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INFORMATION SHEET QUALITY ASSURED PACKING, INC. STOCKTON TERMINAL EASTERN RAILROAD OF NEVADA CORP. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Quality Assured Packing, Inc. (QAP) has operated a cannery at 2851 N. Bozzano Road, northeast of Stockton in San Joaquin County, since 1985. The cannery processes apricots in June and tomatoes for a 90-day season from July to October. Wastewater generated from the operation is applied to 78 acres of fields under the control of QAP, and 90 acres of farmland owned and farmed by Lino Bozzano. Odor complaints have been received every year of plant operation, although fewer are received each year. Discharge volume is up to 0. 125 million gallons per day (mgd) during the apricot season in June and 0.45 mgd during the tomato season, July-October. QAP has requested an extension of the discharge season to year-round. QAP proposes to discharge up to 1 mgd in June for apricot or tomato canning, 1.5 mgd July through September for tomato canning, 0.75 mgd in October, and 0.075 mgd November through May for sauce operations. According to 1989 monitoring reports submitted by the Discharger, the average BOD of the apricot discharge was 370 mg/l , the average BOD of the tomato discharge was 728 mg/l , the average total suspended solids concentration of the apricot discharge was 155 mg/l , and the average total suspended solids concentration of the tomato discharge was 522 mg/l . Effluent data from tomato sauce test runs, proposed November through May, included BOD of 706 mg/l and total suspended solids of 243 mg/l . Process wastewater, 45�f total wastewater, is treated in a dissolved air flotation (DAF) unit�ior to disposal . The capacity of the DAF unit is 0.44 Imgd. A second DAF unit will be installed when total wastewater flow approaches 0.97 mgd, ter�tati el�t planned f installation prior to the 1992 season. The tot acres available for irrigation is approximately 450 acres. QAP and several farmers propose to irrigate (Wastewater Reclamation Requirements Order No. ) walnut and cherry orchards, sugar beets, tomatoes, kidney beans, and pasture grass by sprinkler irrigation with process wastewater from QAP blended with fresh water from existing wells. Field 0 will be flood-irrigated instead of sprinkler-irrigated. In winter months, wastewater will irrigate the orchards and pasture grass. Fields 1 , 2, and 3 will be irrigated only in summer when needed, and at night when possible, per residents' requests. There is a lined, aerated 0.455 mg emergency storage pond available if wastewater cannot be applied to fields during a rainy season. If the pond becomes full , and fields cannot be used, all wastewater generating operations will cease until land application can be resumed. TLL