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DRAFT [TENTATIVE] WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2023-00XX 32 <br />FORWARD, INC. <br />FORWARD LANDFILL <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />date of the Basin Plan amendments was 17 January 2020, the Notice of Decision <br />filing date following approval by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) (OAL <br />Matter No. 2019-1203-03). For those components subject to United States <br />Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) approval, the effective date was 2 <br />November 2020. On 10 December 2020, the Central Valley Water Board <br />adopted revisions to the Basin Plan amendments (Resolution R5-2020-0057). <br />The State Water Board conditionally approved these revisions on 1 June 2021 <br />(State Water Board Resolution 2021-0019). The effective date of the revisions to <br />the Basin Plan amendments was 10 November 2021, the Notice of Decision filing <br />date following OAL approval (OAL Matter No. 2021-0929-05S). The overarching <br />goals and priorities of these programs are to (1) ensure safe drinking water <br />supply; (2) reduce salt and nitrate loading so that ongoing discharges neither <br />threaten to degrade high quality waters absent findings by the Central Valley <br />Water Board nor cause or contribute to exceedances of WQOs; and (3) <br />implement long-term, managed restoration of impaired water bodies. <br />108.For the SCP, the Central Valley Water Board will issue a Notice to Comply <br />requiring the Discharger to submit a Notice of Intent specifying whether the <br />Discharger intends to participate in the Conservative Salinity Permitting <br />Approach or the Alternative Salinity Permitting Approach (i.e., Prioritization & <br />Optimization (P&O) Study). In the interim, this Order requires the Discharger to <br />maintain existing salt discharge levels and prohibits the Discharger from causing <br />or contributing to a condition of pollution and/or nuisance, as those terms are <br />defined in Water Code section 13050. After receiving the Discharger’s Notice of <br />Intent to participate in the SCP, the Central Valley Water Board will update these <br />WDRs to reflect the requirements of the Discharger’s chosen regulatory pathway. <br />109.For the NCP, the Facility falls within the San Joaquin Valley – Eastern San <br />Joaquin Basin 5-022.01, a Priority 2 Basin. Notices to Comply for Priority 2 <br />Basins will be issued in 2023-2024 and will require the Discharger to submit a <br />Notice of Intent specifying whether the Discharger intends to comply with the <br />NCP individually or as part of a Management Zone. Until a Notice to Comply has <br />been issued, the Discharger is required to comply with the groundwater <br />limitations of this Order. After receiving the Discharger’s Notice of Intent to <br />comply with the NCP, the Central Valley Water Board may update these WDRs <br />to reflect the requirements of the Discharger’s chosen regulatory pathway. <br />110.As these strategies are implemented, the Central Valley Water Board may find it <br />necessary to modify the requirements of these WDRs to ensure the goals of the <br />SCP and NCP are met. This Order may be amended or modified to incorporate <br />any newly applicable requirements. More information regarding this regulatory <br />planning process can be found on the Central Valley Water Board’s CV-SALTS <br />website. (https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/salinity).