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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS -3- CITY OF STOCKTON AUSTIN ROAD LANDFILL GROUND WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND STORM WATER DISCHARGE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 10. The Board adopted a Water Quality Control Plan, Second Edition, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Basin (5B) (hereafter Basin Plan) which contains water quality objectives for all waters of the Basin. These requirements implement the Basin Plan. 11 . The beneficial uses of the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta downstream of the discharge are municipal , industrial , and agricultural supply; water contact and noncontact recreation; aesthetic enjoyment; navigation; fresh water replenishment; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resources. 12. The beneficial uses of groundwater are municipal , industrial , and agricultural supply. 13. The Board has considered antidegradation pursuant to 40 CFR 131.12 and State Water Resources Control Board Resolution 68-16 and finds that the permitted discharge is consistent with those provisions. 14. Water Quality Objectives adopted pursuant to the Inland Surface Waters Plan and the Enclosed Bays and Estuaries Plan, adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board are applicable to the discharge. These requirements implement the Plans. 15. Effluent limitations, and toxic and pretreatment effluent standards established pursuant to Sections 301, 302, 304, and 307 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and amendments thereto are applicable to the discharge. 16. The action to adopt an NPDES permit is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq.) , in accordance with Section 13389 of the California Water Code. 17. The Lead Agency, the City of Stockton Community Development Department, issued a Notice of Exemption for this project dated 2 March 1992. The basis for finding for exemption was that the activity constitutes a discretionary project under the City's jurisdiction and qualifies as a project which has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and, therefore, is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under the Statutory Exemption under Section 152609, Article 18 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) and Categorical Exemption under Sections 15301(d)&(f) , 15307, 15308, 15321, Article 19 of Title 14 CCR. 18. The Board has notified the Discharger and interested agencies and persons of its intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge and has provided them with an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations.