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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION ORDER NO. WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR GOLDSTONE LAND COMPANY, LLC AND KURT KAUTZ BEAR CREEK WINERY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter Regional Board) finds that: 1. Goldstone Land Company, LLC and Kurt Kautz (hereafter jointly referred to as Discharger) submitted a Report of Waste Discharge (RWD) dated 20 September 2001 to dispose of process wastewater generated at the Bear Creek Winery. A revised RWD was submitted in February 2002, a third RWD was submitted on 3 April 2002, and additional information was submitted on 5 April 2002. 2. Kurt Kautz owns the facility and land treatment units; Goldstone Land Company, LLC doing business as Bear Creek Winery, operates the facility. Q 3. Order No. 71-037, adopted by the Regional Board on 21 August 1970, prescribes requirements for A the Discharger's winery. This Order is neither adequate nor consistent with the current plans and policies of the Board. 4. The winery is located at 11900 North Furry Road, Lodi, San Joaquin County. The winery and associated Land Treatment Units (LTUs)including present and future LTUs comprise T approximately 196 acres (Assessor's Parcel No. 061-160-26) in Section 29, T3N,R7E,MDB&M. The facility location is shown on Attachment A,which is attached hereto and is made part of this Order by reference. 5. The winery has existed since 1934. Presently,the winery facility occupies approximately 11-acres and an adjoining 12-acres of land are used for wastewater application. The RWD proposes that an additional six parcels of land,totaling approximately 173 acres,be used for wastewater application. n /j BACKGROUND \\v// 6. The Discharger crushes grapes, collects the juice, and ferments wine. Present production is approximately 30,000 tons of grapes with a wine storage capacity of 8,000,000 gallons. The Discharger plans to increase production over the next ten years to reach a total production capacity of approximately 60,000 tons of grapes with a wine storage capacity of 20,000,000 gallons per year. The Discharger also plans to add a bottling facility, a barrel warehouse, and a cased goods warehouse. 7. Expansion of winery facilities, anticipated to occur over the next ten years, will occur on the 12-acre LTU adjoining the winery facility. Other LTUs will be added as necessary to comply with