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CSPA to Sue City and Country of Sacramento for Sewage Spills and Illegal Discharges
On 29 December 2010, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) gave formal notice, pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), of its intent to sue the City of Sacramento, Sacramento Area Sewer District and Sacramento County (Sacramento) for illegal sewage spills, overflows and discharges to various waterways that drain into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Oroville Waste Facility for Illegal Pollution
On 23 December 2010, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act and Prop. 65 lawsuit against Recology of Butte County (fka Norcal Waste Systems) regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code. Recology operates a waste transfer and recycling facility in Oroville, California. The facility collects and discharges…
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CSPA Sues Sierra Pacific Industries’ Red Bluff Facility
On 21 December 2010, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Sierra Pacific Industries for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The 40-acre millwork facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit into stormwater conveyances, which drain to the Sacramento River and ultimately to…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Facility in Windsor
On 23 December 2010, CSPA and the Petaluma River Council (PRA) sent a Notice of Intent to Sue West Coast Metals in Windsor California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the 3-acre facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the…
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CSPA Issues Notice Letter to Red Bluff Millwork for Violations of Prop. 65
On 20 December 2010, CSPA issued a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue Sierra Pacific Industries’ millwork facility in Red Bluff for violations of California Health & Safety Code Section 25249 (Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986), otherwise known as (Prop. 65). Prop. 65 was passed overwhelmingly by California voters, and among…
