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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Modesto Manufacturing Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Parker-Hannifin Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Parker-Hannifin operates an 8-acre fuel filter manufacturing facility in Modesto California. The lawsuit alleged that the Facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Tuolumne River. The settlement agreement obligates Parker-Hannifin to comply fully with the Clean…
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CSPA Submits Comments On Sacramento Treatment Plant Permit
On 14 August 2013, CSPA submitted comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board on proposed amendments to the waste discharge permit regulating pollutant discharges from the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed amendments further relax already inadequate water quality limits in the existing permit and improperly extend the timelines for achieving…
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CSPA Rips Economic Analysis at BDCP Finance Meeting
CSPA assailed the Bay Delta Conservation Program’s statewide economic assessment prepared by the Brattle Group at the BDCP Finance Committee’s 8 August 2013 meeting in West Sacramento. The study claimed that construction of twin tunnels to divert the Sacramento River around the Delta would result in statewide economic benefits. Bill Jennings, CSPA’s Executive Director, testified…
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Coalition Requests Emergency Action on Scott River
CSPA joined with the Karuk Tribe, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Earth Law Center and Klamath Riverkeeper in requesting that the State Water Resources Control Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife take emergency action to increase flows in the Scott River. The request included a proposed emergency plan to…
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CSPA Assails Deceptive BDCP Impact Study
Today, CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance issued a press release assailing the deceptive BDCP economic impact study released by the Brown Administration. BDCP’s tunnel scheme will saddle ratepayers with more than $50 billion in debt and imperil the Delta estuary and its tributary waters. BDCP is predicated on the irrational assumption that you can restore an…
