• CSPA settles lawsuit against Redding Recycling Facility for illegal pollution

    On 21 March 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Northstate Recycling, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Northstate Recycling operates a 13-acre scrap recycling facility in Redding California that discharges polluted stormwater to the city storm drain system and thence to Clear Creek, which flows into the…

  • CSPA Sues Metal Facility in Windsor for Violations of Clean Water Act

    On 22 March 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against West Coast Metals, Inc., in Windsor, California for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The Facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater into Pool Creek, which empties into Windsor Creek, which then flows into either the Russian River or…

  • CSPA and 6 Allied Groups Defend Clean Water Act From Attack by Merced Irrigation District

    March 24, 2011. CSPA and 6 allied conservation groups have vigorously supported the State Water Resources Control Board’s use of its Clean Water Act authority to require Merced Irrigation District to perform studies. The studies are needed in order for the Board to issue a Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification, a legal requirement for…

  • Action Needed on Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Framework

    CSPA Needs Your Help to Improve Fisheries and Water Quality The existing regulatory waiver covering discharges from irrigated lands expires in June 2011, and the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board will consider a new long-term program at a hearing on April 7.   The Clean Farms – Clean Water campaign is attempting to gather…