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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Afterthought Mine East of Redding
On 6 August 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to sue Agricultural Management and Production Co, Inc. for failure to obtain an NPDES permit in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Agricultural Management and Production operates the Afterthought Mine facility that is located about 24 miles east of Redding, California. The Facility discharges…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Greenhorn Mine Northwest of Redding
On 6 August 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to sue Elkhorn Mine LLC for failure to obtain an NPDES permit in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Elkhorn Mine LLC owns the abandoned Greenhorn Mine facility that is located approximately 23 miles northwest of Redding California. The facility discharges pollutants including arsenic,…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on State Board Trash Control Amendments
On 5 August 2014, CSPA joined a coalition on environmental organization in commenting on the State Water Resource Control Board’s proposed amendments to the Statewide Water Quality Control Plans to Control Trash. Trash impairs the health of both humans and aquatic life and is a growing threat to the chemical, physical and biological integrity of…
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CSPA’s Assessment of Historical Habitat Restoration in the Delta
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) proposes to create approximately 150,000 acres of habitat in the Delta to compensate for the diversion of another 2.5 million-acre-feet (MAF) of water around the estuary. This newly restored habitat would be in addition to the 223,902 acres of existing conservation lands within the Delta. Since the foundation of…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sonoma Industrial Facility
On 31 July 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Soiland Co., Inc. for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Soiland Inc. operates a 30-acre industrial facility, operating under the name of “Soils Plus” in Sonoma California, that discharges polluted stormwater…
