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• <br /> groundwater quality. This study is to be submitted within two years, and <br /> it is anticipated that the final background groundwater concentrations will <br /> be more stringent that those calculated as part of this Order. If that is the <br /> case, then the Discharger will be required to submit a Groundwater <br /> Mitigation Plan that evaluates additional contaminant control <br /> alternatives. <br /> The Discharger is proposing an ambitious cropping scheme to remove the <br /> nitrogen in the wastewater. The RWD describes the annual nitrogen <br /> loading rate(due to wastewater application)to be between 4281bs/acryear to <br /> 490 lbs/ae•year. The Discharger anticipates that double cropping Sudan grass <br /> or Bermuda grass with winter barley will take up the applied nitrogen. <br /> However, crop health at the facility has been poor in areas where wastewater <br /> has been applied for longer times and staff are uncertain whether the <br /> proposed intensive agriculture can be practiced at this facility in the long <br /> term. Therefore,the Monitoring and Reporting Program requires that the <br /> Discharger submit an annual report,prepared by a Certified Crop Advisor or <br /> Certified Agronomist,detailing the effect of the current and continued <br /> application of the wastewater on crops. <br /> Staff have continued to receive odor complaints from the closest <br /> neighbor. The Order requires the Discharger to take additional steps to <br /> reduce nuisance odors, and prohibits the application of wastewater to the <br /> land closest to the neighbor until the Executive Officer is satisfied that <br /> there will be minimal odors. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the Waste Discharge Requirements and the Cleanup and <br /> Abatement Order as proposed. <br /> Mgmt. Review _ <br /> Legal Review <br />