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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS CITY OF TRACY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY -6- 5. 6-5. The discharge shall not cause concentrations of any materials in the receiving waters which are deleterious to human, animal. aquatic, or plant life. 6. The discharge shall not cause esthetically undesirable discoloration of the receiving waters. 7. The discharge shall not cause fungus, slimes, or other objectionable growths in the receiving waters. 8. The discharge shall not cause bottom deposits in the receiving waters. 9. The discharge shall not increase the turbidity of the receiving waters by more than 10% over background levels. 10. The discharge shall not create a zone, defined by water temperatures of more than 1°F above natural receiving water temperature, which exceeds 25 percent of the cross- sectional area of the main river channel at any point. 11. The discharge shall not cause a surface water temperature rise greater than 4°F above the natural temperature of the receiving waters at any time or place. 12. The discharge shall not cause floating or suspended materials in the receiving waters. 13. The discharge shall not cause a violation of any applicable water quality standard for receiving waters adopted by the Board or the State Water Resources Control Board as required by the Clean Water Act and regulations adopted thereunder. If more stringent applicable water quality standards are approved pursuant to Section 303 of the Clean Water Act, or amendments thereto, the Board will revise and modify this Order in accordance with such more stringent standards. F. Provisions: 1. Neither the discharge nor its treatment shall create a nuisance or pollution as defined in Section 13050 of the California Water Code. 2. The Discharger shall comply with all the items of the "Standard Provisions and Reporting Requirements (NPDES)", dated 1 October 1990, which are part of this Order. 3. The Discharger shall comply with all pretreatment requirements contained in 40 CFR Part 403 and shall be subject to enforcement actions, penalties,fines and other remedies by EPA or other appropriate parties, as provided in the CleanWaterAct, as amended. The Discharger shall implement and enforce its approved Publicly-Owned Treatment Works Pretreatment Program which is hereby made an enforceable condition of these requirements. EPA may initiate enforcement action against an industrial user for noncompliance with applicable standards and requirements as provided in the Clean Water Act. 4. The Discharger shall enforce the requirements promulgated under Sections 307(b), (c), (d), and 402(b) of the Clean Water Act. The Discharger shall cause industrial users subject to federal categorical standards to achieve compliance no later than the date