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IV _./,;�I. !��� EDMUND G. BROWN JR. <br /> e ■4 '���• OOV ERNOR <br /> N.N. <br /> Y L I P O N M I♦ APR 3 0 2014 SECRETiARY EW ROODRIOUE2 <br /> Water Boards ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br /> -- <br /> Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board PERMIT/SERVICES <br /> Kelly Young 28 April 2014 <br /> Plant Manager <br /> Owens-Brockway <br /> 14700 Schulte Road <br /> Tracy, CA 95377 <br /> NOTICE OF VIOLATION, OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS FURNACE, SAN JOAQUIN <br /> COUNTY <br /> The discharge of domestic and industrial wastewater from the Owens-Brockway Glass Facility <br /> in San Joaquin County is regulated by Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order 5-00-056. <br /> Owens Illinois, Inc. (Discharger) owns and operates the facility. <br /> On 11 March 2014, Regional Board staff received a spill report from the Discharger describing <br /> two separate unauthorized discharges of industrial process wastewater to the facility's Storm <br /> Water Pond #4. The discharges, which occurred on February 22Nd and 28th were reportedly <br /> due to an auxiliary holding tank valve that was left open, allowing the tank to overflow. The total <br /> discharge volume was estimated to be 5,100 gallons. <br /> The discharge of industrial process wastewater to the storm water ponds is a violation of <br /> Discharge Prohibitions A.3 and A.4 of Order 5-00-056. Discharge Prohibition A. 3 states, `As of <br /> 1 November 2000, discharge of domestic wastewater and/or industrial process water to the <br /> storm water ponds is prohibited. The only exception maybe the furnace tap cooling water(as <br /> described in finding No. 13)". Discharge Prohibition A. 4 states, "Bypass or overflow of <br /> untreated or partially treated waste is prohibited." <br /> Corrective Action <br /> To prevent the reoccurrence of unauthorized discharges, the Discharger has capped the <br /> overflow outlet on the holding tank and installed valve locks to prevent operation of the valves <br /> by unauthorized personnel. <br /> Based on the spill report and the corrective actions implemented by the Discharger, no further <br /> action is required at this time. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact <br /> Brendan Kenny at (916) 464-4635. <br /> HOWARD HOLD, P.G. <br /> Senior Engineering Geologist <br /> Waste Discharge to Land Compliance and Enforcement Unit <br /> cc: San Joaquin Environmental Health Department, Stockton <br /> Violation # 967333, 967334 <br /> KARL E. LONGLEY SCD, P.E., CHAIR I PAMELA C. CREEDON P.E., BCEE, EXECUTIVE OFFICER <br /> 11020 Sun Center Drive#200,Rancho Cordova,CA 95670 1 www.waterboarcis.ca.gov/centralvalley <br /> C'I RECYCLED PAPER <br />