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oRq"'y SAN JOAOUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 1810 E.HAZELTON AVE.,STOCKTON,CA 95205.6232 PHONE:209/488-3121 FAX:209/468-3163 June 17,2004 John Collins California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region 11020 Sun Center Dr.#200 Rancho Cordova,California 95670-6116 Dear Mr. Collins: Re: Site Approval Application No. PA-0300429 of Leen and Paula DeSnayer(c/o Hank Wallenberg)(APN: 011-050-08; 23243 N. Rond Road,Lodi) On June 14,and 15,2004,you and I discussed the May 18,2004 letter from RWCQB to Leen DeSnayer,the environmental review of the above application and the permit process for the expansion of a Dairy. This letter is written at your request to memorialize those telephone conversations. A dairy may be conditionally permitted in the agricultural zones with an approved Site Approval application(Development Title Section 9-605.2 and Table 9-605.2). Site Approvals are discretionary and subject to CEQA. A dairy Site Approval does not typically place a limit on the number of cows. However,the number of cows may be limited by the manure management plan required by the Department of Environmental Health,or by regulations of the RWQCB. The number of cows may be increased at a later date without revising the approved Site Approval application. However,if the dairy expansion involves increasing the floor area of the milking parlor by more than 25%, a new Site Approval application will be required. As with the original Site Approval application,a subsequent Site Approval application for expansion of the milking parlor will not directly limit the number of cows. The following is the Special Use Regulation for Dairies in the agricultural zones: Development Title Section 9-605.6 (k) Dairies. Dairies shall be subject o the following requirements: (1) An existing or reactivated dairy may be expanded provided the expansion involves less than a twenty-five percent(25%) increase in the floor area of the milking parlor or milk house. (2) An inactive dairy may be reactivated provided said dairy has been under permit with the Environmental Health Division within the previous five(5)years of its proposed reactivation date. (3) An approve Site Approval shall be required for any expansion or reactivation of a dairy that does not comply with Subsections(k) (1)and(k)(2). (4) An approved manure management plan, as approved by the Environmental Health Division,shall be required of all dairies.