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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION • CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER NO. 98-721 FOR JOE J.MACHADO,LILLIAN E.MACHADO, BRUCE KiMBROUGI, JOANNE KIMBROUGH LUCKY J DAIRY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY This Order is issued to Joe J. Machado,Lillian E.Machado, Bruce Kimbrough, Joanne Kimbrough, and the Lucky J.Dairy (hereafter jointly referred to as Discharger)based on provisions of the California Water Code Section 13304,which authorizes issuance of a Cleanup and Abatement Order. The Executive Officer finds,with respect to the Discharger's acts,,or failure to act,the following: 1. The Lucky J Dairy(the Facility) is at 17529 W. Grant Line Road, Tracy, in the southeast 1/4 of Section 16 T2S,R4E,MDB&M. Mr. Bruce Kimbrough operates the Facility, and Mr. Joe J. Machado and Mrs. Lillian E.Machado own the real property where the facility and associated cropland are located (Assessor's Parcel No. 209-060-08). . 2. The assessor's map indicates that the Parcel No. 209-060-08 is 148 acres. According to State records, the dairy herd is 849 mills cows. 3. On 8 November 1988,Regional Board Staff conducted an inspection of the Facility in response to complaints of dairy wastewater being discharged to the roadside ditch along Grant Line Road. The inspection revealed a pond of dairy wastewater in the roadside ditch and a recent breech in the berm on the east side of the holding pond. Electrical Conductivity(EC) of the water standing in the roadside ditch was 2900 pmhos/cm. Records show that the pond overflow was due to failure of a pump,which was subsequently repaired. 4. During an inspection on 5 March 1993 in response to a complaint alleging nuisance conditions emanating from the Facility's wastewater retention pond, Staff observed that the wastewater retention pond on the southwest corner of Patterson Pass Road and Grant Line Road had overflowed. Wastewater had flowed in the roadside ditch and had discharged into a field in the southeast comer of the same intersection. Stormwater was also ponded in and around the corrals. 5. In April 1995 and in May 1996 San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division received complaints that the wastewater retention pond at the Lucky J Dairy had overflowed onto a field and onto the roadway. 6. Regional Board Staff conducted an inspection in response to complaints on 29 January 1997. The complaints alleged continuous discharge of wastewater from the retention pond for several days, beginning 23 January 1997. The inspection on 29 January revealed wastewater flowing at a rate of approximately 30 gallons per minute from the west side of the waste retention area into the ditch along Grant Line Road. The wastewater was flowing into an area of cropland at the intersection o