SITE INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE

Home Browse Search

t CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION ORDER NO. 96- CLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER FOR PIONEER AMERICAS, INC. PIONEER CHLOR ALKALI COMPANY, INC. ALL PURE CHEMICAL COMPANY TRACY FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY,....... The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Centre VIey Regvt :(hereafter Board) finds that: 1. Pioneer Americas, Incorporated and Pioneer Chlor A mli Company;Inc. own the All Pure Chemical Company (All Pure) in Tracy. Pioneer America,Inc., Pionee Chat Alkali, Inc. and All Pure Chemical Company are hereafter jointly referred'tt:< s scharger. ,..'ire Discharger manufactures bleach for household and industrial use and various",,Wimm.gig pool chemicals at the All Pure facility. Several ponds at the facility have been used to st0 e y istewater from facility operations, water for fire suppression, and<stormwate : 2. The All Pure facility is in San Joaqui�q.t"inty:( igure 1) approximately three and a half miles southeast of the City of Tracy and just ea$t of..:.t1 e::-Tracy Defense Depot. The site is bordered on the west by South Banta Road, on the Ac €th66:,st<by i Sotllhern Pacific Railroad, and on the south by cropland. - 3. The site is above the Sad*,* in Crroundwate�;:�agln. The beneficial uses of the groundwater are municipal and domestac`'vater supply, agricultural supply, and industrial service and process supply. :. 4. The Discharger his manufactureE}:;bJech and other swimming pool chemicals at the facility since 19:75. Six ponds ge 2) at the facility have been used for several purposes. Two hypalon- : nec%wastewater ponds %h a combined capacity of approximately 123,400 gallons were used most recently for wastewater from=the process and chemical storage areas. One unlined pond of <`„approximat ]y 150,000-gallii capacity was used most recently to store water with high iron ctent. An uided pond of undetermined capacity is currently being used to store stormwater. n; tpproximately00-gallon lined pond was used most recently to store water for fire sutipresstn. A fourthined wastewater pond with an approximately 2,000-gallon capacity was cloned in 1 54 witho t Board approval. This pond was used to filter out the debris going to the two e)'* A*- ponds. A wastewater reclamation system for the plant has been in < ;operation sinctctober 1996. Since then, discharges have ceased to the two lined ponds and the "pend for storage of water containing high iron content. Water storage in the pond for fire suppf6§R6ti will cease when the aboveground fire water storage tank is constructed. 5. Two wells on the site are used for process water production(Figure 2). These wells are approximately 100 and 240 feet deep.