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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 settles lawsuit against Redding Pipe Manufacturer for illegal pollution
On 15 December 2001, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Contech Construction Products, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Contech Construction Products’ 33-acre facility in Redding California manufactures culvert pipe and discharges polluted stormwater to Canyon Hallow Creek and the thence the Sacramento River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
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CSPA issues intent to sue solid waste combustion facility in Red Bluff
On 13 December 2010, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Siemens Water Technologies Corporation for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Siemens Water Technologies operates a 22-acre waste combustion facility that receives, stores and stores and/or disposes of industrial and hazardous wastes. Polluted stormwater from the site discharges into unnamed drainages, which drain…
