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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS -3- FOX VALLEY CORPORATION AND FOX RIVER PAPER COMPANY RIPON MILL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 11. The ground water model looked at the semi-perched aquifer zone, the upper aquifer zone, and an intermediate aquifer zone. The semi-perched zone had an average TDS of 938 mg/l; the upper aquifer had an average TDS of 566 mg/l; and the intermediate aquifer had an average TDS of 422 mg/l. Over a five-year period, the model predicts that TDS in the semi- perched zone will improve as a result of the lowered TDS in the plant discharge. A report discussing the effect of the discharge on TDS in the three water-bearing zones is due in 1998 and every five years thereafter. 12. Following extensive ground water modeling, the Discharger's consultant David A. Lawrence,C.E.G. 618, stated in a letter, dated 21 September 1992, that the Discharger's discharge at 1100 mg/l. is not a designated waste and will not cause degradation of the waters of the State of California beyond ambient environmental conditions. The Discharger will continue ground water monitoring to confirm that its discharge is not impacting or degrading ground water. 13. The beneficial uses of the Stanislaus River and downstream waters are municipal, industrial, and agricultural supply; recreation; esthetic enjoyment; navigation; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resources. 14. The beneficial uses of the ground water are municipal, industrial,and agricultural supply. 15. The Board adopted a Water Quality Control Plan,Third Edition,for the Sacramento River Basin and the San Joaquin River Basin (hereafter Basin Plan), which contains water quality objectives for all waters of the Basin. These requirements implement the Basin Plan. 16. The action to update waste discharge requirements for this facility is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA)in accordance with Title 14, California Code of Regulations(CCR), Section 15301. 17. This discharge is exempt from the requirements of Title 23, CCR, Section 2510, et seq. (hereafter Chapter 15). The exemption,pursuant to Section 2511(b), is based on the following: a. The Board is issuing waste discharge requirements, b. The discharge complies with the Basin Plan, and C. The waste water does not need to be managed according to 22 CCR,Division 4, Chapter 30, as a hazardous waste. 18. The Board has notified the Discharger and interested agencies and persons of its intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge and has provided them with an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 19. The Board, in a public meeting,heard and considered all comments pertaining to the. discharge.