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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ORDER NO. R5-2003-0012 <br /> CEASE AND DESIST ORDER <br /> REQUIRING <br /> CANANDAIGUA WINE COMPANY, ESCALON CELLARS <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> TO <br /> CEASE AND DESIST <br /> FROM DISCHARGING CONTRARY TO REQUIREMENTS <br /> The Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter referred to as "Regional <br /> Board") finds that: <br /> 1. Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. 91-223 adopted by the Regional Board on <br /> 22 November 1991,prescribes requirements for Canandaigua Wine Company(hereafter referred <br /> to as "Discharger"). <br /> 2. Escalon Cellars is at 21801 Highway 120, Escalon, San Joaquin County. The winery and <br /> associated Land Application Areas (LAAs) comprise approximately 128 acres (Assessor's Parcel <br /> No. 205-250-02) in Section 36, TIS, R8E, MDB&M. <br /> 3. The Discharger has owned and operated the winery facility and LAAs since 1994. The winery has <br /> existed since at least the 1920's; prior owners and operators include Heublein Wine, Erley <br /> Industries, and United Vintners. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 4. Activities at the winery include receiving and crushing grapes, fermentation, storage, wine <br /> processing treatments (clarification, filtration, cation exchange, etc.), and distribution in bulk <br /> containers. No bottling or packaging of wine is performed at the facility. Historically, a distillery <br /> was operated on-site; Canandaigua ceased operation of the distillery in April 2001 and has no <br /> plans for future distillation activities at the site. <br /> 5. In 2001, the Discharger crushed approximately 83,881 tons of grapes to produce approximately <br /> 14.7 million gallons of wine and 84,000 proof gallons of distilled spirits. The maximum crush <br /> capacity of the facility, if empty, is 100,000 tons of grapes. <br /> 6. Process wastewater is generated by the following operations: crushing/destemming,pressing, <br /> racking, fining, tank cleaning, general washdown, process equipment sterilization,wine <br /> processing, and cooling system (cooling tower blowdown and non contact cooling water). <br /> Stormwater runoff, excluding parking lot runoff, is also directed into the process wastewater <br /> system for application to the LAAs. The LAAs consist of seven evaporation/percolation basins, <br /> with a total size of 108 acres. <br />