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Forward Landfill 7 15 August 2023 GeoTracker No : L10008827999 (d) General--A discharger required pursuant to § 20385 to establish a corrective action program for a Unit shall, at a minimum, comply with the requirements of this section for that Unit. (e) Standards-- The discharger shall take corrective action to achieve the following goals: to remediate releases from the Unit; to ensure that the discharger achieves compliance with the Water Standard adopted under § 203902 for that Unit. The RWQCB shall specify the Water Standard for corrective action [including any concentration limits greater than background, under § 20400(c-g)] in the WDRs . (t) Scope of Actions-- The discharger shall implement corrective action measures that ensure that COCs achieve their respective concentration limits at all Monitoring Points and throughout the zone affected by the release, including any portions thereof that extend beyond the facility boundary, by removing the waste constituents or treating them in place . The discharger shall take other action approved by the RWQCB to prevent noncompliance with those limits due to a continued or subsequent release from the Unit, including but not limited to, source control. (g) Terminating Measures-- Corrective action measures taken pursuant to %(c) (e . g. , pumping and treatment of ground water) may be terminated when the discharger demonstrates to the satisfaction of the RWQCB that the concentrations of all COCs are reduced to levels below their respective concentration limits throughout the entire zone affected by the release . The Discharger has yet to meet Title 27 ' s standards for facilities that are in corrective action . The Central Valley Water Board cannot entertain monitored natural attenuation due to the extensive contamination in multiple aquifer zones and impacted drinking water wells along Newcastle Road , the CDCR Prison (see the 2008 CAO for specifics) , as well along Austin Road . The aquifer' s beneficial uses cannot be characterized as successfully restored until wellhead treatment is no longer necessary . The Discharger cited the 2016 Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River Basin and San Joaquin River Basin ( Basin Plan) in their reasoning for changing the cleanup goal . Central Valley Water Board staff dispute the report' s statement that : "At a minimum, ground waters designated for use as domestic or municipal supply shall not contain concentrations of chemical constituents in excess of the maximum contaminant levels specified in the following provisions of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, which are incorporated by reference into this plan (RWQCB 2016) . For groundwater downgradient of the POC that has been affected by only the release of VOCs from the Austin Road Unit, the beneficial uses as domestic or municipal supply will be restored when VOC concentrations are less than the maximum contaminant levels (MCLs), as specified by 22 California Code of Regulations (CCR) section 64444. " ( Emphasis added . ) To clarify , according to the 2019 Central Valley Water Board ' s Basin Plan "unless otherwise designated by the Regional Water Board, all ground waters in the Region are considered as 2 CCR Title 27 Section 20390 — Water Quality Protection Standard : Components & Duration - For each Unit, the RWQCB shall establish a water quality protection standard (Water Standard ) in the WDRs . This Water Standard shall consist of the list of constituents of concern ( under § 20395) , the concentration limits (under § 20400) , and the Point of Compliance and all Monitoring Points (under § 20405) . This Water Standard shall apply during the active life of the Unit, the closure period , the post-closure maintenance period , and during any compliance period ( under § 20410) .