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Groups Ask EPA to Overrule State Board on Temperature Impairments
CSPA and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations have sent the United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) a letter asking the agency to overrule the State Water Resource Control Board’s refusal to list the San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Merced Rivers as impaired waterbodies because of excessive temperatures. The Central Valley Regional Water Board…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Draft Pesticide Spray Permit
CSPA has submitted comments on the State Water Resource Control Board’s draft General Permit covering point source discharges of residual pesticides from spray applications for pest control. Pest control covered by this General Permit includes invasive species of both insects and weeds. The permit will serve as both an NPDES permit, pursuant to the federal…
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CSPA Issues NOI to Sawmill in Chico for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 29 October 2010, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Woodply Forest Products in Chico California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the Sawmill and Planing Mill is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit…
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CSPA Issues NOI to Millwork Facility in Red Bluff for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 22 October 2010, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Sierra Pacific Industries in Red Bluff California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the 40-acre millwork facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit…
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CSPA Issues NOI to Landfill in Chico for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 29 September 2010, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Butte County’s Neal Road Landfill and Recycling Facility in Chico California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the concrete products manufacturing facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the…
