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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sacramento Concrete Facility
On 14 September 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Jensen Precast for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Jensen Precast operates a concrete product manufacturing and fabrication facility in Sacramento, California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into Magpie Creek, which flows to Steelhead Creek, which discharges…
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CSPA Sues Truck Maintenance Facility in Pacheco
On 26 August 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Republic Services Inc. & Allied Waste Systems Inc. for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Republic Services/Allied Waste operates a 4-acre truck maintenance facility in Pacheco California that discharges polluted stormwater to channels…
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CSPA Wins Major Clean Water Act Lawsuit Against Water Board
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) prevailed in a lawsuit against the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) regarding the wastewater discharge permit for the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (Treatment Plant). Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny ruled, on 18 August 2014, that the Regional Board’s permit violated explicit federal…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sacramento Concrete Facility
On 6 August 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Hanson Pipe and Precast, LLC for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Hanson Pipe and Precast operates a 53-acre concrete products facility, in Sacramento, that discharges polluted stormwater to channels that…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on State Board Agricultural Panel Recommendations
On 7 August 2014, CSPA joined the Otter Project, California Rural Legal Assistance, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the California Coastkeeper Alliance in commenting on the recommendations of a State Water Board appointed expert panel to address the critical issues of agricultural water pollution…
