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DRAFT [TENTATIVE] WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2023-OOXX 85 <br /> FORWARD, INC. <br /> FORWARD LANDFILL <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> STANDARD PROVISIONS & REPORTING REQUIREMENTS <br /> reliably achieved within limits of precision and accuracy specified in the <br /> WDRs or an approved Sample Collection and Analysis Plan for routine <br /> laboratory operating conditions that are available to the facility. The <br /> Discharger's technical report (Sample Collection and Analysis Plan and/or <br /> Water Quality Protection Standard Report), pursuant to Title 27, section <br /> 20415(e)(7), shall consider the PQLs listed in Appendix IX to Chapter 14 <br /> of Division 4.5 of Title 22, CCR, for guidance when specifying limits of <br /> precision and accuracy. For any given constituent monitored at a <br /> background or downgradient monitoring point, an indication that falls <br /> between the MDL and the PQL for that constituent (hereinafter called a <br /> "trace" detection) shall be identified and used in appropriate statistical or <br /> non-statistical tests. Nevertheless, for a statistical method that is <br /> compatible with the proportion of censored data (trace and ND indications) <br /> in the data set, the Discharger can use the laboratory's concentration <br /> estimates in the trace range (if available) for statistical analysis, in order to <br /> increase the statistical power by decreasing the number of"ties". <br /> 43. The water quality protection standard for organic compounds which are <br /> not naturally occurring and not detected in background groundwater <br /> samples shall be taken as the detection limit of the analytical method used <br /> (e.g., USEPA methods 8260 and 8270). <br /> 44. Alternate statistical procedures may be used for determining the <br /> significance of analytical results for common laboratory contaminants (i.e., <br /> methylene chloride, acetone, diethylhexyl phthalate, and di-n-octyl <br /> phthalate) if part of an approved water quality protection standard. <br /> Nevertheless, analytical results involving detection of these analytes in <br /> any background or downgradient sample shall be reported and flagged for <br /> easy reference by Central Valley Water Board staff. <br /> 45. Confirmation of Measurably Significant Evidence of a Release. <br /> Whenever a constituent is detected at a detection monitoring point at a <br /> concentration that exceeds the concentration limit from the water quality <br /> protection standard, the Discharger shall conduct verification sampling to <br /> confirm if the exceedance is due to a release or if it is a false-positive <br /> (unless previous monitoring has already confirmed a release for that <br /> constituent at that monitoring point). An exceedance of the concentration <br /> limit from the water quality protection standard is considered measurably <br /> significant evidence of a release that must be either confirmed or denied. <br /> There are two separate verification testing procedures: <br /> a. Standard Monitoring Specification 1.46 provides the procedure for <br /> analytes that are detected in less than 10% of the background <br />