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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Industrial Gases Facility in Vacaville
On 28 March 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. in Vacaville California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit into Gibson Canyon…
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Redding Recycling Facility for illegal pollution
On 21 March 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Northstate Recycling, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Northstate Recycling operates a 13-acre scrap recycling facility in Redding California that discharges polluted stormwater to the city storm drain system and thence to Clear Creek, which flows into the…
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CSPA Sues Metal Facility in Windsor for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 22 March 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against West Coast Metals, Inc., in Windsor, California for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The Facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater into Pool Creek, which empties into Windsor Creek, which then flows into either the Russian River or…
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CSPA Settles Two Pollution Lawsuits Against Sierra Pacific Industries’ Facilities
On 18 March 2011, CSPA settled two Clean Water Act and Prop. 65 lawsuits against Sierra Pacific Industries regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code (Prop. 65). The subject facilities are a 60-acre sawmill in Burney, California that discharges polluted stormwater to Canyon and Burney Creeks…
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DFG Caves Yet Again; Capitulates on Striped Bass Protection
On 17 March 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger approved a settlement agreement between the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta regarding the Coalition’s lawsuit over DFGs striped bass fishing regulations. The Coalition, a group of water agencies attempting to deflect attention away from the export…
