Laserfiche WebLink
ICLEANUP AND ABATEMENT ORDER NO R5-2003-0713 3 <br /> FRANK and SHERRI GUINTA, dba GUINTA ENTERPRISES <br /> JAMES and MARILYN RAMSEY, <br /> 2072 WEST YOSEMITE AVENUE <br /> MANTECA, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> 0 AUTHORJTY -- LEGAL REQUIREMENTS <br /> 12 The Fourth Edition of the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin <br />' River Basins (hereafter Basin Plan) designates beneficial uses of the waters of the State and <br /> establishes water quality objectives (WQOs) to protect these uses The beneficial uses of the <br />' groundwater beneath this site are domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural supply <br /> 13 The constituents listed in Finding No 6 above are wastes, as defined in the Water Code, Section <br />' 13050 <br /> 14 With the exception of PCE, the wastes detected at the site and nearby water supply wells are <br />' common gasoline constituents, and some are known human carcinogens PCE is commonly used <br /> as a cleaner in automotive repairs, and was likely released from a waste oil tank Pollution of <br /> groundwater with these constituents impairs the beneficial uses of the groundwater <br /> I15 WQOs listed in the Basin Plan include nurnenc WQOs, including state drinking water standards, <br /> and narrative WQOs, and include the narrative toxicity objectives for surface and groundwaters <br />' The numeric standards for the constituents of concern listed in the following table implement the <br /> Basin Plan. WQOs <br /> Constituent W O Reference <br /> Gasoline 5 µg/L Tastes and Odors, California SWRCB, Water Quality Criteria (McKee and <br /> Wolf, Water Quality Ci tier ta, SWRCB) <br />' Diesel 100 pg/L Tastes and Odors, California SWRCB, Water Quality Criteria (McKee and <br /> Wolf, Wate7 Ouahty 0iteiia, SWRCB) <br /> Benzene 0 15 pg/L California Public Health Goal in Drinking Water—Office of Environmental <br />' Health Hazard Assessment <br /> Toluene 42 /L Taste and Odor Threshold, USEPA <br /> Ethylbenzene 29 /L Taste and Odor Threshold, USEPA <br /> Xylenes 17 /L Taste and Odor Threshold, USEPA <br /> Methyl Tertiary Butyl 5 gg/L California Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level <br /> Ether(MtBE) <br /> Tertiary Butyl Alcohol 12 pg/L California Drinking Water Action Level, Department of Health Services <br />' 112-Dichloroethane 0 4ug/L California Public Health Goal in Drinking Water—Office of Environmental <br /> (1,2-DCA) Health Hazard Assessment <br /> Tetrachloroethylene 0 06ug/L California Public Health Goal in Drinking Water—Office of Environmental <br />' (PCE) I Health Hazard Assessment <br /> pg/L=micrograms per liter <br /> 16 The groundwater on site and off site exceeds the WQOs for the constituents listed in Finding <br /> No 6 above The exceedance of applicable WQOs in the Basin Plan constitutes pollution as <br /> defined in Water Code Section 13050 The Dischargers have caused or permitted waste to be <br />' discharged or deposited where it has discharged to waters of the state and has created, and <br /> continues to threaten to create, a condition of pollution or nuisance <br /> 1 <br />