SITE INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE 1980-1999

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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS -2- CITY OF LODI WHITE SLOUGH WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 5. The Discharger has an EPA approved pretreatment program which, in con- junction with City Ordinance No. 1307, regulates the industrial wastes that can be discharged into the City' s industrial wastewater treatment plant. 6. EPA and the Regional Board have classified this discharge as a major discharge. 7. The State of California Department of Health Services (DHS) has expressed concern regarding the discharge of tailwater and wastewater into the Delta. DHS is conducting a study to determine disinfection requirements necessary to protect public health considering the dilution capacity of the receiving waters. The Board may modify or revise this Order based on the results of the study. 8. The Board, on 25 July 1975, adopted a Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Basin (5B) which contains water quality objectives. These requirements are consistent with that Plan. �r 9. The beneficial uses of Dredger Cut, White Slough, Bishop Cut, and Delta waters are municipal , industrial , and agricultural supply; recreation; esthetic enjoyment; navigation; ground water recharge, fresh water replen- ishment; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and other aquatic resources. 10. The beneficial uses of the ground water are municipal , domestic, in- dustrial , and agricultural supply. 11. Effluent limitations , and toxic and pretreatment effluent standards , established pursuant to Sections 208(b) , 301 , 302, 304, and 307 of the Clean Water Act and amendments thereto, are applicable to the discharge. 12. The discharge is presently governed by Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 80-115, adopted by the Board on 12 September 1980. 13. The action to adopt an NPDES permit is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq. ) , in accordance with Section 13389 of the California Water Code. 14. The Board has notified the Discharger and interested persons of its intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge and has provided thein with an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 15. The Board, in a public meeting, heard and considered all comments per- taining to this discharge. 16. This order shall serve as an NPDES permit pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, or amendments thereto, and shall take effect ten days from the date of hearing, provided EPA has no objections.