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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION ORDER NO. 99-134 WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR RICHARD A. STAGNO STAGNO'S MEAT COMPANY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter Board) finds that: 1. Mr.Richard A. Stagno (hereafter Discharger) and Stagno's Meat Company submitted a Report of Waste Discharge (RWD) on 2 April 1998 for a proposed discharge of waste from a self- contained meat processing facility. 2. The Discharger owns the land proposed for slaughterhouse use. The site is in Tl S,R6E, MDB&M, on a 13.5 acre parcel (Assessor's Parcel Number 191-260-23), at 690 West Frewert Road, approximately 1 mile west of Interstate 5, 1.3 miles east of the San Joaquin River, and two miles northwest of Lathrop, San Joaquin County. The location of the site is shown on Attachment A,which is attached hereto and is part of this Order by reference. 3. The Discharger proposes to construct the meat plant at a former poultry facility,which will consist of holding pens, an abattoir(slaughterhouse), a wastewater treatment pond, a manure storage area, a wastewater disposal area(i.e. cropland), and a stormwater detention pond, as shown on Attachment B; attached hereto and is part of this Order by reference. The cropland will occupy approximately 9 acres of the facility. 4. Approximately 500 animals,consisting primarily of market pigs (approximately 300),but also calves, sheep, and goats,will be slaughtered each day. Operations will be conducted 5 days per week, year round. Animals will generally be slaughtered within 12 hours of arrival. Approximately 99 percent of all whole blood will be captured and stored in a tank for edible food processing. Discarded portions of the carcasses (offal) will be picked up daily by a tallow operation. 5. Approximately 84 cubic feet per day of manure will be produced from the animals in the covered holding pens. The holding pens for swine will have concrete floors and dirt floors for all other animals. Manure will be scraped or raked on a daily basis to the center alley of the , holding pens,which in tum,will be scraped to a concrete-lined and covered, 7400 cubic foot manure storage area. Records of manure solids transported off-site will be kept. 6. The Discharger will use a U. S.Department of Agriculture-approved spray in the area of the animal holding pens and the manure storage area to control flies. Spraying will be conducted, at a minimum, on a monthly basis.