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Sanfilippo,Giuseppe[CpD] From: Cardenas,Charles@Waterboards aCharles.CardenasOWaterboards.ca.gov> Sent: Tuesday,October 27,2020 1:51 PM To: Sanfilippo,Giuseppe[Cpol Cc: Getachew,Girma@Waterboards Subject: San Joaquin County Planning application PA-1800316(UP) CAUTION:This email is originated from outside at the organization.Do not Blick links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content Is safe. Giuseppe Sanfilippo, The Water Board has the following comments in regard to Applicant Number PA-1800316 The Applicant Referral 211 Re-referral sent on 5 October 2020 states the following updates made to the project description: • Maximum of 1,000 chickens. • Chickens will be kept in a fenced enclosure with an area of approximately 19,000 square feet. Within the enclosure there will be two 800 square feet metal agricultural barns for the shelter of chickens and a 100 square foot barn for the storage of manure. • Manure will be hauled off-site to an approved manure facility a minimum of once per week. Poultry General Order Coverage: Poultry Operations are subject to the Poultry General Order if they have the equivalent of 2 Animal Units(AU)worth of birds at any given time, where 1 AU equals 1,000 pounds of poultry. The Order shall not apply to facilities that operate only seasonally(less than 12 weeks in any 12 month period AND for no more than three consecutive weeks per event, such as fairs or annual farm events), or small backyard operations raising or keeping poultry for domestic use. Pasture raised poultry operations as defined in Attachment E are not required to obtain coverage under this Order_ Poultry General Order has two Tiers, Low Threat Tier and Full General Order Coverage operations. Low threat tier should meet all of the following crlteria: 1. The facility exports all manure/fitter or,if applied to Discharger's cropland,has coverage under the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. 2. The only wastewater generated by the facility consists of storm water;and any storm voter that may have contacted more than a de minimis amount of manure and may pose a threat to water quality,is retoined in a pond in conformance to the requirements of Pond Specifications C.I and C.10.b.1 3. The facility houses birds inside roofed structures with features to limit rhe entrance of precipitation into the poultry house. 4. The facility either stores all waste in a roofed structure with features to limit the entrance of precipitation or, throughout the year,removes all waste within 14 days of removal from such a roofed structure.During the wet season(October through May),waste stored outside such a roofed structure must either be removed from the facility within 72 hours of being deposited outdoors or covered with a weatherproof covering,except for times when wind events rem ave the covering,Oat to exceed 24 hours per event. I Planning Commission Staff Report, PA-1800316(UP) 34 Response Letters