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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION =ORDER NO. WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR OWENS-BROCKWAY OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS FURNACE FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region (hereafter Board), finds that: 1. Owens-Brockway and Owens-Illinois (hereafter Discharger) submitted a Report of Waste Discharge, dated 12 January 2000,to treat and dispose of process wastewater generated in a glass furnace facility and domestic wastewater generated by employees. 2. The property is located on Assessor's Parcel Number 209-240-24, which is owned by Owens-Brockway, a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois. The facility is located at 14700 W. Shulte Rd., Tracy, San Joaquin County. Q 3. Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 80-014, adopted by the Board on 25 January 1980, prescribes requirements for discharge of effluent from the Owens-Brockway glass furnace facility to evaporation and percolation ponds on the property. Order No. 80-014 is neither adequate nor consistent with current plans and policies of the Board. 4. Discharger currently generates approximately 18,000 gallons per day of cullet water overflow, furnace drain water, cooling tower overflow,reverse osmosis reject water, and steam cleaning/rinse water(collectively process water)which is discharged to three evaporation and percolation ponds (process wast;water ponds). 5. The process wastewater ponds are shown in Attachment B,which is attached hereto and made part of this Order by reference. The total capacity of the process wastewater ponds is approximately 1.43 million gallons. 6. Stormwater is discharged to five stormwater ponds,with the exception of a small area (approximately 5 acres) which discharges to the industrial evaporation/percolation ponds. The locations of the stormwater ponds are presented on Attachment B. 7. Domestic wastewater is discharged to two septic tank and leachfield systems. The locations of the septic systems are presented on Attachment B. The primary septic system is located near the process wastewater ponds and has a capacity of 20,000 gallons per day. Leachfields are manually rotated on a quarterly basis. The second septic system is smaller and serves the "VII' warehouse." Both systems are pumped out, inspected, and reseeded on a quarterly basis. A site inspection on 30 November 1999 found that wastewater was surfacing and ponding within the leachfields at the primary septic system.