S-10-0164 Attachment 9 Eagle_Lake_WWTP_Discharge_Permit_1994.pdf

CAUFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUAUTY CONTROL BOARD

LAHONTAN REGION

• BOARD ORDER NO. 6-94-94

WDID NO. 6A188505700

UPDATED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

FOR

u.s. FOREST SERVICE - LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST

EAGLE LAKE WASTEWATER FACILITY

______________.Lassen County___________

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region (Regional Board) fmds:

1. Discharger

For the purposes of this Order, U. S. Forest Service, Lassen National Forest is referred to as the "Discharger."

2 . Facility

The Facility consists of the sewage collection and disposal system for the U.S. Forest Service campground, picnic area, marina and children's camp at the south end of Eagle Lake. For the purposes of this Order, the Eagle Lake Wastewater Facility is referred to as the "Facility". The Facility treats and disposes (by evaporation) domestic sewage.

3. History of Previous Regulation by the Regional Board

The Regional Board previously established waste discharge requirements for the Facility under Board Order No. 6-85-57, adopted on June 13, 1985. Earlier waste discharge requirements were established under Board Order No. 6-75-56, adopted on June 6, 1975.

4. Reason for Action

The Regional Board is on its initiative updating waste discharge requirements for this existing facility. The purpose of this Order is to update waste discharge requirements as part of the Regional Board's regular update process to include current policy and regulations and to incorporate recent modifications to the Facility.

5 . Facilitv Location

• The Facility is located at the south end of Eagle Lake, Lassen County. Section 21, T31N.

RIOE, MDB&M. as shown on Attachment" A", which is made part of this Order.

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• 6. Description of Facility and Discharge

The Discharger collects, treats and disposes of approximately 2.6 million gallons of sewage each operating season from the campground, picnic areas, marina and children's camp located at the south shore of Eagle Lake.

7. Sludge Treatment .and Disposal

Sludge is currently digested within the ponds. It may later need to be removed, and if so will be disposed of in an approved manner.

8. Disposal Area

Sewage effluent is disposed of in four lined evaporation ponds. The liners consist of 36 mil hypalon membrane.

9. Authorized Disposal Site

The primary pond and the four lined evaporation ponds are the only authorized disposal site for sewage effluent. The authorized disposal site is located on land owned by the U.S. Forest Service.

10. Site Geology

The general areas surrounding the ponds is comprised of Pleistocene basalt lava flows and volcanic ash deposits.

11. Site Hydrology

The facility is located at the top of a hill on relatively flat terrain adjacent to a meadow.

No drainage courses traverse the treatment and disposal facilities.

12. Site Hydrogeology

Depth to groundwater is several hundred feet below the ground surface. Perched water tables may form near the surface due to clay lenses in the soils.

13. Receiving Waters

The receiving waters are the ground waters of the Eagle Lake, Eagle Drainage

Hydrologic Area, Susan River Hydrologic Unit (Department of Water Resources Hydrologic Unit No. 637.30).

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• 14. North Lahontan Basin Plan

The Regional Board adopted a Water Quality Control Plan for the North Lahontan Basin (Basin Plan) on June 26, 1975. The Regional Board adopted amendments to the Basin Plan concerning Eagle Lake on September 14, 1984. This Order implem~nts the Basin Plan as amended.

15. Beneficial Uses

The beneficial uses of the ground waters of the Eagle Lake, Eagle Lake Hydrologic Unit as set forth and derIDed in the Basin Plan are:

16. California Environmental Ouality Act Compliance

These waste discharge requirements govern the waste discharged from the continued operation of the Facility and such activity is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, Section 21000 et. seq.) in accordance with Secdon 15304, Chapter 3, Title 14, California Code of Regulation.

17. Notification of Interested Parties

The Regional Board has notified the Discharger and interested parties of its intent to update waste discharge requirements for the discharge.

18. Consideration of Public Comments

The Regional Board, in a public meeting, heard and considered all comments pertaining to the discharge.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Discharger shall comply with the following:

I. DISCHARGE SPECIFICATIONS

A. Effluent/Discharge Limitations

The total flow of wastewater during any twelve month period shall not exceed.

2,826,510 gallons.

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B. Receiving Water Limitations

The discharge of waste shall not cause the presence of the following substances or conditions in ground waters of the Eagle Drainage Hydrologic Area:

1. . Any perceptible color, odor, taste or foaming.

2. Colifonn organisms attributable to human wastes.

3. Toxic substances in concentrations that individually, collectively, or cumulatively cause detrimental physiological responses in human, plants, animals, or aquatic life. .

