Meeting Notice and Agenda Items

Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board

**MEETING IS ONE DAY ONLY**

Friday, 12 December 2025 - 9:00 a.m. (Board Meeting)

CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
Klamath Room – Second Floor
Joe Serna Jr. - CalEPA Building
1011 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

(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 from a remote location at the Redding location. The Rancho Cordova location is via video and teleconference only. Additional information for those wishing to attend remotely can be found below.

TO ATTEND IN PERSON:

If you would like to attend in person please use this address and link for directions.

Joe Serna Jr. - CalEPA Building
Klamath Room – Second Floor
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 93706

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

If you do not need to participate but would like to remotely watch and listen in to this meeting, please use the public meeting webcast link for the Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region on CalEPA's Public Meeting Live Broadcast at
(https://video.calepa.ca.gov/#/) or
The meeting will also be livestreamed on YouTube at
(https://www.youtube.com/@rb5s-zoomstreamingchannel475).

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; and
- 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 Wednesday, 11 December 2025, it is possible you will need to begin watching the webcast available on CalEPA’s Public Meeting Live Broadcast. You cannot participate in the Zoom meeting until you receive an email with the Zoom ID and password.

REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES:

This hearing will be offered in English. To request translation of written documents, interpretation services in another language, or sign language services, please use one of the following options no later than 10 December, 2025:

Call the Office of Public Engagement, Equity, and Tribal Affairs at (916) 341-5254; or
Email the Office of Public Engagement, Equity, and Tribal Affairs at opp-languageservices@waterboards.ca.gov.

Any person who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the 12 December 2025 Board hearing should contact Mindy Bunn via phone at (916) 464-4839 or via email at agenda5@waterboards.ca.gov no later than 10 December 2025.

Users of a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) may contact the California Relay Service at (800) 735-2929 or the teletype (TTY) voice line at (800) 735-2922.

Additional information on attending the meeting can be found on the Regional Board Meeting Calendar web page.

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.

Items to be considered by the Board at the 12 December 2025 Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Meeting, organized by agenda item number.

Board Meeting Agenda - English | Español - no disponible
Executive Officer's Report

Friday, 12 December 2025 - 9:00 a.m.

BOARD BUSINESS

Executive Officer's Report

Consideration of Minutes from August 2025 Board Meeting.
- 10 October 2025 Board Meeting Minutes

Consideration of Uncontested Items - The Board will consider agenda items 16 through 17

CONTESTED, DISCUSSION, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

ENFORCEMENT – CEASE AND DESIST ORDER RESCISSION

O’Neill Beverages Company, LLC; Reedley Winery and Distillery; Fresno County – Consideration of Rescission of Cease and Desist Order R5-2014-0046

BASIN PLANNING

Proposed Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin To Remove the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) and Agricultural Supply (AGR) Beneficial Uses from Groundwater Within a Designated Horizontal and Vertical Area Within and Surrounding the Administrative Boundaries of the South Belridge, Monument Junction and Cymric Oil Fields in Kern County Near McKittrick, California.
- Summary Sheet
- Resolution
- Response to Comments
- Revised Draft Staff Report - Main Report
  - Appendix D - Environmental Checklist
  - Appendix E - Response to External Scientific Peer Review Comments
    - Attachment – Independent External Scientific Peer Review, Dated July 2025
- Comments Received:
  For a copy of any of the following comments, please contact Jennifer Fuller at (916) 464-4646 or Jennifer.Fuller@waterboards.ca.gov.
  - Starrh Family Farms (received 10/23/2025)
  - California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) (received 10/31/2025)
  - Central Valley Salinity Coalition (CVSC) (received 10/31/2025)
  - Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) (received 10/31/2025)
  - Valley Water Management Company (Valley Water) (received 10/31/2025)
    - Appendices
    - Declaration
    - Suggested Revisions for Draft Staff Report (Underline/Strikethrough format)
- Notice of Opportunity to Comment, Notice of Public Hearing, and Notice of Filing of Draft Environmental Documents Public Comment Period for the McKittrick Area Oil Fields Groundwater MUN and AGR Evaluation - Proposed Amendment to the Tulare Lake Basin Plan
  - English Notice
  - Spanish Notice (aviso español)

WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

City of Modesto, City of Modesto Regional Water Recycling Facility, Sutter Campus and City of Modesto Regional Water Recycling Facility, Jenning Campus, Stanislaus County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 94-030 and 99-112
- Summary Sheet
- Waste Discharge Requirements
- Monitoring & Reporting Program
- Comments Received:
  For a copy of the comments received, please contact Dina Calanchini at (916) 464-4740 or Dina.Calanchini@waterboards.ca.gov.
- Response to Comments
- Notice of Public Hearing
O’Neill Beverages Company, LLC, Reedley Winery and Distillery, Fresno County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2014-0045
- Summary Sheet
- Cover Letter
- Waste Discharge Requirements
- Monitoring & Reporting Program
- Standard Provisions & Reporting Requirements
- Comments Received:
  For a copy of the comments received, please contact Katie Carpenter at (559) 445-5551 or Katie.Carpenter@waterboards.ca.gov.
- Response to Comments
- Notice of Public Hearing

THIS ITEM HAS MOVED TO THE UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

~~Sunsweet Growers Inc., Sunsweet Dryers Red Bluff, Tehama County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 94-309~~

THIS ITEM HAS MOVED TO THE UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

~~Treehouse California Almonds, LLC, Earlimart Almond Processing Facility, Tulare County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2018-0066~~

UNDERGROUND/ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS – INFORMATIONAL ITEM ONLY

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) in California Groundwater: A Statewide and Central Valley Perspective
- 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.

UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS

UNCONTESTED WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS
1. El Dorado County, Union Mine Septage/Leachate Treatment Facility, El Dorado County – Consideration of Amended Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. R5-2006-0019-001
2. Tracy Phase 4, LLC, Tracy Hills Phases 3 and 4 Project, San Joaquin County – Consideration of New Waste Discharge Requirements

THIS ITEM WAS MOVED FROM THE CONTESTED CALENDAR

Sunsweet Growers Inc., Sunsweet Dryers Red Bluff, Tehama County – Consideration of Revised Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 94-309
- Cover Letter
- Waste Discharge Requirements
- Monitoring & Reporting Program
- Comments Received:
  For a copy of the comments received, please contact contact Valerie Rasmussen at (530) 224-6130 or Valerie.Rasmussen@waterboards.ca.gov.
- Response to Comments
- Notice of Public Hearing