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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Redding and Shasta County Landfill for Illegal Pollution
On 23 November 2010, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the City of Redding and Shasta County regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Shasta County owns and the City of Redding operates a 230-acre landfill facility. The facility has discharged excessive concentrations of numerous pollutants to Dry Creek, a…
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CSPA Sues Auto Dismantler in Redding for Violations of the Clean Water Act and Proposition 65
On 15 November 2010, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Viking Truck and Auto, Inc. for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health & Safety Code (Proposition 65). The site is a 19-acre vehicle dismantling and recycling facility in Redding California that discharges pollutants to Churn…
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CSPA Sues Asphalt Manufacturing Facility in Redding for Violations of the Clean Water Act
On 15 November 2010, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Valley Slurry Seal Co., Inc. for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The facility is a 24-acre asphalt emulsion manufacturing site in Redding California that discharges pollutants to Clear Creek, which flows to the Sacramento River and…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Chico Waste Facility for Illegal Pollution
On 7 November 2010, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against USA Waste of California, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. USA Waste operates a recycling, waste transfer and trucking facility in Chico, California. The facility has discharged excessive concentrations of numerous pollutants to Comanche Creek, which ultimately flows…
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Petition for Reconsideration of Selenium Basin Plan Amendment
On 4 November 2010, CSPA, C-WIN and AquAlliance filed a Petition for Reconsideration with the State Water Resources Control Board regarding its approval of amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins to address selenium control in the San Joaquin River Basin. The amendments have the effect of…
