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EDMUND G.BRowN JR. <br /> ;���' GdYERN9R <br /> C a L t!011 M t a MCETARU <br /> ROORtUVE2 <br /> ia A <br /> WaterBoards ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br /> Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board <br /> Adam Pescatore 11 September 2018 <br /> Harvest Power California, LLC <br /> 6943 North Golden State BLVD <br /> Fresno, Ca 93722 <br /> REVIEW OF HARVEST POWER COMPLIANCE TIMELINE AND INTERIM OPERATIONS <br /> PLAN, HARVEST POWER CALIFORNIA LLC, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> Composting operations at the Harvest Lathrop Composting Facility in San Joaquin County are <br /> regulated by State Water Resources Control Board General Waste Discharge Requirements for <br /> Composting Operations and Notice of Applicability Order 2015-0121-DWQ-R5S009. Harvest <br /> Power California, LLC owns and operates the facility and is hereafter referred to as Discharger. <br /> Order 2015-0121-DWQ-R5S009 requires the Discharger to complete construction of <br /> Wastewater Detention Ponds 1 and 2, associated pan lysimeters, working pad, access roads <br /> and drainage ditches by 1 November 2018. A Final Post Construction Report documenting the <br /> completion is due 60 days (31 December 2018) following construction completion. <br /> Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board staff has reviewed the Harvest Power <br /> Compliance Timeline letter dated 2 July 2018, and the Interim Operations and Leachate <br /> Disposal Plan submitted on 7 August 2018. The Discharger has requested to only complete <br /> Detention Pond No 2, associated piezometers and limited site compaction and grading by <br /> 1 November 2018. The Discharger has committed to complete the remaining facility <br /> improvements by 1 October 2019, when additional funding is available. <br /> For the 2018/2019 wet season, the Discharger has submitted an Interim Operations and <br /> Leachate Control Plan that describes how the Discharger intends to control, manage and <br /> dispose of leachate in accordance with the requirements of the General Order(winter storage <br /> leachate capacity, eliminating ponded water on site, run-off and odor prevention). The interim <br /> leachate control methods include: reducing the working surface area, limited grading and <br /> compaction of working and storage surfaces, tarping of stored materials, re-orientation of <br /> windrows to promote sheet-flow to the detention pond, manual pumping of ponded water to <br /> either the detention pond or portable storage tanks and off-site disposal of excess leachate at <br /> an appropriately permitted disposal facility. <br /> Based on the Discharger's request and proposed interim operation plan, composting operations <br /> may continue during the 2018/2019 wet season provided that the Discharger complies with the <br /> requirements of the General Order. It is the responsibility of the Discharger to meet all <br /> conditions of the Notice of Applicability and the General Order, even if it means ceasing <br /> operations, or adding additional staff and equipment to comply. <br /> KARL E. LONGLEV SCIS, P.E.,CHAIR I PATRICK PULUPA,ESQ.,EXECUTIVE OFFICER <br /> t t020 Son Center drive#200,Rancho Cordova,CA 95670 1 www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley <br /> 4.1 RECYCLED PAPER <br />