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Order No. R5-2009-0097 - 12 - Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Small Food Processors and Small Wineries Within the Central Valley Region A. Applicability This Waiver shall only apply to small food processors and wineries that meet the criteria listed below. Coverage under this Waiver will only be granted to dischargers who meet the criteria, submit a complete Report of Waste Discharge, and receive a Notice of Applicability signed by the Executive Officer. 1 . The Waiver applies to all small food processors except meat processors that land apply less than 100,000 gallons of process wastewater per year at reasonable agronomic loading rates for nutrients and reasonable hydraulic loading rates for water. Wineries may land apply all wastewater generated by processing less than 80 tons of grapes. 2. The Waiver applies to all small food processors and small wineries that store any volume of process wastewater in tank on-site prior to transporting it off-site for disposal at an appropriately permitted facility without limits as to the volume of wastewater managed in this manner. 3. The Waiver applies to small food processors except meat processors that land apply residual solids generated from winery or food processing that results in generation of less than 100,000 gallons of wastewater per year. Wineries may land apply all residual solids in compliance with the conditions specified herein. 4. The Waiver applies to small food processors and small wineries that dispose of any volume of residual solids off-site at an appropriately permitted facility. 5. Wastewater and residual solids storage/disposal methods must comply with the General Conditions listed in Section C of this Waiver. B. Report of Waste Discharge Each Discharger must submit a Report of Waste Discharge to apply for coverage under the Waiver as follows: 1. Dischargers that received a NOA and were covered under the previous Waiver (Resolution No. R5-2003-0106) shall submit a new Report of Waste Discharge to apply for coverage under the Waiver within 90 days of adoption of this Order°. 2. Dischargers that applied for coverage under the previous Waiver (Resolution No. R5-2003-0106) after 11 July 2008 and did not receive a Notice of Applicability For a typical winery, processing 80 tons of grapes to produce wine will typically yield no more than 100,000 gallons of process wastewater. For other food processors the volume of wastewater per ton processed will vary. 4 If the Discharger no longer meets the applicability criteria, the Discharger must submit a Report of Waste Discharge to apply for individual WDRs within 120 days of adoption of this Order.