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California Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> Central Valley Region <br /> Robert Schneider,Chair <br /> Terry Tamminen Fresno Branch Office Arnold Schwamenegger <br /> Secretaryfor Internet Address: http://wwwswrcb,ca.gov/—mgcb5 Governor <br /> Environmental 1685 E street,Fresno,California 93706 <br /> Protection Phone(559)445-5116•FAX(559)445-5910 <br /> TO: Bert E. Van Voris FROM: Jo Anne Kipps(RCE No. 49278) <br /> Supervising Engineer Senior Engineer <br /> DATE: 17 September 2004 SIGNATURE: <br /> SUBJECT: TECHNICAL REVIEW OF REPORT OF WASTE DISCHARGE,MUSCO FAMILY <br /> OLIVE COMPANY AND THE STUDLEY COMPANY,SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> This memorandum documents my technical review of the Report of Waste Discharge (RWD), dated <br /> 2 August 2004, and the Report of Water Reclamation (RWR), dated 13 August 2004, submitted by <br /> Musco Family Olive Company (Musco or Discharger). These two documents support a material change <br /> in Musco's ongoing discharge of industrial wastewater generated by its olive processing facility near <br /> Tracy, addressing interim discharge to the existing land treatment unit(LTU) for up to five years, and <br /> initiation of within 18 to 24 months recycling of treated industrial wastewater on two farm parcels east of <br /> Musco's facility: the 17-acre Valley View Thoroughbred Farm and the 130-acre Jepsen Webb Ranch. <br /> Both submittals consist of a certified Form 200 and a technical report prepared by Kennedy/Jenks <br /> Consultants and certified by Joseph A. Drago (RCE No. 27822). For clarity, my comments are identified <br /> as such or appear in italicized text. <br /> Current Discharge <br /> Musco discharges high salinity wastestreams to Title 27 surface impoundments (SI) on land owned by <br /> Musco, which are currently regulated by Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 96-075. An update of <br /> WDRs Order No. 96-075 is being processed by Regional Board staff in Sacramento. Musco discharges <br /> lower salinity wastestreams, the industrial wastewater discussed herein,to land owned by the Studley <br /> Company adjacent to its facility under the terms and conditions of Waste Discharge Requirements Order <br /> No. R5-2002-0148 (hereafter WDRs), Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R5-2002-0149 (CAO), and <br /> Time Schedule Order Nos. R5-2002-0014 and R5-2002-0014-ROl (hereafter collectively termed TSO). <br /> The WDRs permit Musco to discharge up to 0.8 mgd (monthly average) of screened industrial <br /> wastewater to a 1-million gallon settling pond (pond), an 84-million gallon reservoir (reservoir), and <br /> fields comprising Musco's 200-acre LTU. A network of collection ditches and sumps allows for all tail <br /> water and storm water runoff from the LTU to be conveyed to the reservoir. The only storm water runoff <br /> from the LTU that is permitted to leave the property is that which is indistinguishable in quality from that <br /> running onto the LTU. <br /> Overall Concept of Proposed Discharge <br /> Musco submitted the RWD and RWR in accordance with its 23 February 2004 Conceptual Compliance <br /> Plan, which outlined Musco's proposal to (a) obtain WDRs and water recycling requirements (WRRs)for <br /> the use of treated industrial wastewater for offsite agricultural irrigation and (b) cease within three to five <br /> California Environmental Protection Agency <br /> 04 Recycled Paper <br />