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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS -2- CITY OF STOCKTON MAIN WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLANT SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 5. The City of Stockton has consolidated wastewater treatment in the Stockton area by accepting all wastes from the Stockton Northwest, Stockton Airport, and Lincoln Village treatment plants. 6. The Board, on 25 July 1975, adopted a Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento - San Joaquin River and Delta Waters. 7. The beneficial uses of the San Joaquin River and Delta Waters are munici- pa•1 , agricultural , and industrial supply; nonwater contact recreation; esthetic enjoyment; navigation; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resources. 8. Effluent limitations, and toxic and pretreatment effluent standards established pursuant to Sections 208b, 301, 302, 304, and 307 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments thereto are applicable to the discharge. 9. The discharge from the City of Stockton Main Water Quality Control Plant is presently governed by Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 80-115, NPDES No. CA0079138 adopted on 12 September 1980. 10. The Board has notified the Discharger and interested persons of its intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge and has provided them with an opportunity for a public hearing and- an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 11. The Board, in a public meeting, heard and considered all comments per- taining to this discharge. 12. The action to adopt an NPDES permit is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act in accordance with Section 13389 of the Water Code. 13. This Order shall serve as a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit pursuant to Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or amendments thereto, and shall take effect ten days from the date of hearing, provided EPA has no objections. 14. The San Joaquin River experiences slack flows and flow reversals due to tidal action in the vicinity of the discharge point. 15. The EPA and the Regional Board have classified this discharge as a major discharge. 16. The Discharger has developed a pretreatment program approved by the EPA.