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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> REVISED ORDER NO. R5-2002-0014 <br /> CALIFORNIA WATER CODE SECTION 13308 ORDER <br /> TIME SCHEDULE ORDER <br /> REQUIRING <br /> MUSCO OLIVE PRODUCTS AND THE STUDLEY COMPANY <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> TO COMPLY WITH A TIME SCHEDULE <br /> The Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter referred to as "Regional <br /> Board") finds that: <br /> 1. Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. 97-037, adopted by the Regional Board on <br /> 28 February 1997, prescribes requirements for Musco Olive Products and the Studley Company <br /> (hereafter jointly referred to as "Discharger"). <br /> 2. Musco Olive Products is an olive brining and packaging facility located south of the town of <br /> Tracy, near Patterson Pass Road. The facility(Assessor's Parcel Number 251-3200-08) is in <br /> Section 4, T3S, R4E, MDB&M. Musco Olive Products operates the facility on land leased from <br /> the Studley Company, a California Limited Partnership. <br /> 3. Wastewater generated at the facility is regulated by two separate WDRs. Order No. 96-075 <br /> regulates the Title 27 Class II surface impoundments that are used to store concentrated brines, <br /> while Order No. 97-037 regulates the less concentrated wastewater which is applied to land. This <br /> Cease and Desist Order refers to violations of Order No. 97-037. <br /> 4. Cleanup and Abatement (C&A) Order No. 5-00-717 was issued by the Executive Officer on <br /> 17 November 2000. The C&A Order requires the Discharger to prepare technical reports and <br /> construct wastewater treatment system improvements to comply with WDRs No. 97-037. <br /> WASTEWATER SYSTEM <br /> 5. The facility processes olives on a year-round basis. The wastewater system is used to collect and <br /> land apply industrial wastewater. Primary treatment (settling) occurs at a one million gallon <br /> storage pond. The wastewater is then pumped to land application areas. <br /> 6. Waste lye solutions, pit floatation brine, and the rinse water with the highest total dissolved solids <br /> -%.a (TDS) concentrations are discharged te4wolass II ponds. Retort cooling water, wash waters <br /> (including weak lye solutions), acetic acid storage solutions, pitting machine wastewater, and <br /> cannery floor wastewater(despite high TDS concentration), are sent to the land application <br /> system. <br /> 7. Lye is reclaimed in above ground stainless steel tanks located near the one million gallon storage <br /> pond. Adding sodium hydroxide to the tank to increase the concentration reclaims most lye. Lye <br /> that is too contaminated for further use is discharged to the Class II ponds. <br /> 8. Boiler feed water is treated with an ion exchange column. The ion exchange column is <br /> regenerated in place; regeneration brine is discharged to the Class II ponds. <br />