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STATE GF CALIFORNIA- Environmental Prc&n Agency PETE WILSON, Governor <br /> CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> I L HEALTH <br /> 3443 Routier Road, Suite A <br /> Sacramento, CA 95827-3098 <br /> PHONE: (916) 255-3000 P`? X, Y q S PM <br /> 4: 3 1 <br /> DOD FAX: (916)255-3052 .1 G f <br /> 24 May 1993 <br /> Ms. Tracie Billington <br /> Department of Toxic Substances Control <br /> 10151 Croydon Way, Suite 3 <br /> Sacramento, CA 95827-2106 <br /> APPLICABLE OR RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE REQUIREMENTS (ARARs) FOR THE <br /> COMPREHENSIVE SITE-NIDE REMEDIATION, OPERABLE UNIT 2 (OU-2), DEFENSE <br /> DISTRIBUTION REGION WEST (DORM), SHARPE, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> We are submitting California Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional <br /> Boards) State ARARs which should be considered in the selection of the 01.1-2 <br /> Comprehensive Site-Wide Remedial Action. As stated in the California Water <br /> Code, Division 7, (Porter-Cologne Water Control Quality Act) Section 13001: <br /> "It is the intent of the legislature that the state Board and each <br /> regional board shall be the principal state agencies with the primary <br /> responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality. The <br /> state board and the regional board in exercising any power granted in <br /> this division shall conform to and implement the policies of this <br /> chapter and shall, at all time, coordinate their respective activities <br /> so as to achieve a unified and effective water quality control program <br /> in this state. " <br /> This section makes the Board the lead state agency responsible for water <br /> quality. The Boards ARARs are designed to protect the water quality of the <br /> State. They should be used in the evaluation and determination of best <br /> technologies to remediate contamination at this site and should also be used <br /> in the remedy selection process. We are hereby submitting our ARARs. <br /> Water Code Section 13304 authorizes Regional Boards to require complete <br /> cleanup of all waste discharged and restoration of all affected water. State <br /> Water Resources Control Board (State Board) Resolution 68-16 requires the <br /> continued maintenance of high quality waters of the state even where that <br /> quality is better than needed to protect beneficial uses, unless specific <br /> findings are made. Water quality may not be allowed to be degraded below what <br /> is necessary to protect beneficial uses. Title 23 of the California Code of <br /> Regulation (CCR) , Chapter 15 of Division 3 regulates the discharge of waste to <br /> land for treatment, storage, and disposal and establishes siting, containment, <br /> monitoring, closure standards and corrective action, where necessary. Chapter <br /> 16 regulations allow the Regional Board to provide oversite of cleanup <br /> activities with leaking underground fuel storage tanks. Water Code <br /> Section 13304, Chapter 15 (applicable sections) , Chapter 16, and State Board <br /> Resolution 68-16 are applicable requirements as further described in the <br /> attached memorandum. <br />