Meeting Notice and Agenda Items

Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board

AGENDA REVISED / MODIFICADA EL 1/30/2024

**MEETING IS ONE DAY ONLY**

Friday, 16 February 2024 - 9:00 a.m. (Board Meeting)

CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD
Board Room
11020 Sun Center Drive, Suite 200
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
(In-Person and via Video and Teleconference)

How to Attend This Meeting:

This meeting will occur with both a physical meeting location and an option for the public to participate remotely. A majority of the Board Members will be physically present at the noticed meeting location above, consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. Any person desiring to receive future notices about changes to the date, time, location, or format of the public hearing should sign up for the GovDelivery e-mail list at:

(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/reg5_subscribe.html).

Additional information for those wishing to attend remotely can be found below:

TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE LIVECAST (NOT PARTICIPATING):

If you do not need to participate, but would like to watch and listen in to this meeting, please use the "PUBLIC MEETING YOUTUBE LIVECAST" links below.

16 February 2024: YOUTUBE LIVE STREAM URL (https://youtube.com/live/EPL_ET4-CXc?feature=share)

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING (via ZOOM):

Persons wishing to participate in the meeting via video or teleconference will need to contact the Board by email to receive a Zoom Meeting ID and password prior to the meeting by doing the following:

Send an email to Agenda5@Waterboards.ca.gov
In the Subject line, indicate: Agenda Item Number(s) you are interested in
In the body of the email indicate:
- Your name
- Who you represent (i.e., self, another person, an organization)
- Identify whether you intend to participate via videoconference (your computer microphone and speaker) or by telephone
- If calling in by telephone, please provide the last three digits of the telephone number you will be calling from

The Board will respond to your email with the Zoom Meeting ID and password for the meeting. If you do not send an email by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday February 15th, it is possible you will need to begin watching the webcast available on YouTube. You cannot participate in the Zoom meeting until you receive an email with the Zoom ID and password. This means you may need to begin watching the webcast available on YouTube.

Additional information on attending the meeting can be found on our Regional Board Meeting Calendar webpage at:
(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_info/meetings/)

Items on this Agenda are numbered for identification purposes only; the Board may consider these items out of their listed order.

Copies of the items to be considered by the Central Valley Water Board are posted on the Board’s Tentative Orders web page at:
(https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_decisions/tentative_orders/).

Questions regarding individual items should be directed to the Board staff person whose name and phone number are indicated on the agenda item. For general questions, to request a special accommodation, or to request interpreter services, please send an e-mail to agenda5@waterboards.ca.gov or call (916) 464-3291. Please request special accommodations or interpreter services at least 10 business days in advance of the meeting. TTY users may contact the California Relay Service at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.

Items to be considered by the Board at the 16 February 2024 Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Meeting, organized by agenda item number.

Board Meeting Agenda - English | Español
Executive Officer's Report

Friday, 16 February 2024 - 9:00 a.m.

BOARD BUSINESS

Executive Officer's Report
- Executive Officer's Report

Consideration of Minutes from from the December 2023 Board Meeting
- December 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

Consideration of Uncontested Items - The Board will consider agenda items 13 through 17

CONTESTED/DISCUSSION ITEMS

WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

Bronco Wine Company, Bronco Winery, Stanislaus County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 96-247
Forward Inc., Forward Landfill, San Joaquin County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2014-0006
- Summary Sheet
- Waste Discharge Requirements
- Monitoring & Reporting Program
- Comments Received: For a copy of the written comments, please email Stephani Gisi at Stephani.Gisi@waterboards.ca.gov or (916) 464-4607
  - Lynch Road Ranch LLC, 25 April 2022
  - Forward Inc., 25 April 2022
- Response to Comments
- Notice of Public Hearing
- Aviso De Audiencia Pública
- Late Revisions (posted 2/15/2024)

NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)

THIS ITEM WAS MOVED TO THE UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
~~American Valley Community Services District, American Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant, Plumas County – Consideration of NPDES Permit Renewal (NPDES Permit 0078981)~~

Election of Chair and Vice Chair

Election of Chair and Vice Chair
- Summary Sheet

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

(Cal. Code Regs., tit. 23, § 647.2, subd. (f).)
Uncontested items are those items that are not being contested at the Board Meeting and will be acted on without discussion. If any person or Board Member requests discussion, the item may be removed from the Uncontested Calendar and taken up in the regular agenda in an order determined by the Board Chair.

OTHER BUSINESS

OTHER BUSINESS
1. City of Lemoore and Leprino Foods Company, River Ranch Recycled Water Project, Kings County – Consideration of Resolution Adopting Negative Declaration for the River Ranch Recycled Water Project
  - Cover Letter
  - Resolution
  - Initial Study
    - Attachments: For a copy of Attachment A (Report of Waste Discharge) or Attachment B (Biological Resources Technical Report), please contact Katie Carpenter at Katie.Carpenter@waterboards.ca.gov or (559) 445-5551
      - Attachment A, Report of Waste Discharge
      - Attachment B, Biological Resources Technical Report

UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
1. Aqua Clear Farms, Inc. and Hatch Investments Limited Partnership, Aqua Clear Farms, Solano County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2014-0105
  - Cover Letter
  - Waste Discharge Requirements
  - Monitoring & Reporting Program
  - Comments Received: For a copy of written comments, please email Jarrod Ramsey-Lewis at Jarrod.Ramsey-Lewis@waterboards.ca.gov or (916) 464-4762
    - Randy A. Hagen, PG, CHG, Pacific Geoscience, 21 December 2023
    - Robert D. Vick, PE, The SERES Group, 27 December 2023
  - Response to Comments
    - Response to Comments Transmittal
  - Notice of Public Hearing
2. Bear Valley Community Services District, Bear Valley Community Services District Wastewater Treatment Facility, Kern County – Consideration of revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2015-0011
3. Kings Waste and Recycling Authority, Houston Avenue Landfill, Kings County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2017-0054
  - Cover Letter
  - Waste Discharge Requirements
  - Monitoring & Reporting Program
  - Comments Received:
    - Parveen Sandhu (KWRA), 3 January 2024
  - Response to Comments
  - Notice of Public Hearing
4. City of Lemoore and Leprino Foods Company, River Ranch Recycled Water Project, Kings County – Consideration of revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2019-0008

UNCONTESTED NPDES PERMITS

UNCONTESTED NPDES PERMITS
1. American Valley Community Services District, American Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant, Plumas County – Consideration of NPDES Permit Renewal (NPDES Permit 0078981) - THIS ITEM WAS MOVED FROM THE CONTESTED CALENDAR
  - Summary Sheet
  - Cover Letter
  - Waste Discharge Requirements/NPDES Permit
  - Comments Received: For a copy of the written comments, please email Matthew Richter at matthew.richter@waterboards.ca.gov or (916) 464-4745
  - Response to Comments
  - Notice of Public Hearing
  - Late Revisions (posted 2/9/2024)
1. City of Dunsmuir, Dunsmuir Wastewater Treatment Plant, Shasta and Siskiyou Counties – Consideration of NPDES Permit Renewal

UNCONTESTED RESCISSIONS

UNCONTESTED RESCISSIONS
1. Camp Sierra Improvement Association, Camp Sierra Association, and the United States Forest Service, Camp Sierra Wastewater Treatment Facility, Fresno County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 5-00-199

UNCONTESTED CHANGE OF NAME

UNCONTESTED CHANGE OF NAME
1. Oroville Landfill Properties, Oroville Class III Wood Waste Landfill, Butte County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2013-0067
2. West Almanor CSD, Lake Almanor West, Plumas County – Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 97-254