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SECTION III NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO TITLE 14, CHAPTER 3, SECTIONS 15000, et seq. CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS Project-Title WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS, WILLIAM LONG, SCOTT LONG, AND LONG RANCH, INC., WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Project Description William Long and Scott Long operate a family owned swine ranching and processing (slaughtering) business, known as the Long Ranch, Inc. The proposed Waste Discharge Requirements for this project will apply to the discharge of wastewater from the ranching and processing operations to a holding pond, with periodic applications to cropland. The proposed project will expand the existing processing operations, but not the ranching operations. Approximately 10,100 gallons per day of wastewater will be produced from the existing and expanded operations. The wastewaters will be comprised of manured wastewater and rinsewaters from the slaughterhouse operations. Whole blood will be collected and stored in a tank for sale, and animal solid waste will be separated from the wastestreams and collected for rendering. The wastewater will be discharged to a holding pond, which is used for storage prior to discharge. Both whole blood and solid animal wastes are prohibited from discharge into the holding pond. Manure solids are separated from the manured wastewater, and will either be hauled off-site or will be disced into the cropland soil prior to planting. The Waste has been characterized and contains no substances at hazardous levels per Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. The wastewater contains nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), which would benefit the crops when applied at agronomic rates and would not adversely impact beneficial uses. The Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) prohibit discharge of the wastewater to surface waters, surface water drainage courses, and uncontrolled runoff from the cropland. The WDRs also establish a monitoring program for the wastewater effluent, cropland soil and groundwater. Annual reports containing monitoring results, records of off-site manure transactions, the compliance record and information on any corrective actions, are required under the WDRs. Findings A Report of Waste Discharge (RWD) and an amended RWD were prepared for the Long Ranch. The RWDs describe the potential environmental impacts, their significance, and mitigation. The conclusion of the RWDs is that the project should not have a significant impact on the environment because any potentially significant impacts will be mitigated as follows: 1. The potential for alterations in the quality of surface waters will be mitigated by prohibiting the discharge of wastewaters to surface waters or surface water drainage courses. Uncontrolled runoff of the wastewaters from the cropland is also prohibited.