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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ORDER NO. <br /> WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR IL7 <br /> LODI VINTNERS, INC. <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> The California Regional Water Quality Control Board. Central Vallev Region. (hereafter <br /> Board) finds that: <br /> 1. Lodi Vintners, Inc. (hereafter Discharger), submitted a Report of Waste Discharge, <br /> and a site evaluation report, dated 9 June 1993. The property (Assessor's Parcel <br /> No(s) 013-22-6,7) is owned by the Discharger. <br /> 2. The Discharger has reestablished a facility formerly owned by Turner Winery. <br /> Operations by Turner Winery ceased in 1985. The Waste Discharge Requirements, <br /> Order No. 80-055 for Turner Winery were rescinded on 23 June 1989. <br /> 3. Lodi Vintners, Inc. will be crushing 3000 tons of grapes annually. The grape juice <br /> will be chilled and stored in tanks (3.5 million gallons capacity) before being <br /> transported by truck to wineries. Solids will be removed by settling, aided by <br /> mechanical pressing and a desludging centrifuge. The grape pumice, stems, leaves <br /> and other organic matters associated with the crushing processes at the plant,will be <br /> stored in bins and hauled off-site by a licensed hauler. The wastewater consists of <br /> effluent from washing equipment and grape juice storage tanks. Cleaning agents that <br /> will be used are those prevalent among similar operations. Those cleaning agents <br /> include a 1% solution of chlorinated tri-sodium phosphate and calcium hypochlorite f <br /> solutions. lJ <br /> 4. The facilitv is located 1/4 mile north of the Mokelumne River in Woodbridge. The <br /> site is in Section 36, T4N, R6E, MDB&M, with surface water drainage to the <br /> Mokelumne River, as shown in Attachment A, attached hereto and part of this Order <br /> by reference. <br /> 5. The Discharger discharges 50,000 gallons per day (gpd) of wastewater from the <br /> crushing and storing facility to four percolation/evaporation ponds as shown in <br /> Attachment B. attached hereto and part of this Order by reference. Additionally, <br /> during the non-operation season. the ponds receive storm water within the facility. <br /> The ponds are designed to accommodate a storm with a return frequency of 100 - <br />