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MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM NO. R5-2014-0815 -4 - NESTLE 4 - NESTLE USA, INC. — RIPON SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY The reports required herein are necessary for the reasons described in this Order, to assure protection of waters of the state, and to protect public health and the environment. 16.CWC section 13268 states, in part: (a)(1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267 . . . or falsifying any information provided therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision (b). (b)(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a) in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. Failure to submit the required reports to the Central Valley Water Board according to the schedule detailed herein may result in enforcement action(s) being taken against you, which may include the imposition of administrative civil liability pursuant to CWC section 13268. Administrative civil liability of up to $1,000 per violation per day may be imposed for non-compliance with the directives contained herein. REQUIRED ACTIONS IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to California Water Code section 13267, Nestle USA, Inc. shall: 1. Monitoring and reporting shall be conducted in compliance with the specifications of this Order, which replaces MRP No. R5-2010-0810. MRP No. R5-2010-0810 is hereby rescinded. 2. Table 1 of this MRP specifies the required water sampling and analyses for the Discharger's groundwater treatment system located at 230 Industrial Avenue, Ripon and new groundwater treatment systems installed by the Discharger as part of ongoing remedial actions. The table includes the required sampling frequencies and constituents to be quantified by a chemical analysis laboratory certified by the State of California. Discharger shall collect samples from each treatment system at the frequencies specified in Table 1 , and at approximately the same time. Midpoint samples for the 230 Industrial Avenue system and private drinking water well treatment systems shall be taken between the two GAC vessels. The Discharger shall maintain the treatment systems so that VOCs are removed before discharge. With proper operation and maintenance of the treatment systems, all VOCs shall be removed from extracted groundwater prior to discharge. For the 230 Industrial Avenue treatment system, VOCs shall not be detected in effluent samples at concentrations equal to or greater than 0.5 pg/L. Any detection of VOCs in effluent samples shall be reported to the Regional Water Board within 24 hours. Regional Water Board staff may require shutdown if VOCs are detected, but each detection will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.