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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Antioch Manufacturing Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Georgia-Pacific Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Georgia-Pacific operates a gypsum product manufacturing facility in Antioch California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the city’s storm drain system and thence into the San Joaquin River and Delta. The…
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EWC, CSPA Release Updated Solution to California Water Crisis
CSPA worked closely with the Environmental Water Caucus to develop and update the EWC California Water Solutions Now report that establishes both a path and goal for restoring devastated Bay-Delta fisheries while meeting the water supply needs of California. The report identifies six fundamental criteria and ten basic principles of water policy reform. Previous plans…
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CSPA Testifies at Delta Plan Adoption Hearing
CSPA’s Executive Director Bill Jennings testified at the 16 May 2013 adoption hearing of the Delta Stewardship Council’s hearing on the final Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report. Jennings told the Council that it had squandered a marvelous and unique opportunity to resolve California’s water crisis and meet the co-equal goals of ecosystem restoration and…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Redding Sewer Facilities
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the City of Redding for violations of the federal discharge permits for the Clear Creek and Stillwater wastewater treatment facilities and the municipal stormwater system. Specifically, the lawsuit alleged that the city allowed unpermitted discharges of raw or partially treated sewage from the sewage collection system…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Ripon Transport Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Ruan Transport Corporation and Aartman Transport Corporation (collectively RUAN/Aartman) for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. RUAN/Aartman operates a transport facility in Ripon California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Ripon’s municipal storm drain system, which empties into the…
