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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> 3443 Routier Road, Suite A, Sacramento,California 95827 <br /> PUBLIC HEARING <br /> Concerning Consideration of <br /> the Revision of <br /> WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR <br /> FOX VALLEY CORPORATION <br /> AND <br /> FOX RIVER PAPER COMPANY <br /> RIPON MILL <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> The Fox Valley Corporation and the Fox River Paper Company(hereafter jointly referred to as <br /> Dischargers) own and operate a paper mill in the city of Ripon. The Board adopted Waste <br /> Discharge Requirements (WDRs)No. 96-219 on 9 August 1996 to limit the effluent discharge to <br /> ground surface and to require groundwater monitoring of identified salt plumes beneath the <br /> facility. Groundwater is present in several flow zones and recharge to the shallow groundwater <br /> from the Stanislaus River is of very high quality. Process improvements have helped improve <br /> the groundwater quality beneath the plant during the last 5 years. <br /> The proposed revision to the WDRs recognizes that the Dischargers will close in place an <br /> inactive sludge impoundment. The Dischargers have demonstrated that the remaining sludge <br /> within the inactive impoundment is an inert waste. Closure of the impoundment will commence <br /> during spring and summer of 2001. Additionally, the proposed revised requirements include four <br /> newly installed groundwater monitoring wells to the monitoring and reporting program. <br /> A formal public hearing concerning this matter will be held during the Regional Board meeting <br /> which is scheduled for: <br /> DATE: 14 June 2001 <br /> TIME: 9:00 a.m. <br /> PLACE: Regional Water Quality Control Board,Meeting Room <br /> 3443 Routier Road, Suite A <br /> Sacramento, California 95827 <br /> The hearing will not be conducted according to the technical rules of evidence,but evidence is <br /> presented by sworn testimony and staff and designated parties providing testimony are subject to <br /> cross examination. The Board will accept any evidence or testimony that is reasonably relevant. <br /> Participants in the hearing are either"designated parties" or other"interested persons". Only <br /> designated parties will have these rights: to call and examine witnesses; to introduce exhibits; to <br /> cross-examine opposing witnesses; to impeach any witness; and to rebut the evidence against <br /> him or her. <br /> The designated parties for this hearing are as follows: <br />