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• WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO.R5-2003-XXXX 5 ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY STOCKTON TERMINAL#40T ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION PILOT STUDY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 20. Section 13267(b) of California Water Code provides that: In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision(a), the regional board may require that any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge within its region, or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this state who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste outside of its region that could affect the quality of the waters of the state within its region shall furnish,under penalty of perjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the board requires. The burden,including costs of these reports, shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the reports and the benefits to be obtained from the reports. In requiring those reports,the regional board shall provide the person with a written explanation with regard to the need for the reports, and shall identify the evidence that supports requiring that person to provide the reports. The technical reports required by this Order and the attached MRP No. R5-2003-XXXX are necessary to assure compliance with these waste discharge requirements. The Discharger operates the facility that discharges the waste subject to this Order. 21. The California Department of Water Resources sets standards for the construction and destruction of groundwater wells, as described in California Well Standards Bulletin 74-90(June 199 1) and Water Well Standards: State of California Bulletin 74-81 (December 1981). These standards, and any more stringent standards adopted by the State or County pursuant to California Water Code Section 13801, apply to all monitoring wells. 22. Issuance of this Order is an action to assure the restoration of the environment and is, therefore, exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, Section 21000, et seq.), in accordance with Section 15308 and 15330, Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR). 23. This discharge is exempt from the requirements of Consolidated Regulations for Treatment, Storage, Processing, or Disposal of Solid Waste, as set forth in Title 27, CCR, Section 20005, et seq., (hereafter Title 27). The exemption pursuant to Section 20090(d), is based on the following: a. The Board is issuing waste discharge requirements, b. The discharge complies with the Basin Plan, and c. The wastewater does not need to be managed according to Title 22 CCR,Division 4.5, and Chapter 11, as a hazardous waste. 24. Pursuant to California Water Code Section 13263(g), discharge is a privilege, not a right, and adoption of this Order does not create a vested right to continue the discharge.