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California Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> Central Valley Region <br /> Robert Schneider,Chair L� (a <br /> Terry Tamminen Fresno Branch Office <br /> Secretaryfor - ���-�I;','F1rgold,Schwarzenegger <br /> Intemet Address: http://www,swrcb.c&gov/—rwgc65 Governor <br /> Environmental 1685 E Street,Fresno,California 93706 <br /> Protection Phone(559)445-5116•FAX(559)445-5910 SEP 2 <br /> 0 2004 <br /> 17 September 2004 E V180WEm 6U,i 1� <br /> PERMIT/SEP,1/ICES <br /> Mr. Benjamin Hall Mr. Nick Musco <br /> Musco Family Olive Company Studley Company <br /> 17950 Via Nicolo 17950 Via Nicolo <br /> Tracy, CA 95376 Tracy, CA 95376 <br /> INCOMPLETE REPORT OF WASTE DISCHARGE,MUSCO FAMILY OLIVE AND THE <br /> STUDLEY COMPANY, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> The 2 August 2004 Report of Waste Discharge and 13 August 2004 Reclamation Report (hereafter <br /> collectively referred to as RWD), both prepared on the behalf of Musco Family Olive Company by <br /> Mr. Joseph Drago (RCE No. 27833), articulates Musco's Conceptual Long-Term Compliance Plan. <br /> While the RWD contains a substantial amount of technical information—some of it derived from <br /> previous submittals—it is incomplete. Enclosure A is a Regional Board staff memorandum containing <br /> extensive commentary on the RWD that identifies additional technical information necessary to <br /> complete the RWD. <br /> Overall Concept. The RWD requests revised waste discharge requirements (WDRs) and new <br /> reclamation requirements to implement measures in Musco's 23 February 2004 Conceptual Compliance <br /> Plan, which was approved by 26 May 2004 Regional Board letter. We appreciate Musco's efforts to <br /> develop and implement a long-term plan for achieving and maintaining compliance with the California <br /> Water Code and Regional Board plans and policies. The RWD proposes to treat all of Musco's olive <br /> processing wastewater to a level suitable for agricultural use and to discharge the treated wastewater to <br /> two agricultural parcels on the valley floor east of Musco's facility. The RWD preliminarily <br /> characterizes the discharge as containing 900 to 1,100 mg/L inorganic dissolved solids (IDS), 284 mg/L <br /> sodium, and 204 mg/L chloride, and 40 to 50 mg/L biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). The RWD <br /> projects it will take 18 to 24 months to construct an industrial wastewater treatment plant and initiate the <br /> offsite discharge, and indicates Musco will not initiate this work until after revised WDRs are issued. <br /> The RWD also projects it will take three to five years to fully implement offsite discharge, after which <br /> time Musco will no longer discharge to land owned by the Studley Company for treatment and disposal, <br /> but will continue discharge to existing wastewater impoundments (the 1-million gallon(mg) settling <br /> pond and 84-mg storage reservoir) and Title 27 surface impoundments (Sl). <br /> Outstanding Requests. The RWD reiterates Musco's request for a one-year extension of the 6 September <br /> 2004 deadline for full compliance with Effluent Limitation C.1 of WDRs Order No. R5-2002-0148, <br /> which regulates Musco's discharge of olive processing wastewater to a 1-mg settling pond, 84-mg <br /> storage reservoir, and land treatment unit. Effluent Limitation C.1 sets numerical limits for the discharge <br /> to the 1-mg settling pond of 2,047 mg/L total dissolved solids (TDS), 597 mg/L sodium, and 601 mg/L <br /> chloride. Self-monitoring data show the discharge chloride concentration consistently complies with <br /> Effluent Limitation C.1, while TDS and sodium concentrations do not. <br /> California Environmental Protection Agency <br /> cd Recycled Paper <br />