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Steve Gikas and Lori Gikas -3- 19 August 2013 Golden Gate Nut Company/California Nuggets, Inc. Evidence in the Board's files indicates that Steve Gikas and Family currently owns and operates the Golden Gate Nut Company/California Nuggets, Inc. in San Joaquin County. The facility operations pose a threat to the quality of waters of the state, and Board staff does not have sufficient information to write Waste Discharge Requirements that will ensure compliance with applicable policies and regulations. The burden, including costs of the reports, bears a reasonable relationship to the need for the reports because this information was previously required by the Cleanup and Abatement Order and in addition, is necessary in order to prepare Waste Discharge Requirements. Pursuant to Water Code section 13267, the Board hereby orders Golden Gate Nut Company/California Nuggets, Inc. to submit a technical report that contains the following information by 15 September 2013. The submittal shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer or geologist. 1. A detailed schedule for full implementation of the proposed improvements listed above. 2. Definition of the volume of the existing lined wastewater pond with two feet of freeboard (based on the measured geometry, including depth, of the pond); the date of liner installation for the pond; and documentation of construction quality assurance measures and liner leak testing performed prior to liner acceptance (if any exists). 3. A water balance based on current wastewater character and flows that demonstrates: a. The additional LAA acreage required to prevent overloading with water, nitrogen, BOD, and salts. b. The volume of additional wastewater storage required. The water balance must demonstrate adequate wastewater storage and disposal capacity for both the average rainfall year and the 100-year return period total annual precipitation, including consideration of at least the following: • A minimum of two feet of freeboard in each pond at all times (unless a registered civil engineer determines that a lower freeboard level will not cause overtopping or berm failure). Historical local evapotranspiration, pan evaporation, and lake evaporation data (monthly average values). • Local precipitation data with the 100-year return period annual total distributed monthly in accordance with mean monthly precipitation patterns. • Proposed land application area hydraulic loading rates distributed monthly in accordance with expected seasonal variations based on crop evapotranspiration rates. 4. A conceptual design and detailed schedule for completion of new LAAs and additional lined storage pond. The conceptual design shall include the specific location and dimensions of the proposed improvements, the surface area of the new LAA(s), the volume required for the new lined pond, and a description of the proposed liner materials. 5. A description of the specific means of storm water management at the facility and how those practices will be changed to accommodate loss of the current storm water detention basin.