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DRAFT [TENTATIVE] WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2023-00XX 40 <br />FORWARD, INC. <br />FORWARD LANDFILL <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />c.Reduce cumulatively significant air quality impacted in the project area; <br />and <br />d.Reduce the visual effects of the project caused by an increase in height <br />and mass of the proposed project. <br />136.This Order implements all applicable mitigation and monitoring measures <br />specified in the EIR. <br />Other Regulatory Matters <br />137.This Order is issued in part pursuant to Water Code section 13263, subd. (a), <br />which provides as follows: <br />The regional board, after any necessary hearing, shall prescribe <br />requirements as to the nature of any proposed discharge, existing <br />discharge, or material change in an existing discharge…, with <br />relation to the conditions existing in the disposal area … into which, <br />the discharge is made or proposed. The requirements shall <br />implement any relevant water quality control plans that have been <br />adopted, and shall take into consideration the beneficial uses to be <br />protected, the water quality objectives reasonably required for that <br />purpose, other waste discharges, the need to prevent nuisance, and <br />the provisions of [Water Code] Section 13241. <br />138.This Order implements the Central Valley Water Board’s Basin Plan, which <br />designates beneficial uses for surface water and groundwater and establishes <br />WQOs necessary to preserve such beneficial uses.3 (Wat. Code, section 13241 <br />et seq). <br />139.For the purposes of California Code of Regulations title 23 (Title 23), <br />section 2200, the Facility has a threat-complexity rating of 1-A, where: <br />a.Threat Category “1” reflects waste discharges that can cause long-term <br />loss of receiving water beneficial uses (e.g., drinking water supply loss, <br />water-contact recreation area closures, or posting of areas used for <br />spawning/growth of shellfish or migratory fish); and <br />b.Complexity Category “A” reflects (1) any discharge to toxic wastes, (2) any <br />small volume discharge containing toxic waste, (3) any facility having <br />3 Designated beneficial uses to surface water and groundwater are discussed in Finding 37 and <br />Finding 40, respectively.