ARCHIVED REPORTS_COMBINED ANNUAL AND SECOND-HALF 2012 GROUNDWATER MONITORING REPORT 01-31-2013

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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2012-0105 13 DIAMOND PET FOOD PROCESSORS OF RIPON, LLC AND RIPON COGENERATION, LLC DIAMOND PET FOOD RIPON FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY state who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of 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 Monitoring and Reporting Program (MRP) are necessary to assure compliance with these waste discharge requirements. The Dischargers own and operate the facilities that discharge the waste subject to this Order. 57 The California Department of Water Resources sets standards for the construction and destruction of groundwater wells (hereafter "DWR Well Standards"), as described in California Well Standards Bulletin 74-90(June 1991) and Water Well Standards: State of California Bulletin 94-89 (December 1981). These standards, and any more stringent standards adopted by the state or county pursuant to Water Code section 13801, apply to all monitoring wells used to monitor the impacts of wastewater storage or disposal governed by this Order. 58. The action to adopt waste discharge requirements for this existing facility is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality (CEQA), in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301. 59. On 15 September 2010, City of Ripon adopted a Negative Declaration for Diamond Pet Food Processors, LLC pursuant to the California Environment Quality Act. The Negative Declaration states that remodeling the heavy industrial paper mill facility into a pet food manufacturing plant will not result in significant effect on water quality for adjoining areas and will not involve the possibility of contaminating a public water supply system or adversely affect groundwater. 60. Compliance with these waste discharge requirements will mitigate or avoid significant impacts to water quality. 61. Pursuant to 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. Public Notice 62. All the above and the supplemental information and details in the attached Information Sheet, which is incorporated by reference herein, were considered in establishing the following conditions of discharge. 63. The Dischargers and interested agencies and persons have been notified of the intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge, and they have been provided an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 64. All comments pertaining to the discharge were heard and considered in a public meeting.