CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Rancho Cordova Auto Recycler

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Bavarian Auto Recycling for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Bavarian Auto Recycling operates a seven-acre automotive dismantling and recycling facility in Rancho Cordova, California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facilities discharged polluted stormwater into the County of Sacramento storm drainage system.

The settlement agreement obligates Bavarian Auto Recycling to comply fully with the Clean Water Act, develop and implement a suite of Best Management Practices and structural improvements, conduct more frequent and comprehensive monitoring and prepare an adequate Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan.  The agreement incorporates provisions that allow CSPA to return to court for enforcement if pollutant benchmarks continue to be exceeded.

As mitigation for past violations, Bavarian Auto Recycling agreed to send $30,000 to the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment to fund environmental projects to improve water quality.  They also agreed to reimburse CSPA’s costs of bringing suit.  The Law Offices of Andrew Packard represented CSPA in this matter.