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CSPA Submits Comments to EPA on New Selenium Criteria
CSPA and a coalition of environmental, fishing and environmental justice organizations submitted comments to U.S. EPA regarding proposed federal water quality criteria for selenium applicable to California. A protective water quality criterion for selenium is essential not only for various aquatic species, through various lifecycles, during various seasons, but also for the protection of terrestrial…
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CSPA Joins in Pattern & Practice Lawsuit: State & Regional Water Boards Fail to Protect Water from Agricultural Pollution
CSPA, in coalition with other environmental and trade organizations, filed a lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board asserting the Boards have failed to protect clean water from agricultural pollution. The lawsuit filed in early August, claims that the boards have repeatedly failed to enforce…
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CSPA, Coalition Win Major Lawsuit Against State Over Farm Pollution
On 10 August 2015, CSPA, the Otter Project, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and an elderly woman who was deprived of drinking water because of agricultural pollution prevailed in an important lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Central Coast Regional Water Quality…
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CSPA Seeks to Protect Sacramento River from High Temperature and Toxic Metal Wastewater Discharges
In January 2013, CSPA filed a lawsuit against the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) for violations of the Clean Water Act in issuing a permit to the Sacramento Regional Sanitation District (SacRegional) for wastewater discharges to the Sacramento River. CSPA prevailed and, in October 2014, the Court ordered the Regional Board…
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CSPA Continues the Fight with Central Valley Regional Board for Immediate Water Quality Compliance
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has won a motion to ensure prompt compliance with a writ issued against the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) regarding the wastewater discharge permit for the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. In October 2014, the Honorable Michael P. Kenny of the Sacramento Superior Court found…
