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Mr. Pratt said that, also, State regulations require that any reten- tion ponds are to be lined or underlain with ten percent clay and pro- tected from 100 year stream flows. This site may be subject to 100 year flooding. Violations noted last Winter referred to water in corrals and manure permeating into the underlying soils; that silage pits had concrete bottoms but no lining of sides. This would permeate into soils. He said he wanted to be sure that the project complies with water quality regulations and that there is water protection. In answer to a question, Mr. Pratt said that the property is too small ' to handle that amount of waste product. He said it is recommended that a Negative Declaration not be accepted for this site. He said that if a permit is approved, he asked that it be conditioned to water quality regulations from the Water Quality Control Board. Rachel Espinoza, 18990 S. McKinley, Manteca , spoke about odor , flies and dust from the trucks coming in day and night. She asked why Mr . Ronyak was allowed to continue his operation even though he does not have a permit. She said that the Ronyak operation has been going on since 1984 . She said when she had previously complained about the operation she was told that Mr. Ronyak had a permit. She said the permit was actually for the planting of an almond orchards . She said that the soil was removed and sold; waste was brought in; and the almond orchard was never planted. Mr. Ronyak excavated the property after the permit expired. Ms . Espinoza said that the neighbors called the Local Health District several times and she, as well as others, took samples of the sludge to the Local Health District, but no one there wanted to smell it. She said she took her laundry also to the Local Health District and no one wanted to smell that either . The odor from the Ronyak operation penetrates everything. Denise Cargill, 18966 S. McKinley, said she lives right across from the subject property. She said that flies attack her children and the school bus driver will no longer pick up her children in front of her property because of the odor problem. She said this the Manteca Unified School District bus service. Pete Carpenter, 19470 S. McKinley, said that the City of Manteca cleaned up their sewer treatment plant odor problem. He said he was concerned about the speeding trucks going back and forth from that one location. This is tearing up the road from Woodward Avenue. He said his feet stuck to the ground from the stuff that is coming off the trucks . The odor is not coming from dog kennels. The trucks that go to the property down Woodward Avenue are salvage trucks from Eckards or Nestles Chocolate Company. This is hazardous to the children in the area. In answer to a question, he said he had not noticed vehicles sliding on the road because of spillage on the road. He said there is one truck about every 15 minutes . Dorothy Graham, 19020 S. McKinley, said that Mr. Ronyak has more than 75 head of cattle on the property. She said the coffee grounds are like quicksand and could suck a child or animal down. She said there PC: 9/15/88 -5- MINUTES