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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION ORDER NO. 79-131 NPDES NO. CA0003913 WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRI VALLEY GROWERS, PLANT NO. 4 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY The California Regio, al Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (here- after Board) finds that: i. Tri Valley Growers, Plant No. 4 submitted a report of waste discharge, dated 9 April 1979. 2. Tri Valley Growers, Plant No. 4 discharges a maximum of 1.2 mgd into Bear Creek, a water of the United States, at a point in the NW 1/4 of Section 1, T2N, R6E, MDB&M 6 miles north of Stockton during the months of July through October. The cannery also discharges a maximum of 3.0 mgd of process waste- water to spray irrigation fields during the same period. 3. The Board on 2 July 1975 adopted a Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacra- mento-San Joaq 'n Delta Basin. The Basin Plan contains water quality objectives for The San Jo quin River. 4. The beneficialluses of Bear Creek are: agricultural supply; recreation; esthetic enjoyment; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and other aquatic resources. 5. Effluent limit tion, and toxic and pretreatment effluent standards established pursuant to Se tions 208b, 301, 302, 303(d) , 304, and 307 of the Federal Water Pollution Cont of Act and amendments thereto are applicable to the discharge. 6. The discharge rom Tri-Valley Growers, Plant No. 4 is presently governed by waste discharg requirements adopted by the Board on 26 July 1974 in Order No. 74-383 (CAO 003�13) . 7. The action to adopt an NPDES permit is exempt from the provisions of the Calif- ornia Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq. ) in accordance with Section 13389 of the California Water Code. 8. The Board has otified the discharger and interested agencies and persons of its intent to �rescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge and has provided them ith an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their w I itten views and recommendations. 9. The Board in a public meeting heard and considered all comments pertaining to the discharge.