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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIRi _LNTS ORDER NO. 5-01-055 -7- TRI VALLEY GROWERS PLANT NO. 4 STOCKTON, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 42. The Board has notified the Discharger and interested agencies and persons of its intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge and has provided them with an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 43. The Board, in a public meeting, heard and considered all comments pertaining to the discharge. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Order No. 95-167 is rescinded and Tri Valley Growers, its agents, successors, and assigns, in order to meet the provisions contained in Division 7 of the California Water Code and regulations adopted thereunder, shall comply with the following: A. Discharge Prohibitions: 1. Discharge of wastes to surface waters or surface water drainage courses is prohibited. The discharge shall remain in the designated disposal areas at all times. 2. Discharge of unscreened, or overflow of untreated or partially treated waste, is prohibited. 3. Discharge of wastewater to saturated soil or during rain events when the soil is saturated, is prohibited. 4. As of 30 December 2001, discharge of untreated cherry brine wastewater or water softening (ion exchange) regeneration brine to the land application area is prohibited. 5. Neither the treatment nor the discharge shall cause a nuisance or condition of pollution as defined by the California Water Code, Section 13050. 6. The discharge shall not cause the degradation of any water supply. 7. Discharge of waste classified as hazardous, as defined in Sections 2521(a) of Title 23, CCR, Section 2510, et seq., (hereafter Chapter 15), or `designated', as defined in Section 13173 of the California Water Code, is prohibited. 8. Only process water shall be discharged to the process wastewater treatment system and the land disposal facility. Domestic wastewater shall never be discharged to the process wastewater treatment system, or the land disposal facility. B. Discharge Specifications: 1. The 30-day(monthly) average discharge to the designated disposal fields shall not exceed 500,000 gpd in the months from October to April, and 1,500,000 gpd in the months from May to September. 2. Objectionable odors originating at this facility shall not be perceivable beyond the limits of the wastewater treatment, storage, and disposal areas.