General Waste Discharge Requirements for Fruit and Vegetable Packing Facilities Within the Central Valley Region
2 Documents in Project
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
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
9/17/2026
Document Description
The Project supports adoption and implementation of General WDRs to regulate discharges to land from fruit and vegetable packing facilities throughout the region. The General WDRs are expected to cover facilities that wash, sort, store, and ship fruits and vegetables for export or sale that discharge between 10,000 gallons and 180 million gallons of process wastewater annually, and will streamline the permitting process and improve consistency throughout the region.
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
Cities
Alameda, Alamo, Albany, Alturas, American Canyon, Anderson, Angels Camp, Antioch, Arvin, Atwater, Auburn, Avenal, Bakersfield, Benicia, Berkeley, Biggs, Blairsden, Brentwood, Byron, California City, Calistoga, Ceres, Chico, Chowchilla, Citrus Heights, Clayton, Clearlake, Clovis, Coalinga, Colfax, Colusa, Concord, Corcoran, Danville, Davis, Delano, Diamond Springs, Dinuba, Dixon, Dorris, Dos Palos, Dublin, Dunsmuir, Edgewood, El Cerrito, Elk Grove, Emeryville, Escalon, Etna, Exeter, Fairfield, Farmersville, Firebaugh, Folsom, Fort Jones, Fowler, Fremont, Fresno, Galt, Grass Valley, Gridley, Gustine, Hanford, Hayward, Hercules, Hughson, Huron, Isleton, Ivanhoe, Kerman, Kettleman, Kingsburg, Lafayette, Lakeport, Lamont, Lathrop, Lemoore, Lincoln, Lindsay, Live Oak, Livermore, Livingston, Lodi, Loomis, Los Banos, Loyalton, Madera, Manteca, Maricopa, Martinez, Marysville, McFarland, Mendota, Merced, Modesto, Mojave, Montague, Moraga, Mount Shasta, Murphys, Napa, Nevada City, Newark, Newman, Oakdale, Oakland, Oakley, Olympic Valley, Orange Cove, Orinda, Orland, Oroville, Paradise, Parlier, Patterson, Piedmont, Pinole, Pittsburg, Placerville, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Porterville, Portola, Quincy, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Redding, Reedley, Richmond, Ridgecrest, Rio Vista, Ripon, Riverbank, Rocklin, Roseville, Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Leandro, San Pablo, San Ramon, Sanger, Selma, Shafter, Shasta Lake, Sonora, South Lake Tahoe, St. Helena, Stockton, Suisun City, Susanville, Taft, Tehachapi, Tracy, Truckee, Tulare, Tulelake, Turlock, Union City, Vacaville, Vallejo, Visalia, Walnut Creek, Wasco, Waterford, Weed, West Sacramento, Wheatland, Williams, Willows, Winters, Woodlake, Woodland, Yountville, Yreka, Yuba City
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
RWQCB Region 5 (See Figure 1 and Initial Study)
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes (Initial Study)
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
No
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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