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CSPA Issues Notices of Intent to Sue Three Additional Rancho Cordova Auto Dismantling and Recycling Facilities
On 21 September 2011, CSPA sent Notices of Intent to Sue three auto dismantling and recycling facilities in Rancho Cordova California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. All of the facilities are owned and operated by Specialized Parts Planet, Inc. The notice letters allege that each of the facilities is illegally discharging polluted…
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CSPA Issues Notice to Sue Ranch Cordova Recycling Facility
On 16 September 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to M & M Recycling (dba, Specialized German Recycling) for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the 1-acre waste dismantling and recycling facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of…
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CSPA Responds to Ag Coalition Irrigated Lands Program Petition
In June 2011, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) adopted another extension of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Waiver and an ILRP Program Environmental Impact Report. In July, CSPA and C-WIN appealed adoption of the Regional Board order to the State Water Resources Control Board. A coalition of agricultural interests also…
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CSPA Sues Metal Recycling Facility in Modesto
On 31 August 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against A&S Metals in Modesto California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The site is a metal recycling facility that discharges pollutants into the Modesto Storm Drain System, which flows into the Tuolumne River, thence…
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CSPA, Coalition Sue Westlands over Contract Renewals
CSPA, Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Save the American River and the Winnemen Wintu Tribe filed a lawsuit against Westlands Water District (and its two water distribution districts) over the renewal of six interim Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contracts. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is named as a Real Party…
