Notices of Applicability for

Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for
the Discharge of Biosolids to Land for Use as a Soil Amendment in Agricultural, Silvicultural, Horticultural, and Land Reclamation Activities General Order

State Water Resources Control Board Water Quality Order No. 2004-0012-DWQ

  • Notices of Applicability organized by county, applicant/project name, and then by reverse chronological order
    • Click on a county name to view Notices of Applicability within that county:
      Alameda  |  Alpine  |  Amador  |  Butte  |  Calaveras  |  Colusa  |  Contra Costa  |  El Dorado  |  Fresno  |  Glenn  |  Kern  |  Kings  |  Lake  |  Lassen  |
      Madera  |  Mariposa  |  Merced  |  Modoc  |  Napa  |  Nevada  |  Placer  |  Plumas  |  Sacramento  |  San Benito  |  San Joaquin  |  San Luis Obispo  |
      Shasta  |  Sierra  |  Siskiyou  |  Solano  |  Stanislaus  |  Sutter  |  Tehama  |  Tulare  |  Tuolumne  |  Yolo  |  Yuba

Notices of Applicability by county

Notices of Applicability organized by county, applicant/project name, and then by reverse chronological order


Colusa County


Kern County


  • Honey Bucket Farms - North, Biosolids Project
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0007, Notice of Applicability, Issued by Executive Officer on 22 July 2010
  • Honey Bucket Farms - South, Biosolids Project
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0008, Notice of Applicability, Issued by Executive Officer on 22 July 2010
  • North of River Sanitary District No.1 and Sill Properties Inc.; NORSD Biosolids Land Application Area

Kings County


  • County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – Tulare Lake Compost Site No. 1
  • County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – Tulare Lake Compost Site No. 2
  • County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – Tulare Lake Compost Site No. 3
  • County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – Tulare Lake Compost Site No. 4
  • County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – Tulare Lake Compost Site No. 5
  • County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – Tulare Lake Compost Site No. 6
  • County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County – Tulare Lake Compost Site No. 7

Merced County


  • Baker Farming and Synagro West, LLC; Baker Farming Application Area
  • Bradford E. & Kristi J. Nyman Trust and Jim Brisco Enterprises, Inc.; Nyman Farms Biosolids Application Area
  • Denali Water Solutions, LLC and Merced Property, LLC - Diamond J Custom Farm Biosolids Application
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0023, Notice of Applicability, Issued by the Executive Officer on 26 July 2019 - Replaced by NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0026-01 on 2 August 2024
  • Denali Water Solutions, LLC and Edward and Nancy Silva; Denali-Silva Ranch (Fagundes Ranch) Biosolids Application Site (formerly N&W Land Co., LLC - N&W Land Co. Biosolids Application Area)
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0030, Notice of Applicability, Issued by the Executive Officer on 13 September 2021– Replaced by NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0030-01 on 5 November 2024
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0024, Notice of Applicability, Issued by the Executive Officer on 24 October 2019
  • Jim Brisco Enterprises, Inc. and Antonio Azevedo; Azevedo Biosolids Application Area
  • Jim Brisco Enterprises, Inc. and Edward J. Silva; Ed Silva Biosolids Application Area
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0025, Notice of Applicability, Issued by the Executive Officer on 31 October 2019 - Terminated on 26 July 2021
  • Planada Community Services District, Planada Wastewater Treatment Facility
    • Notice of Termination, for NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0014, Issued by the Executive Officer on 16 August 2021
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0014, Notice of Applicability, Issued by the Executive Officer on 17 July 2021 - Terminated on 16 August 2021
  • Synagro West LLC and Edward and Nancy Silva, Silva-Fagundes Rancho Biosolids Application
  • Synagro West LLC and Joe Mullinax; Synagro-Mullinax Ranch (20 Hills Ranch) Biosolids Land Application Area
  • Synagro West LLC and Kent Hirdes; Synagro-Kent Hirdes Biosolids Ranch
  • Synagro West, LLC and Merced Property, LLC; Diamond J Custom Farm
  • Synagro West, LLC and Scott Menefee; Menefee Ranch
  • Synagro West, LLC, City of Turlock, and Turlock Regional Aviation Association; Synagro-Turlock Airport Rancho Biosolids Land Application Area

Solano County


  • Mahoney, Christine and Dan, Emigh Souza Ranch
    • Order No. R5-2010-0129, Change of Name and/or Ownership of Facilities, Adopted on 10 December 2010
    • NOA No. 2004-0012-DWQ-0006, Revised Notice of Applicability, Issued by Executive Officer on 26 August 2009
    • Order No. R5-2009-0848, Monitoring & Reporting Program, Issued by the Executive Officer on 26 August 2009
    • Notice of Applicability, Issued by Executive Officer on 23 August 2005
    • Order No. R5-2005-0832, Monitoring & Reporting Program, Issued by Executive Officer on 23 August 2005