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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. • 19- MUSCO FAMILY OLIVE COMPANY AND THE STUDLEY COMPANY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 90. The California Department of Water Resources sets standards for the construction and destruction of groundwater wells (hereafter DWR Well Standards), as described in California Well Standards Bulletin 74-90(June 1991) and Water Well Standards: State of California Bulletin 94-81 (December 1981). These standards, and any more stringent standards adopted by the State or County pursuant to CWC section 13801, apply to all monitoring wells. 91. On 28 February 1997, the Regional Board adopted a Negative Declaration for this project. The negative declaration described a discharge of 500,000 gpd to 200 acres of cropland, and wastewater constituent concentrations as follows: total dissolved solids (1280 mg/1), sodium (456 mg/1), chloride 228 (mg/1), BOD 2,000 (mg/1), nitrogen (1 mg/1), and electrical conductivity (2,500 µmhos/cm). The discharge described in these WDRs is consistent with the Negative Declaration and no new significant impacts are expected from the discharge allowed by these WDRs. Therefore, the action to update waste discharge requirements for this facility is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality (CEQA), in accordance with Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Sections 15162 and 15301. On 5 April 2001, the San Joaquin County Community Development Department adopted a Negative Declaration for construction of a wastewater storage pond. 92. As stated in CWC, §13263(g), discharge is a privilege, not a right, and this conditional authorization to discharge while obtaining technical documentation for a future decision does not in any way create a vested right to continue the discharge. Failure to provide the level of management required preclude conditions that threaten pollution or nuisance will be sufficient reason to modify, revoke, or enforce this Order, as well as prohibit further discharge. PUBLIC NOTICE 93. All the above and the supplemental information and details in the attached Information Sheet, incorporated by reference herein,were considered in establishing the following conditions of discharge. 94. The Discharger and interested agencies and persons were notified of intent to prescribe WDRs for this discharge and provided an opportunity for a public hearing and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations. 95. In a public meeting, all comments pertaining to the discharge were heard and considered. ITIS HEREBY ORDERED that WDRs Order No. 97-037 are rescinded and pursuant to Section 13263 and 13267 of the California Water Code,Musco Family Olive Company and the Studley Company,their agents, successors, and assigns, in order to meet the provisions contained in Division 7 of the California Water Code and regulations adopted thereunder, shall comply with the following: Note: Other prohibitions, conditions, definitions, and the method of determining compliance are contained in the attached "Standard Provisions and Reporting Requirements for Waste Discharge Requirements"dated I March 1991. A. Discharge Prohibitions: