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%g� 0 0 <br /> California Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> Central Valley Region , <br /> Winston H. Hickox <br /> Steven T.Butler,Chair +®m- <br /> Secretar}'jor Grav Davis <br /> Environmental <br /> Sacramento Main Office Governor <br /> 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 G- <br /> C <br /> 1 June 2000 t <br /> Mr. Mike Owens -v <br /> Fox River Paper Company, Ripon Mill <br /> 942 South Stockton Avenue <br /> w _.. <br /> Ripon, CA 95366 <br /> REVIE ii OF GROUND-WATER MONITORING RESULTS FOR THE FOX RIVER PAPER <br /> COMPANY FACILITY, RIPON, SAN JOA QUIN COUNTY(Case File No. 449) <br /> Groundwater monitoring at Fox River Paper Company, Ripon, has been conducted as required by Waste <br /> Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. 96-219. Fox River Paper Company is conducting <br /> corrective action to reduce the total dissolved solids in the plant effluent. Staff has completed <br /> comprehensive reviews of the following groundwater monitoring reports: <br /> • 2nd-Quarter 1999 Ground-Water Monitoring Results for Fox River Paper Company's Ripon <br /> Facility, Ripon, California, letter with attachments dated 30 September 1999 from Mr. David Kirk <br /> (Lawrence and Associates); <br /> • 3rd-Quarter 1999 Ground-Water Monitoring Results for Fox River Paper Company's Ripon <br /> Facility, Ripon, California, letter with attachments dated 14 October 1999 from Mr. David Kirk <br /> (Lawrence and Associates); <br /> • Combined Annual and 4"-Quarter 1999 Ground-Water Monitoring Results for Fox River Paper <br /> Company's Ripon Facility, Ripon, California, letter with attachments dated 17 January 2000 from <br /> Mr. David Kirk (Lawrence and Associates); and <br /> • 1st-Q7tarter 000 Ground-Water Monitortng Residts for Fox RZ.,cr Pap eY Company j Ripon Facllltv, <br /> Ripon, California, letter with attachments dated 18 April 2000 from Mr. David Kirk (Lawrence and <br /> Associates). <br /> The monthly reports for the effluent discharge, submitted by Mr. Pat Mickelson, Mill Manager, have <br /> also been reviewed. We note that many of the report deficiencies commented on in our 11 August 1999 <br /> letter have been corrected in the quarterly reports and we appreciate the timely response to our letter in <br /> this regard. The Monitoring Report Compliance Checklists for the above referenced groundwater <br /> monitoring reports are attached. Please review the checklists and the comments. Following is a <br /> summary of current comments regarding the reports: <br /> 1. The well recovery times have not been indicated in the field sampling notes. Please direct your <br /> consultants to include this information. <br /> 2. The most recent reports indicate that wells are sampled after only one casing volume is purged <br /> from the well. One casing volume is probably not enough volume to stabilize the aquifer <br /> parameters for collection of a representative groundwater sample. It is recommended that a <br /> California Environmental Protection Agency <br /> p� Rc(rcle(l Papiv <br />