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CSPA Major Enforcer of CWA in California
The State Water Resource Control Board’s Office of Enforcement has released a report titled Citizen Suit Enforcement Under the Federal Clean Water Act. The report analyzes citizen suits based upon Notices of Intent to Sue issued between March 2009 and June 2010. During that period, 15 organizations instituted 70 citizen enforcement actions. CSPA was responsible…
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CSPA Sues Auto Recycling Facility in Corning for Violations of Clean Water Act and Prop. 65
On 5 July 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against All Star Auto Wrecking, Inc., for violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit and Proposition 65; i.e., Section 35349.5 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code. The site is an auto dismantling and recycling facility in Corning that…
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CSPA Appeals Live Oak NPDES Permit
On 8 July 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance appealed the wastewater discharge permit issued by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for the City of Live Oak’s wastewater treatment plant to the State Water Resources Control Board. The permit was adopted on 10 June 2011. The facility discharges up to 1.4 million…
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CSPA joins Delta Coalition Letter Against H.R. 1837
On 5 July 2011, CSPA, Restore the Delta, City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, area legislators and numerous Delta organizations jointly submitted a letter to the House Subcommittee on Water and Power strongly opposing H.R. 1837. The proposed legislation is designed to benefit a few west-side agri-businesses by subjugating California water law to federal…
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CSPA, Coalition opposes amendment of OTC policy
On 5 July 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and a coalition of environmental groups jointly submitted a detailed comment letter opposing a proposed amendment to the State Water Resource Control Board’s policy on the use of coastal and estuarine waters for power plant cooling. Countless millions of fish have been killed when sucked…
