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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Stockton Recycler
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Stockton Recycling, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Stockton Recycling operates three recycling facilities in Stockton, California. The lawsuit alleged that the facilities discharged polluted stormwater into the City of Stockton’s municipal storm drain system, which empties into the San Joaquin River…
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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…
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CSPA Sues Auto Dismantling Facilities in Rancho Cordova
On 4 October 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Specialized Parts Planet, Inc. and five auto dismantling and recycling facilities it operates in Rancho Cordova California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Each of the facilities discharges pollutants into the City of Rancho…
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CSPA Releases Report on Regional Board’s Failure to Comply with Pollution Control Regulations
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has released an evaluation of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) compliance with state and federal regulations governing the issuance of permits controlling discharges of municipal and industrial wastes to surface waters. The report finds that the Regional Board has significantly modified its procedures for…
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Stockton Foundry
On 21 September 2011, CSPA settled a lawsuit against Trilore Technologies, Inc., for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The 2-acre aluminum foundry facility is used to receive, store, manufacture and transport various aluminum based products and discharges pollutants to Lone Tree Creek, which drains to the San Joaquin River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
