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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Aggregate Material Site in Colfax California
On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Colfax for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The Colfax facility used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials and the use, storage and maintenance of heavy machinery and construction equipment. The notice letter alleges…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sonoma County for Illegal Discharges
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Sonoma County for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Sonoma County operates a 40-acre recycling facility and transfer station in Sonoma, California. The facility discharges polluted stormwater into channels that flow into Champlin Creek, which flows into Sonoma Creek and thence San Pablo Bay…
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CSPA Settles Complaint Against Shasta Lake Marina
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act complaint against Shasta Lake Resorts for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Shasta Lake Resorts operates a marina on the shores of Shasta Lake. The complaint alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Shasta Lake, the Sacramento River and Delta. The settlement agreement obligates…
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Injunction Denied, Trinity Water Releases to Resume
Today, 22 August 2013, Fresno Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill lifted his TRO and denied the request for a preliminary injunction by Westlands Water District and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. As a result, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will resume releases of water from Trinity Reservoir to prevent a repeat of…
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USBR, USFWS Gives Away 451,000 Acre Feet of Fish Water to San Joaquin Valley Farmers
San Joaquin Valley farmers who received a gift of many thousands of acre-feet of water necessary to support fisheries and meet water quality standards, have sued and secured a temporary injunction preventing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from releasing water in the Trinity River to prevent a repeat of the massive 2002 Klamath River fish…
