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� J WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO.5-01-057 2_ WOODBRIDGE PARTNERS INC. VICTOR FINE FOODS FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 6. In 1990, Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 90-047 was adopted by the Board to regulate a lined Class II Surface Impoundment (Pond 1) and a pretreatment plant used to remediate groundwater. In December 1991, the facility ceased meat processing and discharge of wastewater. On 4 May 1992, Cleanup and Abatement Order No. 92-703 was signed by the Executive Officer requiring groundwater monitoring in compliance with Order No. 90-047, a groundwater investigation, financial assurances, a closure plan, and completion of pond closure work by October 1993. Golden Gate Fresh Foods did not complied with this Order. 7. Activities to cleanup polluted groundwater have been held in abeyance since 1992, when Golden Gate Fresh Foods ceased operating the groundwater extraction system. From 1992 to the present,the facility has been out of compliance with Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 90-047 and Cleanup and Abatement Order No. 92-703. SITE DESCRIPTION 8. Alluvial deposits of the Victor Formation underlie the site. The formation consists of layers of sand, silt. Locally there are stream channel deposits composed of sand and gravel. The formation will include a wide range of permeabilities from quite low in clay layers to very high in sand and gravel stream deposits. 9. The site is underlain by four shallow water-bearing zones, A(40— 70 feet), B (110— 140 feet), C (170—200 feet), and D (below 200 feet deep). The upper.three water-bearing zones have been polluted by TDS and Chloride. Groundwater impacts have been detected up to one-half mile north of the facility. Ten domestic and two agricultural water supply wells have been abandoned and replaced because of groundwater pollution from the facility. 10. Land within 1,000 feet of the facility is used for agriculture,housing, education, and industry. 11. The facility receives an average of 16.27 inches of precipitation per year as measured at Lodi. The mean evaporation is 68.0 inches per year as measured at Lodi. Based on these data, average annual net evaporation at the facility is 51.73 inches. 12. The 1000-year, 24-hour precipitation event for the facility is estimated to be 4.89 inches, based on Department of Water Resources bulletin Rainfall Depth-Duration-Frequency for California,revised November 1982. 13. The storage ponds are not within a 100-year flood plain of the Mokelumne River based on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map.