• CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Santa Rosa Tank Manufacturer

    CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Santa Rosa Stainless Steel Fabricators, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Stainless Steel Fabricators operates a three-acre tank manufacturing facility in Santa Rosa, California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Sonoma County Municipal Storm Sewer System that…

  • CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Anderson Trucking Facility

    CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Bettendorf Enterprises, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Bettendorf operates a five-acre trucking facility in Anderson California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into Anderson-Cottonwood Canal and Anderson Creek and thence the Sacramento River and Delta. The settlement agreement…

  • State Water Board Certification Affirms CSPA’s 10-year Advocacy on Butte Creek

    The State Water Resources Control Board has issued a draft Water Quality Certification for the relicensing of the DeSabla – Centerville hydroelectric project on Butte Creek.  The draft Certification requires Pacific Gas & Electric Company to construct a water temperature reduction device at a project reservoir, and then to stop diverting water from the Lower…