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CSPA settles lawsuit against Vallejo School District for illegal pollution of Napa River and San Francisco Bay
On 5 May 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Vallejo School District regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The school district operates a vehicle and equipment maintenance facility in Vallejo, California. Stormwater runoff discharges to the Vallejo storm drain system that empties into Austin Creek and thence…
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CSPA and Coastkeepers Alliance Comment on Industrial General Permit
CSPA and the California Coastkeepers Alliance submitted a 38-page comment letter on the draft General Industrial Permit, which regulates stormwater discharges from industrial facilities.
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CSPA Submits Comments on EID’s Deer Creek Wastewater Plant
CSPA has submitted comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding proposed revisions to the wastewater permit for El Dorado Irrigation District for discharges to Deer Creek. The revisions are in response to a successful lawsuit CSPA filed against the Regional Board. The Regional Board was directed by Judge Timothy Frawley of…
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CSPA Sues Paper and Scrap Materials Recycling Facility in West Sacramento for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 27 April 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against International Paper Company, Inc. in West Sacramento California for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The 5-acre facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to the eastern canal of the Sacramento River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Stockton
On 11 April 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Stockton Recycling Inc. in Stockton California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit into the Stockton…
