excluding construction <br /> activities). The site's General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Waste Discharge <br /> Identification-Number is 5S39S014444. . ` <br /> 18 "A chicken ranch exists south of the aggregate facility, otherwise-the surrounding land uses <br /> are primarily azricultural. . . <br /> 19 The Board has considered anti-degradation'pursuant to State Board Resolution`68=16 and, <br /> believes that this discharge will not impact underlying groundwater. <br /> k 20. The Board adopted a Water Quality Control Plan, Fourth Edition, for the Sacramento River <br /> and San Joaquin River Basins(hereafter Basin Plan); which contains water quality <br /> objectives for waters of the Basins. These requirements implernent the Basin Plan. <br /> 21. Stormwater is collected from disturbed areas on-the site and discharged into the wastewater <br /> pond system. Stormwater is collected in the process wastewater ponds for use in aggregate <br /> washing. Excavation activities avoid three significant ephemeral drainage courses on the <br /> site as well as two existing cattle stock watering ponds. <br /> f 22. Surface water drainage is to the Mokelumne River. The beneficial uses of the Mokelumne <br /> River from Camanche Reservoir to the Delta are irrigation and stock watering; contact, <br /> canoeing, and non-contact recreation; warm and cold freshwater habitat; warm and cold <br /> water migration; warm and cold water spawning habitat; and wildlife habitat. <br /> 25. The beneficial uses of underlying groundwaters are municipal, industrial, and agricultural <br /> supply. <br /> 24. The facility is located outside the 100 year flood zone. <br /> 25. A Final Environmental Impaci Report dated March 1995 was prepared by the San Joaquin <br /> County Community Development Department. <br /> 26. This discharge is exempt from the requirements of Consolidated Regulations far <br /> Treatment, Storage, Processing, or Disposal of Solid Waste, as set forth in Title 27, CCR, <br /> Division 2, Subdivision 1, Section 2005, et seq., (hereafter Title 27)_ The exemption <br /> pursuant to Section 20090(b), is based on the following: <br /> j a. The Board is issuing waste discharge requirements, <br /> b. The discharge complies with the Basin Plan, and <br /> c. The wastewater does not need to be managed according to Title 22 CCR, Division <br /> 4.5, and Chapter 11, as a hazardous waste. <br /> 27. Section 13267(b) of California Water Code provides that: "In conducting an investigation <br /> specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require that any person who has <br /> discharged, discharges, or is suspected of discharging, or who proposes to discharge within <br /> its region, or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this state who has <br />