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CSPA Sues Paradise Recycler
On 7 July 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Northern Recycling & Waste for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Northern Recycling & Waste operates a recycling facility and landfill in Paradise California that discharges polluted stormwater to channels that flow into…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Recycled Water Discharge Requirements
On 20 May 2014, CSPA submitted comments on the proposed General Order Waste Discharge Requirements for Recycled Water by the State Water Resources Control Board. The Order will regulate the discharge of recycled water to land and surface waters. CSPA believes that the proposed Order is not protective of water quality and is contrary to…
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CSPA Settles Modesto Lawsuit
On 13 November 2013, CSPA settled a lawsuit against the City of Modesto over illegal sanitary sewer spills in violation of the City’s Clean Water Act permit. The lawsuit was filed 13 December 2012. The City agreed to enhanced inspection and cleaning protocols and a performance standard of five spills per hundred miles of collection…
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CSPA Sues State and Regional Water Boards Over SacRegional Wastewater Treatment Plant Permit
CSPA has sued the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) and the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) over the issuance of a NPDES permit for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District’s wastewater treatment plant. The plant is the largest wastewater facility in the Central Valley, with a permitted discharge limit…
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Lawsuit filed to Stop Toxic Discharges to San Joaquin River
On 9 November 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Friends of the River, Crab Boat Owners Association and retired USFWS biologist Felix Smith sued the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority over their failure to secure Clean Water Act permits for the discharge of…
