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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD CENTRAL VALLEY REGION ORDER NO. 80-061 WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR SOUTHWEST HIDE COMPANY MANTECA, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (here- after Board) , finds that: 1 . Southwest Hide Company (hereafter Discharger) operates an animal hide curing facility. 2. Southwest Hide is located adjacent to Hwy 99 and Austin Road, near the City of Manteca. 3. Southwest Hide Company discharges 750 gallons (0. 3 1/sec) per day from the hide curing to a 1 .5 acre (.06 ha) plastic lined evaporation pond constructed in December 1979. 4. The ponds receive a brine wastewater used in curing. No other chemicals are discharged. Chlorides will range from about 25 - 40%. 5. The facilities are located in Section 14, T2S, R7E, MDB&M with surface water drainage to the Stanislaus River. 6. The beneficial uses of the Stanislaus River are municipal , industrial and agricultural supply; recreation; esthetic enjoyment; navigation ; groundwater recharge; freshwater replenishment; hydroelectric power generation; and preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resources. 7. The beneficial uses of the groundwater are municipal , industrial , and agri- cultural supply. 8. The Board, on 25 July 1975; adopted a Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Basin (5P,) which contains water quality objec- tives for all inland waters of the Basin. 9. The action to adopt waste discharge requirements for this existing hide curing facility is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act in accordance with Section 2714(c) , Title 23, California Adminis- trative Code. 10. The Board has notified the discharger and interested agencies and persons of its intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for this discharge. 11 . The Board in a public meeting heard and considered all comments pertaining to the discharge.