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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMOS ORDER NO. 5-01-251 . 12 CITY OF LATHROP AND CROSSROADS CREA LLC WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT NO. 1 (CROSSROADS),SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY A. Discharge Prohibitions 1. Discharge of wastes to surface waters or surface water drainage courses is prohibited. 2. Bypass or overflow of untreated or partially treated waste is prohibited. 3. Discharge of sewage from a sanitary sewer system at any point upstream of the wastewater treatment plant is prohibited. Discharge of treated wastewater downstream of the treatment plant other than at the storage ponds and the approved land application areas is prohibited. 4. Discharge of waste classified as 'hazardous'under Section 2521, Chapter 15 of Title 23 CCR (hereafter Title 23) or'designated', as defined in Section 13173 of the CWC is prohibited. 5. Application of recycled water in a manner different than as described in Finding Nos. 18, 19, and 20 is prohibited. 6. Use of the land application area as grazing pasture for animals producing milk for human consumption is prohibited. In addition, the use of fodder and fiber crops produced in the land application areas for feed for animals producing milk for human consumption is prohibited. B. Discharge Specifications 1. The monthly average dry weather flow shall not exceed 200,000 gpd. Upon completion of the facility improvements (piping, signs, fences, grading, cropping, and lining the storage ponds) the Discharger shall submit a report prepared by a California licensed engineer describing the improvements. The report shall include the approval letters for the submittals to DHS required by Provision F.l.a. Upon approval of the report by the Executive Officer, the monthly average dry weather flow shall not exceed 250,000 gpd. The flow rate limit shall be applied to the flow entering the headworks. 2. Wastewater treatment and use of recycled water shall not cause pollution or a nuisance as defined by Section 13050 of the CWC. 3. Public contact with wastewater shall be precluded or controlled through such means as fences and signs, or acceptable alternatives. 4. No waste constituent shall be released or discharged, or placed where it will be released or discharged, in a concentration or in a mass that causes violation of the Groundwater Limitations. 5. Objectionable odor originating at the facility shall not be perceivable beyond the limits of the property owned by the Discharger. 6. As a means of discerning compliance with Discharge Specification No. B.5,the dissolved oxygen content in the upper one foot of any wastewater storage pond shall not be less than 1.0 mg/l.