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-------------- <br /> CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ORDER NO. T <br /> NPDES NO. CA0003883 <br /> WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR <br /> NEWARK GROUP INDUSTRIES, INC. <br /> NEWARK SIERRA PAPERBOARD CORPORATION <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter Board) finds <br /> that: <br /> 1. Newark Siena Paperboard Corporation (hereafter Discharger) submitted a Report of Waste <br /> Discharge, dated 29 October 1993, and applied for renewal of a permit to discharge waste under <br /> the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). 1111 <br /> 2. The facility was formerly owned and operated by Gold Bond Building Products, Inc. In 1989 <br /> Newark Sierra Paperboard Corporation became the new owner. Newark Sierra Paperboard <br /> Corporation is owned by Newark Group Industries, Inc. Newark Sierra produces paperboard from <br /> secondary (recycled) fibers. The facility is in Section 9, TIN, R6E, MDB&M, as shown on <br /> Attachment A, a part of this Order. Noncontact process cooling water is discharged to a culvert, <br /> referred to as McDougald Slough, which is tributary to Mormon Slough, the Deep Water Channel, <br /> and then the San Joaquin River, waters of the United States, at latitude 370, 15', 00", and longitude <br /> 1210, IT, 40". <br /> 3. The Report of Waste Discharge describes the existing discharge as follows: <br /> Monthly Average Flow: 2.0 million gallons per day (mgd) <br /> Design Flow: 3.5 mgd <br /> Average Temperature: 86 °F Summer; 86 °F Winter <br /> Average Chemical Oxygen <br /> Demand (COD): 2 mg/1 <br /> 4. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Board have classified this discharge as <br /> a minor discharge. <br /> 5. The Board adopted a Water Quality Control Plan, Second Edition, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin <br /> Delta Basin (hereafter Basin Plan) which contains water quality objectives for all waters of the <br /> Basin. These requirements implement the Basin Plan. <br /> 6. The beneficial uses of Mormon Slough and the San Joaquin River and Delta waters downstream <br /> of the discharge are municipal, domestic, industrial, and agricultural supply; water contact and <br />