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the plant. The proposed permit will allow Victor Fine Foods to dispose of its process waste waters by injecting them into a deep and highly saline aquifer beneath the plant site. The waste waters to be injected are not toxic. They are highly salty brines which, except for their salt content, meet federal drinking water standards. This waste water will be in- jected into an aquifer approximately 2700 feet below the surface. The existing waters in that aquifer are even more saline than the injected water, and are separated from the shallow drinking water by a formation of low-permeability rocks more than 100 feet thick. The proposed permit requires the permittee to test the in- jectate frequently and to submit the results of that testing to EPA and to officials of the City of Lodi and San Joaquin County. The applicant is already required by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to monitor the quality of the nearby shallow aquifer. The permittee had requested a previous permit for injection at this site. That permit was granted on February 9, 1990. Upon drilling to the desired injection depth, the applicant learned that certain geological and hydrologic information assumed in the initial permit application was incorrect. The applicant then re- quested the EPA to terminate that permit and made application to the Agency for a new permit, using the new geologic information. It is this second permit which is now open for public comment. This new permit contains additional, more stringent, monitoring requirements and restrictions in order to assure that drinking water sources are not endangered by the injection process. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE As required by Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 124 . 9, the administrative record, which includes the ap- plication, draft permit, and other information, is available for public inspection at the EPA Region IX library at 1235 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA. The draft permit and fact sheet are available for review at the Lodi Public Library, 201 W. Locust Street, Lodi, CA and at the Stockton Public Library, 605 N. El Dorado, Stockton, CA. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND HEARING The EPA invites the public to comment on the proposed per- mit. The Agency will use the comments in making its final deci- sion to issue, modify, or deny the permit. The public comment period ends on Tuesday, August 7, 1990. All comments must be received at the address below by that date.