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AGENCY NAME: Musco Family Olive Company and the Studley Company Page 7 FACILITY NAME: Wastewater Treatment & Land Disposal Facility solids from the ponds about once a year and that the field called "Park West" had received leaves for at least five years. He said twenty cubic yards of solids were removed from the 1-million gallon settling pond last autumn and were disked into the field called "Park West." On 28 February 2003, the Discharger submitted a Solid Waste Management Plan that stated the practice of spreading olive leaves and pond solids onto land will not degrade groundwater. This report is currently under review. Follow-Up. On 14 March 2003, Mr. Dennis Leikam telephoned me to report changes that had been made to the facility since our inspection. A temporary plug was placed over the settling pond's overflow pipe and that a permanent cap is on order. He confirmed that the substance in the open containers near the solid waste storage area was motor oil (refer to Photo 13), and stated that the motor oil was removed from the open containers and consolidated in the oil drums. He fixed leaking hose (refer to Photo 6) by turning one of the clasps so that it is no longer leaking. On 24 March 2003, he notified me to report the permanent cap on the overflow pipe for the settling pond was installed. I called Mr. Dennis Leikam on 3 April 2003 to discuss the SMRs. He stated that all the fields are sprinkler irrigated and he will review past SMRs and resubmit any sheets with missing BODS data. He said Sacramento Regional Board staff never requested SMRs contain explanations of ongoing violations, although he will include such explanations in future SMRs. He indicated most of the violations should be corrected when the new aerators are installed. SUMMARY Improvements are necessary in overall management of wastewater source control, treatment, impoundment, and application. The Discharger is violating Discharge Specifications B.S.a, c and B.11 and threatening to violate Prohibition A.1, Land Application Area Specification D.2 and D.14, and Solids Disposal E.3. The following measures are recommended to improve compliance with WDRs: 1. Increase efforts at improving housekeeping; 2. Expedite the installation of aerators in the settling and storage reservoir; 3. Increase efforts at minimizing erosion and runoff; 4. Implement corrective measures to ensure wastewater is contained prior to land application; 5. Evaluate effectiveness of sprinkler irrigation system for providing uniform application of wastewater; 6. Monitor the quality of surface water upstream and downstream of gallon storage reservoir; 7. Evaluate facility's sumps for containment integrity; 8. Implement Best Management Practices for onsite storage of processing refuse, especially rejected cans; 9. Shelter all chemicals and petroleum product storage areas from rain; and 10. Closely monitor start-up of wastewater deliveries to land application areas to determine whether wastewater first delivered to fields is anaerobic and exhibits objectionable odors.