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�. <br /> DEGROOT & SONS -2- <br /> 11 February 1994 <br /> INSPECTION MEMO <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> B.11 On or about 1 October of each year, available pond storage capacity shall at least equal the <br /> volume necessary to comply with Discharge Specification B.10. <br /> DeGroot's WDRs require under Discharge Specification B.1 that the discharger maintain and operate the <br /> treatment and disposal facilities under a plan of Operations approved by the Executive Officer. Further, <br /> in Provision E.7 of the WDRs, it requires the discharger to submit the Operations and Maintenance Plan <br /> (O&M Plan) by 1 December 1991 and be in full compliance with the O&M Plan by 1 July 1992. In <br /> correspondence we received from DeGioot's Attorney, on 31 August 1992 and again on 28 September <br /> 1992, it stated that all waste/wash water from Suprema Specialities would be 100% eliminated and no <br /> longer accepted by DeGroot and Sons after 31 March 1993. The 28 September 1992 letter also stated; <br /> because no waste/wash water would be going into the ponds, no Pond Operations and Maintenance Plan <br /> was required. <br /> In our 13 October 1993 Notice of Violation Letter we requested Degroot and/or Suprema Specialities to <br /> continue performing the effluent monitoring and reporting requirements in accordance with the <br /> Monitoring and Reporting Program 91-161,even though the ponds were not going to be operated. We <br /> have not yet received a quarterly monitoring report. This is a violation of Provision E.1 and E.5, which <br /> states: <br /> E.1 The Discharger shall comply with the Monitoring and Reporting Program No. 91-161, <br /> which is pan of this Order, and any revisions thereto as ordered by the Executive Officer. <br /> E.5 The Discharger must comply with all conditions of this Order, including timely submittal of <br /> technical and monitoring reports as described by the Executive Officer. Violations may <br /> result in enforcement action, including Regional Board or court orders requiring corrective <br /> action or imposing civil monetary liability, or in revision or rescission of this Order. <br /> The property owner and the operator of the confined animal facility, spilling manured waste to the <br /> surface water drain, are in violation of Title 23, Chapter 15, Article 6, Section 2562(a) which states: <br /> 2562(a) Confined animal facilities shall be designed and constructed to retain all facility wastewater <br /> generated together with all precipitation on, and drainage through, manured areas during <br /> a 25-year, 24 hour storm. <br /> During our last inspection. violations of the WDRs were also cited resulting in us requiring the <br /> Discharger to submit a report of waste discharge (ROWD) by 15 March 1994. <br /> CONCLUSIONS: <br /> DeGroot and Sons and the Suprema Specialities waste water disposal operations are in violation of <br /> several of their WDR requirements. The confined animal facility on DeGRoot's property is discharging <br /> manured waste directly into a surface water drain. The violations of the WDRs and Chapter 15 <br /> requirements should cease immediately and the discharger must submit a compliance schedule for <br /> preventing the violations from reoccurring. <br /> - 1 <br /> 4 <br /> Michael H. osbacher, Project Engineer <br /> MHM <br />