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RECEIVE <br /> NOV 2019 .�> �,. GAVIN NEWSorl. <br /> t'iw :'.JYF.H1iUi <br /> �1 wy' :I. <br /> CALIPORNIA <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH � JARED BLUMiNPELD <br /> WaterBoards PERMIT/SERVICES [NV,RONLIFt„A,PRD1ECliD1, <br /> Central Vahey Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> Luis Rocha 22 November 2019 <br /> Central Valley Compost <br /> 916 Frewert Road via email and US Mail <br /> Lathrop, CA 95330 <br /> NOTICE OF VIOLATION, CENTRAL VALLEY COMPOST, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> Central Valley Compost is regulated by General Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting <br /> Operations Order 2015-0121-DWQ and Notice of Applicability (NOA) 2015-0121-DWQ-R5S009- <br /> 01. Waste Management Inc./USA Waste of California, DBA Central Valley Compost responsible <br /> for completing facility improvements in accordance with, and to comply with, the NOA and the <br /> General Order. <br /> On 21 November 2019, Board staff conducted another inspection of the Central Valley Compost <br /> facility. As discussed with the site manager during the inspection, the facility has not yet <br /> completed any of the necessary improvements to comply with the General Order and the NOA. <br /> The observed violations include: 1) the entire site has inadequate grading and compaction of the <br /> working and storage areas, 2) ponding of leachate suggests that the drainage controls are <br /> inadequate, 3) the leachate pond has not been lined, 4) the site has yet to install the install a <br /> groundwater monitoring network; and (5) the site has yet to submit any groundwater monitoring <br /> reports. All of these are at least a year behind the deadlines in the NOA. <br /> Because Central Valley Compost continues to operate well into the wet season without any of <br /> the required improvements, this Notice of Violation is being issued at this time. Please be <br /> advised that Compliance and Enforcement will re-inspect the facility within the next few weeks <br /> to confirm that all the required improvements have been installed; or if additional enforcement <br /> (i.e. monetary penalties) should be recommended to our Executive Management for this <br /> egregious case of non-compliance. <br /> If you have any questions regarding this Notice of Violation, please contact Brendan Kenny at <br /> (916) 464-4635. <br /> HOWARD HOLD, P.G. 7466 <br /> Senior Engineering Geologist <br /> Compliance and Enforcement Section <br /> cc: San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department, Stockton <br /> KARL E. LONGLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PATRICK PULUPA, ESO., EXECUTIVE OFFICER <br /> 11020 Sun Center Drive X1200,Rancho Cordova,CA 95670 1 www.waterboards.ca.gov/contralvalley <br /> `'RECYCLED PAPER <br />