4. Identifiable chlorinated hydrocarbons, organophosphates, carbamates, and other pesticide and herbicide groups, in summations, in excess of the lowest detectable levels.

5. Concentrations of chemical constituents in excess of the maximum contaminant levels or secondary maximum contaminant levels based upon drinking water standards specified by the more restrictive of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4, Chapter 15, or 40 CFR, Part 141.

C. General Reguirements and Prohibitions

1. Any discharge from the Facility with other than a zero discharge of nutrients to surface waters or ground waters in the Eagle Lake basin is prohibited.

2. There shall be no discharge, bypass, or diversion of raw or partially treated sewage, sewage sludge, grease, or oils from the collection, transport, treatment, or disposal facilities to adjacent land areas or surface waters.

3. Surface flow or visible discharge of sewage or sewage effluent at, or from, the authorized disposal site to adjacent land areas or surface waters is prohibited.

4. The vertical distance between the liquid surface elevation and the lowest point of a pond dike or the invert of an overflow structure shall not be less than two (2) feet.

• 5 . The discharge shall not cause a pollution as defmed in Section 13050 of the California Water Code, or a threatened pollution.

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• 6. Neither the treatment nor the discharge shall cause a nuisance as defmed in Section 13050 of the California Water Code.

7. The discharge of wastewater except to the authorized disposal site is prohibited.

8. The integrity of pond liners shall be maintained throughout the life of the ponds and shall not be diminished as the result of any maintenance or cleaning operation.

II. PROVISIONS

A. Rescission of Waste Discharge Requirements

Board Order No. 6-85-57 is hereby rescinded.

B. Standard Provisions

The Discharger shall comply with the "Standard Provisions for Waste Discharge Requirements," dated July 1, 1993, in Attachment "B", which is made part of this Order.

C. Sludge Management Plan

A Sludge Management Plan shall be submitted at least 120 days prior to the removal and disposal of sludge from the treatment and evaporation lagoons.

D. Monitoring and RglOrting

1. Pursuant to Section 13267(b) of the California Water Code, the Discharger shall comply with the Monitoring and Reporting Program No. 94-94 as specified by the Executive Officer.

2. The Discharger shall comply with the "General Provisions for Monitoring and Reporting," dated July 1, 1993, which is attached to and made part of the Monitoring and Reporting Program .

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• E. Operator Certification

The Discharger's wastewater treatment plant shall be supervised by persons possessing a wastewater treatment plant operator certificate of appropriate grade pursuant to Regulations for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Cenijication and Plant Classijication, Title 23, California Code of Regulations, Division 4, Chapter 14, Section 3670 et. seq.

I, Harold J. Singer, Executive Officer, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of an Order adopted by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, on September 8, 1994.

HAROLD J. SINGER

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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STANDARD PROVISIONS

• FOR WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

1. Inspection and Entry

The discharger shall permit Regional Board staff:

a. to enter upon premises in which an effluent source is located or in which any required records are kept;

b. to copy any records relating to the discharge or relating to compliance with the waste discharge requirements;

c. to inspect monitoring equipment or records; and

d. to sample any discharge.

2. Reporting Requirements

a. Pursuant to California Water Code 13267(b), the discharger shall immediately notify the

Regional Board by telephone whenever an adverse condition occurred as a result of this discharge; written confirmation shall follow within two weeks. An adverse condition includes, but is not limited to, spills of petroleum products or toxic chemicals, or damage to control facilities that could affect compliance .

b. Pursuant to California Water Code Section 13260 (c), any proposed material change in the character of the waste, manner or method of treatment or disposal, increase of discharge, or location of discharge, shall be reported to the Regional Board at least 120 days in advance of implementation of any such proposal. This shall include, but not be limited to, all significant soil disturbances.

c. The owners/discharger of property subject to waste discharge requirements ·shall be considered to have a continuing responsibility for ensuring compliance with applicable waste discharge requirements in the operations or use of the owned property. Pursuant to 13260(c), any change in the ownership and/or operation of property subject to the waste discharge requirements shall be reported to the Regional Board. Notification of applicable waste discharge requirements shall be furnished in writing to the new owners and/or operators and a copy of such notification shall be sent to the Regional Board.

d. If a discharger becomes aware that any information submitted to the Regional Board is incorrect, the· discharger shall immediately notify the Regional Board, in writing, and correct that information.

e. Reports required by the waste discharge requirements, and other information requested by the Regional Board, must be signed by a duly authorized representative of the discharger .

