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ORDER N0.RS-20184017 18 <br /> CONDITIONAL WAIVER OF WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR DISASTER-RELATED WASTES WITHIN THE CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> F. Specific Waiver Conditions for Mass Mortality Wastes Discharged to <br /> Emergency Landfills NOT Located at Regulated Waste Disposal Facilities <br /> (only applicable to disease-related emergencies) <br /> 1. Dischargers proposing to establish an emergency landfill for mass mortality <br /> wastes not located at a regulated waste disposal facility shall submit a Notice of <br /> Intent to the Central Valley Water Board within 30 days after the initial <br /> discharge of wastes from a Declared Disaster Area (or by schedule required in <br /> Condition G for emergencies not in a Declared Disaster Area). The Notice of <br /> Intent shall include a copy of a letter from the California Department of Food <br /> and Agriculture or other Federal, State, or local government agency stating that <br /> the mass mortality wastes cannot be transported to a rendering plant or <br /> regulated landfill due to health concerns (e.g., disease). The Notice of Intent <br /> shall also include an explanation stating why other options than onsite disposal, <br /> such as onsite composting, are not feasible. In addition, the Notice of Intent <br /> shall contain the information listed in Attachment A of this Conditional Waiver. <br /> 2. The Discharger shall comply with all applicable conditions in Section A of this <br /> Conditional Waiver. <br /> 3. Owners/operators of mass mortality emergency landfills not on regulated <br /> facilities shall ensure that they are sited, designed, constructed, operated, and <br /> maintained to ensure compliance the following minimum prescriptive and <br /> performance standards: <br /> a) The bottom of an emergency landfill shall be placed at least 10 feet above <br /> the highest historically known or anticipated level of groundwater, and more <br /> than 500 feet from any surface water of the state. <br /> b) Emergency landfills shall be protected from inundation or washout due of <br /> floods with a 100-year return period. <br /> c) Emergency landfills shall not be located on a known Holocene fault. <br /> d) Emergency landfills shall not be located in areas of potential rapid geologic <br /> change (e.g., landslides, debris flows, flashflood areas, etc.). <br /> e) Emergency landfills shall not be located in areas underlain by fractured <br /> bedrock aquifer or highly permeable soils (e.g., gravels, sands, and loamy <br /> sands) or in facilities that are characterized by such deposits (e.g., gravel <br /> quarry). <br /> f) For disaster related mass mortality wastes streams that are in a liquid form <br /> (e.g., raw eggs, etc.), the owner/operator shall reduce the moisture content <br />