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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREIPTS -3- PARADISE POINT MARINA SEVEN RESORTS,INC. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY stream excursion above a water quality objective for BOD,total suspended matter, settleable matter,total dissolved solids, temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorine residual,total coliform and oil and grease. Effluent limitationsfor these constituents are included in this Order. This Order contains provisions that: a. require the Discharger to provide information as to whether the discharge may contain EPA priority pollutants and/or National Toxic Rule constituents that have a reasonable potential to cause or contribute to an in-stream excursion above a water quality objective; b. if the discharge causes or contributes to an in-stream excursion above a water quality objective, requires the Discharger to submit information to calculate effluent limitations for those constituents; and C. allows the Board to reopen this Order and include effluent limitations for those constituents. 12. The beneficial uses of Bishop Cut downstream of the discharge are municipal and domestic, industrial, and agricultural supply; water contact and noncontact recreation; esthetic enjoyment; navigation; groundwater recharge, fresh water replenishment; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resources. 13. The beneficial uses of the underlying groundwater are municipal and domestic,industrial, and agricultural supply. 14. The State Water Resources Control Board(SWRCB) adopted the Water Quality Control Plan for Control of Temperatures in Coastal and Interstate Waters and Enclosed Bay and Estuaries of California(the Thermal Plan) dated 18 September 1975. This discharge is subject to the requirements of the Thermal Plan and it is considered an existing discharge of elevated temperature waste. 15. The permitted discharge is consistent with the antidegradation provisions of 40 CFR 131.12 and State Water Resources Control Board Resolution 68-16. This Order provides for an increase in the volume and mass of pollutants discharged. The increase will not cause significant impacts on aquatic life,which is the beneficial use most likely affected by the pollutants discharged (BOD, suspended solids, total dissolved solids, chlorine residual,total Coliform,temperature, and metals). The increase will not cause a violation of water quality objectives. The increase in the discharge allows wastewater utility service necessary to accommodate housing and economic expansion in the area, and is considered to be a benefit to the people of the State. 16. The S WRCB, on 16 May 1974, adopted Resolution No. 74-43 titled"Water Quality Control Policy for Bays and Estuaries of California". This Policy is applicable to the discharge to Bishop Cut, an estuarine water of the state.