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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue International Paper in West Sacramento
On 25 February 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue International Paper Company in West Sacramento for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the paper and scrap materials recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to the eastern canal of the Sacramento River and Delta in violations of…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Metal Facility in Lodi
On 25 February 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue M & R Metal Sales, Inc., in Lodi California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the new steel sales and scrap metal recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to the Lodi stormsewer system and thence the…
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CSPA and Food & Water Watch issue major report on dairy pollution
CSPA and consumer advocacy organization Food & Water Watch released a report showing serious contamination of groundwater around large-scale dairies. Failure to protect groundwater not only threatens the health and safety of many thousands of Central Valley residents, it places additional stress on limited surface water supplies to the detriment of already degraded aquatic ecosystems. …
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CSPA Submits Comments on Landfill in Stanislaus County
CSPA submitted comments on an inadequate Cease and Desist Order regarding the Geer Road Class III landfill that is owned and maintained by Stanislaus County. The 168-acre landfill contains more than 4.5 million tons of waste and has polluted underlying groundwater with volatile organic compounds and inorganic constituents. The landfill is adjacent to the Tuolumne…
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Salmon Returns a Mixed Bag
In February, the California Department of Fish and Game released its Grand Tab (linked below) of Chinook salmon escapement in the Central Valley. Central Valley fall-run Chinook salmon returns increased this past year; aided by improved ocean conditions, export pumping restrictions and a trucking program that transports juvenile salmon around poor in-river and Delta conditions. …
