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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 Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Transfer Facility in San Martin California
On 24 October 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to San Martin Transfer Station in San Martin California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to Llagas Creek, which flows into the Pajaro River and Monterey Bay, in violation of the substantive…
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CSPA Sues Metal Services Facility in Ripon
On 21 October 2013, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Guntert Sales & Zimmerman in Ripon California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The facility is used for the processing, fabrication and storage of various sheet metals and metal products and discharges polluted stormwater…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Gault California
On 30 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Gault Recyclers in Gault California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the scrap materials recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to Deadman Gulch, which flows into the Cosumnes River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, in violation…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Scrap Metal Site in Grass Valley California
On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Grass Valley for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The facility is used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials, storage of scrap metals, and the use, storage and maintenance of heavy machinery and construction equipment.…
