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CSPA settles lawsuit against Redding Auto Dismantler for illegal pollution
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Viking Truck and Auto, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code (Prop. 65). Viking Truck and Auto operates a 19-acre vehicle dismantling and automotive parts recycling facility in Redding California that discharges polluted stormwater to Churn…
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CSPA Appeals Irrigated Lands Program EIR to State Board
On 6 May 2011, CSPA and C-WIN appealed the Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Irrigated Lands Program in the Central Valley to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board). The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) certified the PEIR at its 7 April 2011 hearing on the matter. Interestingly,…
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Vallejo School District for illegal pollution of Napa River and San Francisco Bay
On 5 May 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Vallejo School District regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The school district operates a vehicle and equipment maintenance facility in Vallejo, California. Stormwater runoff discharges to the Vallejo storm drain system that empties into Austin Creek and thence…
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CSPA Joins Coalition Letter to Interior Requesting Revised Notice of Intent for BDCP
CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations sent a 5 May 2011 letter to Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes requesting that the U.S. Department of the Interior revise the Notice of Intent (NOI) for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). The letter requests that the NOI be revised so that it…
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CSPA and Coastkeepers Alliance Comment on Industrial General Permit
CSPA and the California Coastkeepers Alliance submitted a 38-page comment letter on the draft General Industrial Permit, which regulates stormwater discharges from industrial facilities.
