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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION ORDER NO. 93-200 ORDER AMENDING WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY REGION, TO IMPLEMENT STATE WATER BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 93-62, ADOPTED 17 JUNE 1993 AS STATE POLICY FOR WATER QUALITY CONTROL UNDER SECTION 13140 OF THE WATER CODE The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter Board) finds that: 1. The federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, authorizes development of nationwide minimum standards for disposal sites for municipal solid waste (MSW), including criteria for sanitary landfills (LF). 2. On 9 October 1991, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) promulgated regulations that apply, in California, to dischargers who own or operate Class II or Class III landfill units at which municipal solid waste is discharged(MSWLF), regardless of whether or not a permit is issued(Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 257 and 258, "federal MSW regulations"). The majority of the federal MSW regulations become effective on the "Federal Deadline", which currently is 9 October 1993. 3. Each state must"...adopt and implement a permit program or other system of prior approval and conditions to assure that each...[MSWLF]...within such state...will comply with the...[federal MSWLF regulations]." State regulations and policies promulgated to satisfy this requirement are subject to approval by USEPA. 4. On 17 June 1993, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted Resolution No. 93-62, titled Policy for Regulation of Discharges of Municipal Solid Waste, as State Policy For Water Quality Control, under Section 13140, et seq., of the California Water Code. The Policy directs each Regional Water Quality Control Board(Regional Water Boards) to revise the waste discharge requirements (WDRs) of each MSWLF in its respective region to comply with the federal MSW regulations. 5. All State agencies, including this Board, are required to comply with State Policy For Water Quality Control regarding any activities that could affect water quality. Regional Water Boards regulate discharges of waste that could affect the quality of waters of the state, including discharges of waste to land at MSWLFs, through the issuance and revision of waste discharge requirements.