• CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Oroville Waste Facility for Illegal Pollution

    On 23 December 2010, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act and Prop. 65 lawsuit against Recology of Butte County (fka Norcal Waste Systems) regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code.  Recology operates a waste transfer and recycling facility in Oroville, California.  The facility collects and discharges…

  • CSPA Sues Sierra Pacific Industries’ Red Bluff Facility

    On 21 December 2010, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Sierra Pacific Industries for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The 40-acre millwork facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit into stormwater conveyances, which drain to the Sacramento River and ultimately to…

  • CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Facility in Windsor

    On 23 December 2010, CSPA and the Petaluma River Council (PRA) sent a Notice of Intent to Sue West Coast Metals in Windsor California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The notice letter alleges that the 3-acre facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the…

  • CSPA Submits Testimony Opposing Davis/Woodland Water Grab

    The City of Davis, University of California Davis and the City of Woodland submitted applications to divert up to 50,000 acre-feet of water annually from the Sacramento River.  CSPA protested the applications.  The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has announced it will hold an evidentiary hearing (testimony, cross-examination and rebuttal, all under oath) on…

  • CSPA Issues Notice Letter to Red Bluff Millwork for Violations of Prop. 65

    On 20 December 2010, CSPA issued a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue Sierra Pacific Industries’ millwork facility in Red Bluff for violations of California Health & Safety Code Section 25249 (Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986), otherwise known as (Prop. 65).  Prop. 65 was passed overwhelmingly by California voters, and among…