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CSPA Submits Comments On Sacramento Treatment Plant Permit
On 14 August 2013, CSPA submitted comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board on proposed amendments to the waste discharge permit regulating pollutant discharges from the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed amendments further relax already inadequate water quality limits in the existing permit and improperly extend the timelines for achieving…
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CSPA Wins Lawsuit Against Regional Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Program
On 21 May 2013, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled that the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) renewal of the irrigated lands program waiver of waste discharge requirements violated California’s antidegradation and non-point source control policies. CSPA filed the lawsuit on 25 May 2012. The Court issued a peremptory…
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CSPA Appeals Eastside SJR WDRs for Irrigated Lands to State Water Board
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and the California Water Impact Network (CWIN) appealed the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) approval of general waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Eastern San Joaquin River Watershed that are members of a Third Party Group to the State Water Resources Control Board…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Eastside SJR WDR’s for Irrigated Lands
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and the California Water Impact Network (CWIN) submitted joint comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) on the proposed Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Eastern San Joaquin River Watershed that are members of a Third Party Group. The WDRs are the…
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CSPA Sues Regional Water Board Over Irrigated Lands Program and EIR
On 25 May 2012, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) filed a lawsuit against the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) over its extension of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) Waiver and the ILRP Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The lawsuit alleges that the Regional…
