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San Joaquin River Flow and Salinity Workshop Scheduled for 6 & 7 January
Fate of the San Joaquin River hangs in the balance The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) will hold a workshop to receive comments and technical information related to its draft Technical Report on the scientific basis for alternative San Joaquin River flows and southern Delta salinity objectives. The Technical Report is intended to serve…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Oroville Waste Facility for Illegal Pollution
On 23 December 2010, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act and Prop. 65 lawsuit against Recology of Butte County (fka Norcal Waste Systems) regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code. Recology operates a waste transfer and recycling facility in Oroville, California. The facility collects and discharges…
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CSPA Sues Sierra Pacific Industries’ Red Bluff Facility
On 21 December 2010, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Sierra Pacific Industries for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The 40-acre millwork facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit into stormwater conveyances, which drain to the Sacramento River and ultimately to…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Facility in Windsor
On 23 December 2010, CSPA and the Petaluma River Council (PRA) sent a Notice of Intent to Sue West Coast Metals in Windsor California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the 3-acre facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the…
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CSPA Submits Testimony Opposing Davis/Woodland Water Grab
The City of Davis, University of California Davis and the City of Woodland submitted applications to divert up to 50,000 acre-feet of water annually from the Sacramento River. CSPA protested the applications. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has announced it will hold an evidentiary hearing (testimony, cross-examination and rebuttal, all under oath) on…
