General Waste Discharge Requirements for Fruit and Vegetable Packing Facilities Within the Central Valley Region
Summary
SCH Number
2026060923
Lead Agency
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5
(RWQCB)
Document Title
General Waste Discharge Requirements for Fruit and Vegetable Packing Facilities Within the Central Valley Region
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
General WDRs for Fruit and Vegetable Packing Facilities Region wide. Land use and zoning will be established on site-specific basis
Document Description
Proposed Project would support adoption and implementation of General Waste Discharge Requirements (General WDRs) to regulate discharges to land from fruit and vegetable packing facilities throughout the region. The General WDRs will streamline the permitting process and improve consistency in regulating discharges of process wastewater and associated solids from fruit and vegetable packing facilities. The General WDRs will cover facilities that wash, sort, store, and ship fruits and vegetables for export or sale and discharge between 10,000 gallons and 180 million gallons of process wastewater annually.
Contact Information
Name
Katie Carpenter
Agency Name
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Job Title
Engineering Geologist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Counties
Alameda, Alpine, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Region 5 (see Figure 1 and Initial Study)
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 2 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Tahoe Conservancy, California Transportation Commission (CATC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Other (Flows from 0.01 to 180 million gallons per year), Waste Treatment:Other (Industrial Fruit and Vegetable wastewater)(MGD 0.5)
Local Actions
General Waste Discharge Requirements
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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