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Order No. R5-2009-0097 - 5 - Conditional 5 -Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Small Food Processors and Small Wineries Within the Central Valley Region activities, including, but not limited to, existing watershed-based, compliance, and effectiveness monitoring efforts; the size of the project area, and other relevant factors. Monitoring results shall be made available to the public. ... The state board or a regional board may waive the monitoring requirements described in this subdivision for discharges that it determines do not pose a significant threat to water quality." Although discharges that comply with this Order do not pose a significant threat to water quality, the Central Valley Water Board has not waived the monitoring requirements as stated above. Groundwater monitoring and analysis is not necessary due to the low volume of the discharges, the nature of the constituents, existing monitoring information from other regulated facilities and information about salinity that will become available through the CV-SALTS initiative. 23. This Order does not regulate the discharge of plain water (i.e., water to which no chemical cleaning agents have been added) used for the soaking and final sanitary cleaning of pre-cleaned or new wine barrels. This water may be disposed of in any environmentally sound manner, including vineyard or landscape irrigation or discharge to a County-regulated septic system in compliance with all applicable County regulations. 24. Small food processors, especially wineries, may expand over time and increase the volume of wastewater produced, and therefore an annual monitoring report is necessary to confirm that the food processor continues to meet the conditions of this waiver. 25. A waiver of the requirement to issue WDRs for waste discharges that (a) will cause no or insignificant impairment of water quality and (b) pose little risk of creating nuisance conditions is in the public interest because it reduces the cost of activities that produce innocuous or small amounts of waste, is protective of the environment, and allows Central Valley Water Board staff to direct resources to address waste discharges that have significant potential to degrade water quality or create nuisance. 26. For purposes of this conditional waiver for the Central Valley Region, the "Basin Plan" is one of the following: a. The Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins, Fourth Edition, or b. The Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin, Second Edition. 27. The designated beneficial uses of groundwater in the Central Valley Region, as specified in the Basin Plan, are municipal and domestic water supply, agricultural supply, industrial service supply, and industrial process supply. 28. The beneficial uses of surface water in the Central Valley Region are specified in each Basin Plan for specific water bodies including major rivers, creeks, and lakes, and also apply to tributaries to these water bodies. These beneficial uses potentially include municipal and domestic supply; agricultural supply; industrial service supply; industrial process supply; groundwater recharge; freshwater replenishment; navigation; hydropower generation; water contact recreation; non-contact water recreation;