NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
concerning
RENEWAL OF WASTE
DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
(NPDES NO. CA0085260)
For
IRONHOUSE SANITARY DISTRICT
WATER RECYCLING FACILITY
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Ironhouse
Sanitary District is the owner and operator of the Ironhouse Sanitary District,
Water Recycling Facility (Facility), a publicly owned treatment works located
at 450 Walnut Meadows Drive, Oakley, California. The Facility provides sewerage services for
the City of Oakley, Bethel Island, and some unincorporated areas of Contra
Costa County, serving a population of approximately 38,969. The Facility provides tertiary treatment for
up to 4.3 million gallons per day (MGD). Tertiary treated wastewater from the
Facility is discharged to the San Joaquin River, a water of the United States,
within the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta.
Discharges
from the Facility are currently regulated by Waste Discharge Requirements Order
R5‑2008‑0057, issued by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
(Central Valley Water Board) on 25 April 2008. An Order is proposed to renew the NPDES
permit. The proposed NPDES permit renewal removes effluent limits for
settleable solids, oil and grease, aluminum, copper, fluoride, lead, total
residual chlorine, iron, manganese, and MBAS, because the upgraded Facility no
longer demonstrates reasonable potential to cause or contribute to an
exceedance of the applicable water quality objectives in the San Joaquin
River. The proposed Order also includes new
effluent limitations for methylmercury, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos. The Facility cannot immediately comply with
the new effluent limits for methylmercury, so a compliance schedule is included
in the proposed Order.
A
public hearing concerning this matter will be held during the Central Valley Water
Board meeting scheduled for:
DATE: 5/6 December 2013
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
PLACE: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Room
11020 Sun
Center Drive, #200
Rancho
Cordova, CA 95670
The
designated parties for this hearing are as follows:
· Ironhouse Sanitary
District Representatives
Only
designated parties will have these rights: to call and examine witnesses; to
introduce exhibits; to cross-examine opposing witnesses; to impeach any
witness; and to rebut the evidence against him or her. All other persons wishing to testify or
provide comments are interested persons and not designated parties. Such interested persons may request status as
a designated party for purposes of this hearing by submitting such request in
writing to the Central Valley Water Board no later than 5:00 p.m. on 29 October 2013. The request must explain the basis for status
as a designated party and in particular how the person is directly affected by
the discharge.
Persons wishing to comment on this
noticed hearing item shall submit testimony, evidence, if any, and/or comments
in writing to the Central Valley Water Board no later than 5:00 p.m. on 29 October 2013. Written evidence or comments submitted after 5:00 p.m. on 29 October 2013 will
not be accepted and will not be incorporated into the administrative record if
doing so would prejudice any party.
All designated parties and interested
persons may speak at the Central Valley Water Board meeting, and are expected
to orally summarize their written submittals. Oral testimony and cross
examination will be limited in time by the Board Chair.
Anyone
having questions regarding the hearing item should contact Ms. Kathleen Harder at
(916) 464-4778 or kathleen.harder@waterboards.ca.gov. Interested parties may download the tentative
Order and related documents from the Central Valley Water Board’s Internet
website at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_decisions/tentative_orders/. Copies of these documents can also be
obtained by contacting or visiting the Central Valley Water Board’s office at
11020 Sun Center Drive, #200, Rancho Cordova, California 95670-6114 weekdays
between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The final meeting agenda will be available
at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_info/meetings/
at least 10 days before the meeting. The agenda will provide the specific date
the Board Meeting will be held for this item, indicate the anticipated order of
all agenda items, and may include staff revisions to the proposed order(s).
The
procedures governing Central Valley Water Board meetings may be found at Title
23, California Code of Regulations, Section 647 et seq. and are available upon
request. Hearings before the Central
Valley Water Board are not conducted pursuant to Government Code section 11500
et seq. The procedures may be obtained
by accessing http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/laws_regulations/. Information on meeting and hearing procedures
is also available on the Central Valley Water Board’s website at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_info/meetings/mtgprocd.shtml
or by contacting any one of the Central Valley Water Board’s offices. Questions regarding such procedures should be
directed to Ms. Kiran Lanfranchi-Rizzardi at (916) 464-4839.
The
hearing facilities will be accessible to persons with disabilities. Individuals requiring special accommodations
are requested to contact Ms. Kiran Lanfranchi-Rizzardi at (916) 464-4839 at least 5 working days prior to
the meeting. TTY users may contact the
California Relay Service at 1-800-735‑2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.
Please
bring the above information to the attention of anyone you know who would be
interested in this matter.
Original Signed By
KENNETH D. LANDAU, Assistant Executive Officer
26 September
2013
