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California R Tonal Waterualit Control <br /> Q y Board <� <br /> Central Valley Region , <br /> Winston H.Hickox <br /> Robert Schneider,Chair ''"Secretary for Gray Davis <br /> Sacramento Main Office Governor <br /> Environmental Internet Address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwgcb5 <br /> Protection 3443 Routier Road,Suite A,Sacramento,California 95827-3003 <br /> Phone(916)255-3000•FAX(916)255-3015 <br /> 15 May 2001 <br /> Mr. Mike Owens <br /> Fox River Paper Company,•Ripon Mill <br /> 942 South Stockton Avenue <br /> Ripon, CA 95366 <br /> PROPOSED REVISIONS TO TENTATIVE WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS, FOX <br /> RIVER PAPER COMPANY FACILITY,RIPON, SAN JOA QUIN COUNTY(Case File No. 449) <br /> The Regional Board has received two e-mails from your consultant, Mr. Ron Hayes (RMT Inc.), dated <br /> 26 April 2001 and 14 May 2001 with comments regarding the Tentative Waste Discharge Requirements <br /> (WDRs) for the Fox Valley Corporation and Fox River Paper Company, San Joaquin County. Prior to <br /> receipt of both e-mails, Regional Board staff had telephone conversations with Mr. Hayes to discuss his <br /> comments. Mr. Hayes' comments address findings in the WDRs regarding the in-place closure of the <br /> inactive sludge impoundment. No comments have been received on the associated Monitoring and <br /> Reporting Program (MRP) and therefore no revisions are proposed for that document. <br /> Mr. Hayes' e-mailed comments are typed below in italics and Regional Board responses follow each <br /> comment. The proposed revisions to the WDRs in response to the e-mail letters are included in the <br /> attached redline strike-through WDR document. <br /> Comments included in Mr. Hayes' e-mail of 26 April 2001 <br /> 1. Finding #24 indicates "Closure shall commence within 120 days of Regional Board approval... " <br /> while your letter of 4/23/01 states that RWQCB approval of the closure plan is not required. You <br /> said that you would revise the wording in the finding. <br /> Finding#24 has been revised for clarification. Starting with the fourth sentence of Finding#24, <br /> it will now read, " The Closure Plan has been reviewed and the Regional Board has indicated <br /> general concurrence with the Plan (letter dated 23 April 2001). The Plan indicates that closure <br /> activities will commence within 120 days of Regional Board"approval of the closure plan" and <br /> shall be completed within 180 days of commencing work. Formal approval of the Plan has not <br /> been provided because the Discharger has classified the waste as inert." <br /> 2. Finding#25 indicates that discharge generated by passive dewatering of the sludge in the <br /> inactive impoundment will be "routed to the drainage line that flows to Overflow Pond 1. " The <br /> closure plan, however, states that the subject drainage line discharges to Aeration Stabilization <br /> Basin #2. <br /> California Environmental Protection Agency <br /> ea Recycled Paper <br /> The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. <br /> For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs,see our Web-site at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwgcb5 <br />