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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. -6- MORADA PRODUCE COMPANY LINDEN PACKING SHED SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 38. State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) Resolution No. 68-16 requires that the Regional Board, in regulating the discharge of waste, must maintain high quality waters of the state until it is demonstrated that any change in quality will be consistent with maximum benefit to the people of the State, will not unreasonably affect beneficial uses, and will not result in water quality less than that described in the State Board's policies (e.g., quality that exceeds water quality objectives). Resolution 68-16 also requires that the discharge be required to meet waste discharge requirements which will result in the Best Practicable Treatment or Control (BPTC) of the discharge to assure that pollution or nuisance will not occur and the highest water quality consistent with the maximum benefit to the people of the State be maintained. 39. The Regional Board has considered antidegradation pursuant to State Board Resolution No. 68-16 and finds that not enough data exists to determine whether this discharge is consistent with those provisions. Background groundwater conditions are not yet defined at the pond or land application area and the specific quality of the wastewater has not yet been characterized. Therefore, this Order provides a schedule for data collection to determine whether the discharge will cause an increase in groundwater constituents above that of background levels. If the discharge is causing an increase, then the Discharger may be required to cease the discharge, implement source control, change the method of disposal, or take other action to prevent groundwater degradation. This Order establishes effluent limitations that are protective of the beneficial uses of the underlying groundwater and requires groundwater monitoring to evaluate whether the discharge of waste is impacting the groundwater quality. 40. Section 13267(b) of California Water Code provides that: "I11 C077ductino,an investigation specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require that any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge waste within its region, or any citizen or domiciliary, or political agency or entity of this state who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging, or who proposes to discharge, waste outside of its region that could affect the quality of waters within its region shall furnish, underpenalty of pe7 jury, technical or n70nitoring program reports which the regional board requires. The burden, including Costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained frons the reports. 171 requiring those reports, the regional board shall provide the person with a written explanation with regard to the need for the reports, and shall identify the evidence that supports requiring that person to provide the reports. " The monitoring and reporting program required by this Order and the attached Monitoring and Reporting Program No. are necessary to assure compliance with these WDRs. The Discharger operates the facility that discharges the waste subject to this Order 41. Excessive application of food processing wastewater to land application areas can create objectionable odors, soil conditions that are harmful to crops, and degradation of underlying groundwater by overloading the shallow soil profile and causing pollutants (organic carbon, nitrate, dissolved solids, and metals) to percolate below the root zone. If sufficient information becomes available, this Order may be revised to increase or further reduce loading rates as appropriate. If the Discharger is unable to modify its waste stream or application methods such