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NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD and PUBLIC HEARING by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION 9 215 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94105 on the application by Golden Gate Fresh Foods, Inc. (Victor Fine Foods) for an Underground Injection Control permit to operate an injection well. Public Notice Number CA-UIC-89-POl The Regional Administrator, Region 9, Environmental Protec- tion Agency (EPA) , proposes to issue an Underground Injection Control (UIC) permit to -operate a Class I non-hazardous waste in- jection well to the applicant named below, pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended in 1986, (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq. ) (SDWA) and its implementing regulations (40 C.F.R. Parts 124 , 144 , 146, 147 , and 148) . Information regarding the facility, its application, and draft permit is listed below. Name and Address of Applicant: Mr. Fred Knoedler Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Golden Gate Fresh Foods, Inc. 18846 N. Highway 99 Frontage Road Lodi, California 95240 . Facility Name, Address, and Location: Victor Fine Foods 18846 N. Highway 99 Frontage Road Lodi,California 95240 T 4 N, R 7 E, Section 31 NE 1/4 San Joaquin County As proposed, the draft permit would allow the facility the use of the injection well, identified as Deep Injection Well #1, for disposal of non-hazardous process waste water and extracted ground water. Prior to November 1988, the process waste water was discharged into unlined adjacent ponds at the facility. This discharge caused an elevated total dissolved solids level in the shallow ground water aquifer underlying the facility. Currently, extracted ground water is diluted and discharged to the Mokelumne river to stop the migration of the plume. The processed waste water continues to be discharged to the ponds. This operation must cease by March 1, 1990 a's per Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, Cease and Desist Order No. 88-191.