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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete Facility in Lincoln
On 13 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Syar Concrete, LLC, which operates a ready mix concrete facility in Lincoln California. The notice letter alleges that the facility illegally discharges pollutants to Markham Ravine, which flows into Auburn Ravine and ultimately the Sacramento River, in violation of the substantive and procedural…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Pittsburg Chemical Facility
On 10 March 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, LP, a 30-acre industrial inorganic chemical facility in Pittsburg, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and their California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater, including aluminum, iron, zinc, copper, nickel, lead,…
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Court Strikes Down Environmental Review of Kern Water Bank
On 5 March 2014, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled that the EIR for the operation of the Kern Water Bank, the nation’s largest underground water-banking operation, failed to comply with basic requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. The court will now begin a proceeding to determine an appropriate remedy. Nearly four…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Watsonville Landfill
On 5 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to the City of Watsonville for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The City operates a 50-acre landfill that discharges polluted stormwater to Gallighan Slough, the Pajaro River and ultimately…
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CSPA Protests State Board’s Drought Urgency Order
CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance have filed a formal protest against the State Water Resource Control Board’s (State Board) Order Approving a Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives in Response to Drought Conditions (Order). The Order essentially waives compliance with established water quality standards and…
