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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO.R5-2002-0219 -18- FOR COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF NORTH COUNTY RECYCLING CENTER AND SANITARY LANDFILL FACILITY, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 5. The Water Quality Protection Standard for organic compounds,which are not naturally occurring and not detected in background groundwater samples, shall be taken as the detection limit of the analytical method used(i.e.,US-EPA methods 8260 and 8270). The confirmed presence of non-naturally occurring organic compounds in samples above the Water Quality Protection Standard from detection monitoring wells is evidence of a release from the Unit. 6. The concentrations of the constituents of concern and monitoring parameters in waters passing the Point of Compliance shall not exceed the concentration limits established pursuant to Monitoring and Reporting Program No. R5-2002-0219. 7. For each monitoring event, the Discharger shall determine whether the landfill is in compliance with the Water Quality Protection Standard using procedures specified in Monitoring and Reporting Program No. R5-2002-0219 and §20415(e) of Title 27. 8. For any given monitored medium, the samples taken from all monitoring points and background monitoring points to satisfy the data analysis requirements for a given reporting period shall all be taken within a span not to exceed 30 days, unless the Executive Officer approves a longer time period, and shall be taken in a manner that ensures sample independence to the greatest extent feasible. Specific methods of collection and analysis must be identified. Sample collection, storage, and analysis shall be performed according to the most recent version of USEPA Methods, such as the latest editions, as applicable, of. (1)Methods for the Analysis of Organics in Water and Wastewater(USEPA 600 Series), (2) Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste(SW- 846, latest edition), and(3) Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes (USEPA 600/4-79-020), and in accordance with the approved Sample Collection and Analysis Plan. 9. If methods other than USEPA-approved methods or Standard Methods are used, the exact methodology shall be submitted for review and approval by the Executive Officer prior to use. 10. The methods of analysis and the detection limits used must be appropriate for the expected concentrations. For the monitoring of any constituent or parameter that is found in concentrations which produce more than 90%non-numerical determinations (i.e., "trace"or"ND") in data from background monitoring points for that medium,the analytical method having the lowest method detection limit(MDL) shall be selected from among those methods which would provide valid results in light of any matrix effects or interferences.