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u, 1 710 California Regional Water Quality %;ontrol Board - Central Valley Region Robert Schneider,Chair Winston H.Hickox Gray Davis Secretary for Sacramento Main Office Governor Environmental Internet Address: httpa/www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwgcbS Protection' 3443 Reutier Road,Suite A,Sacramento,California 95827-3003 Phone(916)255-3000•FAX(916)255-3015 r) _ 25 June 2003 0 _�. SCANNED `�' =q-y < Ernie Schenone, Jr. Schenone Specialty Foods, Inc. 3765 N. Wilcox Road, Suite H Stockton, CA 95215 DOCUMENTREVIEW, CHOCOLATEMANUFACTURING,FACILITY,,CLEMENTS, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY - T Staff has reviewed your 11 June 2003 correspondence responding to the Regional Board's request for a Report of Waste Discharge (RWD). We understand your concern that the wastewater discharge is a small amount and an insignificant threat to groundwater quality; unfortunately, without data supporting your position, staff cannot concur. Therefore we again request that Schenone Specialty Foods, Inc. (SSF) submits the information required to allow evaluation of the industrial waste stream in the form of A revised Report of Waste Discharge (RWD). Your 11 June 2003 correspondence states, "I believe that most if not all of the truly relevant questions have already been answered for our project." The proposed facility has not been adequately described to allow staff's review. A project was described in the 31 December 2002 Chesney Consulting Nitrate Loading Study.and submittals to the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department but the project has changed substantially from those descriptions. The changes include: a second 60-gallon cooking kettle, two water cooled candy cooling tables, a private shower, a washing machine, and construction of a retail/coffee/ice cream shop. Each of these devices and uses will add wastewater flow to the system and were not included in the original sizing calculations. Additional flow of industrial wastewater;-without additional-treatment;makes-the.likelihood-of groundwater degradation-more likely. -- 1 k The Nitrate Loading Study presents wastewater system sizing calculations on page 10 (however, flow estimates for the second cooking kettle, cooling tables, shower, and washing machine are not included in the estimate). Section V of the report states, "Paramount to every issue regarding the septic system for this project, is the importance that water usage be kept to an absolute minimum." The changes to the project are likely to add substantial amounts of water to the septic system. k - w The Nitrate Loading Study calculates the likely groundwater impact that would result from the originally described wastewater system would be 9.6 mg/L as nitrate-niirogen(slightly under the drinking water Maximum Contaminant Level of 10 mg/L). This value is based on an assumed quality of the domestic and process wastewater; however, the process wastewater has yet to be sampled and analyzed. Please realize that staff are unable to prepare waste discharge requirements without an analysis of the potential California Environmental Protection Agency �a Recycled Paper The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs,see our Web-site at http://www.swreb.ca.gov/rwgcb5