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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Rancho Cordova Auto Dismantler
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Pick and Pull Auto Dismantling, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Pick and Pull operates an automobile dismantling and used auto parts facility in Rancho Cordova, California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into storm drains, Morrison Creek, the…
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Massive Loss of Endangered Winter Run Salmon
During April, May and early June, perhaps half of this years spawning population of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon were drawn into the irrigation channels of the Yolo Bypass and Colusa Basin and stranded. Approximately 300 fish were rescued and returned to the Sacramento River but most were lost. The majority of those rescued were in…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Shasta Lake Marina
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Holiday Harbor, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Holiday Harbor operates a marina and boat repair facility on the shores of Shasta Lake. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Lake Shasta, the Sacramento River and Delta. The…
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CSPA Wins Lawsuit Against Regional Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Program
On 21 May 2013, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled that the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) renewal of the irrigated lands program waiver of waste discharge requirements violated California’s antidegradation and non-point source control policies. CSPA filed the lawsuit on 25 May 2012. The Court issued a peremptory…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against El Dorado Concrete Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. CEMEX operates a concrete product manufacturing facility in El Dorado California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into French Creek, Big Canyon Creek, Cosumnes River and thence the Mokelumne…
