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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. • ` MUSCO FAMILY OLIVE COMPANY AND THE STUDLEY COMPANY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY pond and discharge to the natural drainage feature. In two areas, stormwater that falls on the facility is not collected, and the revised SWPPP must address this issue. 34. The Discharger has stated that approximately 350 employees work on-site. Based on San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department(SJCEHD) records dated 25 October 2001, the facility is served by a septic tank that was sized for 164 employees. The Discharger has reevaluated the domestic wastewater system as required by Time Schedule Order No. R5-2002-0014 and determined an expansion is required. The records indicate the septic tank effluent discharges to eight, 95-feet long leach lines that are equipped with 25-feet deep seepage pits at the ends. In accordance with the SJCEHD requirements, the Discharger will expand the existing septic system by adding four additional 95-feet long leach lines that will each terminate with a 25-feet deep seepage pit. The Discharger has stated that it will no longer apply wastewater over the leach lines or seepage pits. Domestic wastewater is not commingled with the process water that is land applied. ENFORCEMENT HISTORY 35. Due to numerous violations of its WDRs, on 17 November 2000 the Executive Officer issued Cleanup and Abatement (C&A) Order No. 5-00-717 to the Discharger. The C&A Order required the Discharger to prepare technical reports and construct wastewater treatment system improvements to comply with WDRs No. 97-037 by 1 November 2001. 36. Because the Discharger did not comply with the C&A Order,the Regional Board adopted California Water Code (CWC) Section 13308 Time Schedule Order(TSO)No. R5-2002-0014 on 25 January 2002. The TSO provided interim higher flow and DIS limits,required control of nuisance odors, installation of groundwater monitoring wells, an evaluation of the domestic wastewater system, construction of the wastewater improvements designed by the Discharger's consultants, and cropping on all land application areas. 37. Administrative Civil Liability (ACL) Complaint No. R5-2002-0502 for$150,000 was issued by the Executive Officer on 11 April 2002 for violations of WDRs Order No. 97-037 in the time period between issuance of the C&A Order(17 November 2000) and the adoption of the TSO (25 January 2002). The Discharger waived its right to a public hearing and settled the ACL Complaint on 24 May 2002 with the $150,000 amount split into three $50,000 payments. 38. In April 2002, the Discharger requested a revision to TSO No. R5-2002-0014 to allow interim higher flow limits and supported that request with a technical report. The technical report addressed hydraulic, nutrient, and BOD loading but did not adequately address the dissolved solids loading. Because the TSO was considered an interim measure to allow the Discharger to continue operation while wastewater-problems were addressed, staff supported the interim increase. A revised TSO No. R5-2002-0014-ROl was adopted by the Regional Board on 6 June 2002. In addition to the interim higher flow limits,the Discharger was allowed to apply wastewater as dust control in disturbed areas of the impoundment construction area and was allowed additional time to complete the 114-million gallon storage pond. The Discharger was required to provide an odor v:W._Lryii�NwI55W(AeTM.o\Wp4RIdx