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CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT COR NO. 5-01-703 . 7 _ CITY OF RIVERBANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT STANISLAUS COUNTY 28. The issuance of this Order is an enforcement action by a regulatory agency and is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Section 15321(a)(2), Title 14, California Code of Regulations. 29. Any person affected by this action of the Board may petition the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) to review the action in accordance with Section 2050 through 2068, Title 23, California Code of Regulations. The petition must be received by the State Board within 30 days of the date of this Order. Copies of the law and regulations applicable to filing petitions will be provided upon request. In addition to filing a petition with the State Board, any person affected adversely by this Order may request the Regional Board to reconsider this Order. Such request should be made within 30 days of the date of this Order. Note that, even if reconsideration by the Regional Board is sought, filing a petition with the State Board within the statutory period is necessary to preserve the petitioner's legal rights. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that,pursuant to Sections 13304 and 13267 of the California Water Code, the City of Riverbank shall cleanup and abate, forthwith, all releases and threatened releases of wastewater from within the confines of the designated treatment and disposal facility. "Forthwith" means as soon as is reasonably possible. The City of Riverbank shall implement the following measures no later than the specified dates: 1. By 20 April 2001, the Discharger shall submit a Contingency Plan describing interim measures necessary to prevent unauthorized discharges until all permanent improvements and retrofitting are complete. The plan shall be based on an interim water balance utilizing the best professional estimate of current percolation rates and the water balance submitted in October 2000. The Contingency Plan shall consider options for immediately reducing the water level in the ponds to a safe interim operating level. Options may include,but are not necessarily not limited to,' construction of temporary and/or permanent effluent storage/percolation ponds, reduction of influent flow through water conservation measures, self-imposed restriction of new connections and/or industrial discharges, enhanced evaporation through mechanical methods, and transport of effluent to another properly permitted facility. The plan shall include a technical and economic feasibility evaluation of the options, and specify the selected measure(s). 2. By 20 April 2001, the Discharger shall contain seepage from the Winter Aeration Cell and Summer Pond 1 and ensure that the waste is returned to the treatment plant, and shall submit a report describing the actions taken to comply with this requirement. 3. By 30 April 2001 and by the 30`h of each month thereafter, the Discharger shall submit a Cleanup and Abatement Order Status Report that describes the Discharger's progress in completing each cleanup and abatement measure required by this Order. 4. By 15 May 2001,the Discharger shall fully implement the Contingency Plan and take any and all measures necessary to comply with the freeboard limitations set forth in Order No. 94-100 and shall control seepage and leakage from the ponds. The Discharger shall submit a technical report describing the actions taken to comply this requirement by the aforementioned date.