• f. If the discharger becomes aware that their waste discharge requirements are no longer needed (because the project will not be built or the discharge will cease) the discharger shall notify the Regional Board in writing and request that tbeir waste discharge requirements be rescinded.

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3 . Right to Revise Waste Discharge Requirements

The Board reserves the privilege of changing all or any portion of the waste discharge requirements upon legal notice to and after opportunity to be heard is given to all concerned parties.

4. Duty to Comply

Failure to comply with the waste discharge requirements may constitute a violation of the California Water Code and is grounds for enforcement action or for permit tennination, revocation and reissuance, or modification.

S. Duty to Mitigate

The discharger shall take all reasonable steps to minimize or prevent any discharge in violation of the waste discharge requirements which has a reasonable. likelihood of adversely affecting human health or the environment.

6. Proper Operation and Maintenance

The discharger shall at all times properly operate and maintain all facilities and systems of treatment and control (and related appurtenances) that are installed or used by the discharger to achieve compliance with the waste discharge requirements. Proper operation and maintenance includes adequate laboratory control, where appropriate, and appropriate quality assurance procedures. This provision requires the operation of backup or auxiliary facilities or similar systems that are installed by the discharger, when necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the waste discharge requirements.

7. Waste Discharge Regpirement Actions

The waste discharge requirements may be modified, revoked and reissued, or terminated for cause.

The filing of a request by the discharger for waste discharge requirement modification, revocation and reissuance, termination, or a notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance, does not stay any of the waste discharge requirements conditions.

8. Property Rights

The waste discharge requirements do not convey any property rights of any sort, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it authorize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal rights, nor any infringement of federal, state or local laws or regulations.

9. Enforcement

The California Water Code provides for civil liability and criminal penaUies for violations or threatened violations of the waste discharge requirements including imposition of civil liability or referral to the Attorney General .

10. Ayailability

A copy of the waste discharge requirements shall kept and maintained by the discharger and be available at all times to operating personnel.

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II. Severability

Provisions of the waste discharge requirements are severable. If any provision of the requirements is found invalid, the remainder of the requirements shall not be affected.

12. Public Access .

General public access shall be effectively excluded from treatment and disposal facilities ..

13. Transfers

Providing there is no material change in the operation of the facility, this Order may be transferred to a new owner or operation. The owner/operator must request the transfer in writing and receive written approval from the Regional Board Executive Officer.

14. Definitions

a. "Surface waters" as used in this Order, include, but are not limited to, live streams, either perennial or ephemeral, which flow in natural or artificial water courses and natural lakes and artificial impoundments of waters. "Surface waters" does not include artificial water courses or impoundments used exclusively for wastewater disposal.

• b. "Ground waters" as used in this Order, include, but are not limited to, all subsurface waters being above atmospheric pressure and the capillary fringe of these waters. , ' j

15. Storm Protection

All facilities used for collection, transport, treatment, storage, or disposal of waste shall be adequately protected against overflow, washout, inundation, structural damage or a significant reduction in efficiency resulting from a storm or flood having a recurrence interval of once in 100 years.

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MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM NO. 94-94

WDID NO. 6A188S0S700

FOR

u.s. FOREST SERVICE SERVICE - LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST

EAGLE LAKE WASTEWATER FACILITY

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I. MONITORING

A. Flow Monitoring

The Discharger shall monitor the following:

• 1. The total volume, in million gallons, of wastewater flow to the treatment facility during each month.

2. The freeboard (distance from the top of the lowest part of the dike to the wastewater surface in the pond) measured each month in each surface impoundment. If a surface impoundment does not contain wastewater, indicate that it is empty.

B. Pond Monitoring

Samples shall be taken at the following stations:

1. Composite sample of effluent from primary lagoons discharged to evaporation ponds

2. Grab sample of wastewater flowing at gate valve between evaporation ponds No. 1 and 2.

Samples shall be collected in June, August and October when the facility is in operation and analyzed for the following constituents:

Constituent

• Total Nitrogen mgtl Total Dissolved Solids mgtl Chloride mgtl

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C. Vadose Zone Monitoring

A composite sample shall be collected from 3 lysimeters around evaporation ponds Nos. 1 and 2 and the four pond underdrain monitoring wells under the new primary pond and evaporation pond No.3. The composite sample shall be collected in August and October and analyzed for the constituents listed below.

