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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREW S NO 95-062 • SETTLING DRY CLEANING DEFENDANTS LINCOLN VILLAGE CENTER GROUNDWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY a receiving water condition not in conformance with the limitation is not necessarily a violation of this Order. The Board may require an investigation to determine cause and culpability prior to asserting a violation has occurred. The discharge shall not cause the following in the receiving water: 1. Concentrations of dissolved oxygen to fall below 5.0 mg/l. 2. Oils, greases, waxes, or other materials to form a visible film or coating on the water surface or on the stream bottom. 3. Oils, greases, waxes, floating material (liquids, solids, foams, and scums) or suspended material to create a nuisance or adversely affect beneficial uses. 4. Toxic substances in concentrations that produce detrimental physiological responses in human, plant, animal, or aquatic life. 5. Acute toxicity in the receiving waters including the mixing zone. 6. Chronic toxicity in the receiving waters outside the mixing zone. 7. Aesthetically undesirable discoloration. 8. Fungi, slimes, or other objectionable growths. 9. Turbidity to increase more than 10 percent over background levels. 10. Any detectable concentrations of volatile organic contaminants in any sample taken from the receiving water. 11. The normal ambient pH to fall below 6.5, exceed 8.5, or change by more than 0.5 units. 12. Deposition of material that causes nuisance or adversely affects beneficial uses. 13. The normal ambient temperature to be increased more than 5°F. 14. Taste or odor-producing substances to impart undesirable tastes or odors to fish flesh or other edible products of aquatic origin or to cause nuisance or adversely affect beneficial uses. 15. Violation of any applicable water quality standard for receiving waters adopted by the Board or the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to the CWA and regulations adopted thereunder.