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RESOLUTION WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ✓(J�� ; MCCORMICK & BAXTER CREOSOTING COMPANY ®th T°/� 40 STOCKTON, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY �lot RESOLUTION No. 65-44 ADOPTED: 4/23/65 WHEREAS, THE MCCORMICK & BAXTER CREOSOTING COMPANY IS LOCATED ADJACENT To MORMON SLOUGH IN STOCKTON; AND, WHEREAS, THIS COMPANY OPERATES A WOOD TREATING PLANT WHEREIN VARIOUS MATERIALS INCLUDING PETROLEUM FRACTIONS, CREOSOTE, CHLORINATED PHENOLS AND A CHROMATED ZINC ARSENATE SALT ARE USED; AND, WHEREAS, THE CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 57-67 ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1957 PRESCRIBING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS DIS- CHARGE; AND, WHEREAS, A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THIS PLANT HAS OCCURRED WHICH INVOLVES THE PRODUCTION OF EXPANDED VOLUMES OF COOLING WATERS; AND, WHEREAS, PLANT COOLING WATERS MAY CONTAIN SUCH TREATMENT MATERIALS AS ARE IN CURRENT USAGE; AND, WHEREAS, MORMON SLOUGH IS A TIDAL BODY OF WATER WHICH JOINS THE STOCKTON HARBOR ABOUT ONE HALF MILE BELOW THE MCCORMICK & BAXTER DISCHARGE; AND, WHEREAS, MORMON SLOUGH WATERS ARE USED FOR BOATING AND FISHING; AND, WHEREAS, THE CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 54-29 ON 11 FEBRUARY 1954, WHICH PRESCRIBES CONDITIONS TO BE MAIN- TAINED IN MORMON SLOUGH; AND, WHEREAS, IT IS THE INTENT OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD TO PROTECT THE RECEIVING WATERS FOR THEIR ESTABLISHED BENEFICIAL USES AND TO PREVENT THE DISPOSAL FROM CAUSING A NUISANCE OR A POLLUTION; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS SHALL GOVERN THE NATURE OF THE WASTE DISCHARGE FROM MCCORMICK & 13AXTER CREOSOTING COMPANY TO MORMON SLOUGH: 1. THE WASTE DISCHARGE SHALL NOT CAUSE THE DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTENT OF MORMON SLOUGH TO FALL BELOW 3.0 PPM AT ANY TIME. 2. THE DISCHARGE SHALL NOT CAUSE CONCENTRATIONS OF MATERIALS IN MORMON SLOUGH IN EXCESS OF THE FOLLOWING LIMITS: PHENOLIC MATERIALS 0.5 PPM HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM .05 PPM ARSENIC 0.5 PPM ZINC 1.0 PPM 3. THE DISCHARGE SHALL NOT RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF MORMON SLOUGH MORE THAN 10 DEGREES (FAHRENHEIT) ABOVE THAT FOUND IN THE STOCKTON HARBOR. 4. THE WASTE DISCHARGE SHALL NOT CAUSE VISIBLE OIL OR GREASE SLICKS ON THE RECEIVING WATERS.