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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. R5-2002-0225 .ALPINE PACKING COMPANY,INC. 15 WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM,SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 10. Discharge of salt wastes from meat processing is prohibited. Salts shall be used completely in the brining process and shall not he discharged with the process wastewater. B. Discharge Specifications: 1. The monthly average discharge from the facility into the wastewater ponds shall not exceed 40,000 gallons per day. 2. Neither the treatment nor the discharge shall cause a nuisance or condition of pollution as defined by the California Water Code, Section 13050. 3. 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 Limitation. 4. Objectionable odors originating at this facility shall not be perceivable beyond the limits of the processing facility and designated land treatment unit property owned by the Discharger. 5. As a means of discerning compliance with Discharge Specification No. B.4, the dissolved oxygen content of wastewater in ponds shall not be less than 1.0 mg/1 at any time, as measured within one foot of the water surface. 6. The Discharger shall operate all systems and equipment to maximize treatment of wastewater and optimize the quality of the discharge. 7. The Discharger's wastewater treatment system shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent inundation or washout due to floods with a 100-year return frequency. 8. No physical connection shall exist between wastewater piping and any domestic water supply or other domestic/industrial supply/agricultural well without an air gap or approved reduced pressure device. 9. Wastewater ponds shall be managed to prevent breeding of mosquitoes. In particular, a. An erosion control program shall be implemented to ensure that small coves and irregularities are not created around the perimeter of the water surface. b. Weeds shall be minimized through control of water depth, harvesting, or herbicides. c. Dead algae, vegetation, and debris shall not accumulate on the water surface. 10. The wastewater treatment system shall have sufficient capacity to accommodate wastewater flow, seasonal precipitation, and storage when the land treatment unit is saturated and unavailable for land application of wastewater. Design seasonal precipitation shall be based on total annual precipitation using a return period of 100-years, distributed monthly in accordance with historical rainfall patterns. 11. Freeboard in any pond shall never be less than two feet as measured from the water surface to the lowest point of overflow.