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Environmental Checklist & Discussiol. -3- <br />William Long, Scott Long, and Long Ranch, Inc. <br />Waste Disposal Facility <br />San Joaquin County <br />Negative <br />Declaration: <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Potentially unless Less Than <br />Significant Mitigation Significant <br />Impact Incorporated Impact No Impact <br />Substantial change in the quality of ground <br />water, either through direct additions or <br />withdrawals, or through interception of an <br />aquifer by cuts or excavations? <br />Substantial reduction in the amount of water <br />otherwise available for public water supply? <br />Any exposure of people or property to water <br />related hazards such as flooding or tidal <br />waves? <br />The adoption of the proposed Waste Discharge Requirements will allow the wastewater <br />stored in the holding pond to be discharged to cropland. Characterization of the <br />wastestreams from the current operations indicated that lower concentrations of waste <br />compounds were found in the processing wastes than in the ranching wastes. The <br />processing wastewaters are of equivalent or better water quality than the shallow <br />groundwater. Increased process wastewater flows, which are pretreated and blended <br />with the ranching wastewater, should not impact groundwater. <br />The base of the existing holding pond is sealed with settled and compacted solids and is <br />greater than 5 feet above groundwater. Use of the holding pond will not change from <br />the existing operations. The discharge of the wastewater to the cropland, when applied <br />at agronomic rates, should not significantly degrade groundwater quality. Under the <br />Waste Discharge Requirements, groundwater monitoring will be required to assure <br />groundwater quality is not degraded from the expanded operations. <br />Increased withdrawls from the on-site private supply well, needed to meet the water <br />demands of the increased processing operations, should not affect the regional <br />groundwater flow regime. <br />D. Plant Life. Will the proposal result in: <br />Any change in the diversity of species, or <br />number of any species of plants (including <br />trees, shrubs, grass, crops, and aquatic <br />plants)? <br /> VI <br />Any reduction of the numbers of any unique, <br />rare or endangered species of plants? VI