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• MEMORANDUM • <br /> CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD - CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> 3443 Routier Road, Suite A Phone: (916) 255-3000 <br /> Sacramento, CA 95827-3098 CALNET: 8-494-3000 <br /> TO: Antonia K. J. Vorster �" FROM: James Taylor <br /> Senior WRC Engineer Associate Engineering Geologist <br /> DATE: 24 May 1993 SIGNATURE: 4 <br /> SUBJECT: APPLICABLE OR RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE REQUIREMENTS (ARARS) FOR THE <br /> COMPREHENSIVE SITE—WIDE RENEDIATION, OPERABLE UNIT 2 (OU-2), DEFENSE <br /> DISTRIBUTION REGION WEST (DDRW), SHARPE, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> One of the purposes of all the proposed remedial action is to cleanup and abate <br /> discharges and threats of discharge to ground and surface water from the various <br /> contamination sites at DDRW, Sharpe. In order to be water quality protective, the <br /> following State ARARs must be complied with. Attached is suggested language for <br /> inclusion in the Feasibility Study Report. ARARs are presented in two sections: <br /> ARARs that apply to all sites, and the application of Chapter 15: <br /> ARARs THAT APPLY TO ALL SITES: <br /> A. Porter—Cologne Water Quality Control Act, California Water Code, Division 7, <br /> Section 13304. <br /> This section of the Water Code is applicable and authorizes the Regional Boards <br /> to require cleanup and abatement of discharges of waste into the waters of the <br /> state or discharges to land that have or threaten to result in discharges to <br /> waters of the state. The goal of Section 13304 is to attain background for the <br /> cleanups, but if background cannot be attained, the cleanup level must at least <br /> protect the beneficial uses of the water and comply with the plans and policies <br /> of the State and Regional Water Boards. This Act also gives the Regional <br /> Boards the authority to issue Waste Discharge Requirement's, to regulate <br /> discharges to land or water, and to protect water quality. <br /> B. Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Valley Region: <br /> The Plan establishes water quality standards, including beneficial use <br /> designations, water quality objectives to protect those uses and implementation <br /> programs to meet the objectives, that apply Region wide or to specific water <br /> basins. The beneficial uses of the ground water in the area of DDRW, Sharpe <br /> are agricultural , industrial , municipal and domestic supply. <br /> C. Statement of Policy with Respect to Maintaining High Quality Waters in <br /> California, State Water Board Resolution No. 68-16 (Anti—Degradation Policy): <br /> The state policy is similar to the federal antidegradation policy, but has <br /> broader applicability as it applies to discharges to ground water as well as <br /> surface water. This Resolution has been incorporated into the Regional Boards' <br /> water quality control plan which have been accepted by the Environmental <br /> Protection Agency (EPA) and is part of its water quality standards. This <br />