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y WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. 6
<br /> ALPINE PACKING COMPANY,INC.
<br /> WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
<br /> supply, contact recreation, other noncontact recreation, warm freshwater habitat, cold freshwater
<br /> habitat, warm water migration, cold water migration, warm water spawning, cold water spawning,
<br /> wildlife habitat, and navigation.
<br /> 37. The beneficial uses of underlying groundwater are municipal and domestic water supply,
<br /> agricultural supply, industrial service supply, and industrial process supply, .r T
<br /> 38. State Water Resources Control.Board Resolution No. 68-16 requires that the Regional Board, in
<br /> regulating the discharge of waste, must maintain high quality waters of the state until it is
<br /> demonstrated that any change in quality will be consistent with maximum benefit to the people of
<br /> the State, will not unreasonably affect beneficial uses, and will not result in water quality less than
<br /> that described in the State Board's policies (e.g., quality that exceeds water quality objectives).
<br /> 39. The Board has considered antidegradation pursuant to State Board Resolution No. 68-16 and
<br /> finds that not enough data exists to determine whether this discharge is consistent with those
<br /> provisions. Therefore, this Order provides a schedule for data collection to determine whether the
<br /> discharge will cause an increase in groundwater constituents above that of background levels. If
<br /> the discharge is causing such an increase, then the Discharger may be required to cease the
<br /> discharge, implement source control, change the method of disposal, or take other action to
<br /> prevent groundwater degradation. This Order establishes effluent limitations that are protective
<br /> of the beneficial uses of the underlying groundwater, requires a salinity source reduction study,
<br /> and requires groundwater monitoring to assure that the discharge of waste is not impacting the
<br /> underlying groundwater.
<br /> 40. Section 13267(b) of California Water Code provides that: "In conducting an investigation
<br /> specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require that any person who has discharged,
<br /> discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge
<br /> waste within its region, or any citizen or dorniciliary, or political agency or entity of this state who
<br /> has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes
<br /> to discharge, waste outside of its region that could affect the quality of waters within its region
<br /> shall furnish, under penalty of perjury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional .
<br /> board requires. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship
<br /> to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained from the reports. In requiring those
<br /> reports, the regional board shall provide the person with a written explanation with regard to the
<br /> need for the reports, and shall identify the evidence that supports requiring that person to provide
<br /> the reports.'
<br /> The technical reports required by this Order and the attached"Monitoring and Reporting Program
<br /> No. " are necessary to assure compliance with these waste ereq discharg requirements. The
<br /> Discharger operates the facility that discharges the waste subject to this Order.
<br /> 41. Excessive application of food processing wastewater to land application areas can create
<br /> objectionable odors, soil conditions that are harmful to crops, and degradation of underlying
<br /> groundwater by overloading the shallow soil profile and causing pollutants (organic carbon,
<br /> nitrate, dissolved solids, and nietals) to percolate below the root zone. When sufficient
<br /> information becomes available, this Order may be revised to increase or further reduce loading
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