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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION Jj ORDER NO. � �+ WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS 19 hy5 FOR FNl/i/�o v WEST COAST TOMATO COUNTYCALIFORNIA ANP�RM� F2Vc F�UH Q FS The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter Board) finds i that: 1. West Coast Tomato of California, a Limited Partnership (hereafter Discharger), submitted a Report of Waste Discharge, dated 27 March 1994, for their wastewater disposal facility. The property (Assessor's Parcel No. 143-100-20) is owned by West Coast Tomato of California, a Limited Partnership. 2. There are no waste discharge requirements currently in effect for this facility. 3. The Discharger operates an existing facility which washes and packs fresh tomatoes for shipment. The operating season is approximately 75 days long, from late July through late October. The washwater is chlorinated to approximately 100 mg/1, total residual chlorine. Previously, the washwater was discharged via sprinklers. without treatment, to a 1.4 acre disposal area located adjacent to the processing area. The Discharger now proposes to treat the washwater with sodium bisulfate to remove the chlorine., prior to discharging it through the sprinkler system. The discharge volume is 1500 gpd. average, and 2500 gpd, maximum. 4. The facility is in projected Section 31. T2N. R7E, MDB&M. as shown in Attachment A. which is attached hereto and part of the Order by reference. Surface water drainage feeds into the City of Stockton storm drainage system, which eventually drains to the San Joaquin River. Ground water is 70 to 80 feet below the ground surface. 5. The Board adopted a Water Quality Control Plan, for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Basin (hereafter Basin Plan), which contains water quality objectives for all waters of the Basin. These requirements implement the Basin Plan. 6. The beneficial uses of the San Joaquin River are municipal, industrial. and agricultural supply; recreation; esthetic enjoyment; navigation; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and other aquatic resources. 7. The beneficial uses of underlying ground water are domestic, industrial. and agricultural supply. 8. The action to adopt waste discharge requirements for this facility is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA), in accordance with Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR). Section 15301.