An individual sample from each lysimeter and each of the underdrain monitoring wells shall be collected and analyzed in June of each year for the following constituents:

Constituent Units Detection Limit

Total Nitrogen mg!l 0.1 mgl Total Dissolved Solids mg!l 10 mg!l Chloride mg!l .5 mg!l

D. Operation and Maintenance

A brief summary of any operational problem and maintenance activities shall be submitted to the Regional Board with each semi-annual monitoring report. This summary shall discuss:

1. The calibration of any measuring devices.

2. The condition of the evaporation pond liners.

n. REPORTING

A. General Provisions

The Discharger shall comply with the "General Provisions for Monitoring and Reporting," dated July 1, 1993, which is attached to and made part of this Monitoring and Reporting Program.

B. Submittal Periods

A monitoring report including the preceding information shall be submitted to the Regional Board by July 15 for the period December 15 through June 15, and on January 15 for the operating period June 15 through December 15.

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HAROLD J. SINGER(:..

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING

1. SAMPUNG AND ANALYSIS

a. All analyses shall be performed in accordance with the current edition(s) of the following documents: '

1. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater

11. Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes. EPA

b. All analyses shall be performed in a laboratory certified to perform such analyses by the California State Department of Health Services or a laboratory approved by the Regional Board Executive Officer. Specific methods of analysis must be identified on each laboratory report.

c. Any modifications to the above methods to eliminate known interferences shall be reported with the sample results. The method used shall also be reported. If methods other than USEPA approved methods or Standard Methods are used, the exact methodology must be submitted for review and must be approved by the Regional Board Executive Officer prior to use.

d. The discharger shall establish chain-of-custody procedures to insure that specific individuals are responsible for sample integrity from commencement of sample collection through delivery to an approved laboratory. Sample collection, storage and analysis shall be conducted in accordance with an approved Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP). The most recent version of the approved SAP shall be kept at the facility.

e. The discharger shall calibrate and perform maintenance procedures on all monitoring instruments and equipment to ensure accuracy of measurements, or shall insure that both activities will be conducted. The calibration of any wastewater flow measuring device shall be recorded and maintained in the permanent log book.

f. A grab sample is defmed as an individual sample collected in fewer than 15 minutes.

g. A composite sample is defmed as a combination of no fewer than eight individual samples obtained over the specified sampling period at equal intervals. The volume of each individual sample shall be proportional to the discharge flow rate at the time of sampling. The sampling period shall equal the discharge period, or 24 hours, whichever period is shorter.

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• 2. OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

a. Sample Results

Pursuant to California Water Code Section 13267(b), a copy of all sample results shall be available to the plant operator andlor Regional Board staff for inspection.

The results shall be retained for a minimum of three years.

b. Operational Log

Pursuant to California Water Code Section 13267(b), an operation and maintenance log shall be maintained at the facility. All monitoring and reporting data shall be recorded in a permanent log book.

3. REPORTING

a. For every item where the requirements are not met, the discharger shall submit a statement of the actions undertaken or proposed which will bring the discharge into full compliance with requirements at the earliest time and submit a timetable for correction.

b. The discharger shall maintain all sampling and analytical results, including strip charts; date, exact place, and time of sampling; date analyses were performed;

sample collector's name; analyst's name; analytical techniques used; and results of all analyses. Such records shall be retained for a minimum of three years. This period of retention shall be extended during the course of any unresolved litigation regarding this discharge or when requested by the Regional Board.

c. The discharger shall provide a brief summary of any operational problems and maintenance activities to the Board with each monitoring report. Any modifications or additions to, or any major maintenance conducted on, or any major problems occurring. to the wastewater conveyance system, treatment facilities, or disposal facilities shall be included in this summary.

d. Monitoring reports shall be signed by:

i. In the case of a corporation, by a principal executive officer at least of the level of vice-president or his duly authoriZed. representative, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates;

it In the case of a partnership, by a general partner;

iii. In the case of a sole proprietorship, by the proprietor;

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iv. In the case of a municipal, state or other public facility, by either a principal executive officer, ranking elected official, or other duly authorized employee .

e. Monitoring reports are to include the following:

i. Name and telephone number of individual who can answer questions about the report.

ii. The Monitoring and Reporting Program Number.

iii. WDID Number.

f. Modifications

This Monitoring and Reporting Program may be modified at the discretion of the Regional Board Executive Officer.

NONCOMPUANCE

Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring reports or falsifying any infonnation provided therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in an amount of up to one thousand dollars ($I,()(X) for each day of violation under Section 13268 of the Water Code .