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CSPA
files Notice of Intent to sue the Rio Bravo power facility for discharge
of carcinogens into streams leading to Sacramento River
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director
February 12, 2009 --
Attached is a Notice of Intent to sue for violations of California's Safe
Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (otherwise known as Proposition
65) that CSPA issued to Rio Bravo Rocklin, a power generation facility
located in Lincoln California. Proposition 65 prohibits the discharge of
chemicals known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other
reproductive harm to sources of drinking water. CSPA alleges that
Rio Bravo Rocklin discharges arsenic, lead, lead compounds, nickel and
nickel compounds into natural creeks and watercourses tributary to the
Sacramento River.
The Notice Letter informs the discharger that CSPA intends to bring an
enforcement action 60-days after effective service of the notice unless
public enforcement agencies begin and diligently prosecute an action
against the violations. CSPA has an existing enforcement action
against Rio Bravo Rocklin for major violations of California's General
Industrial Stormwater Permit. That lawsuit was filed 4 June 2008.
February 9, 2009 -
CSPA Notice
of Intent to Sue