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CSPA AdvisoryCSPA Advisory June 7, 2010CSPA Sues City of Redding Over Municipal Landfill Pollution
The lawsuit alleges that waste discharges from the landfill exceed allowable standards and benchmarks for numerous pollutants. It further alleges the facility has failed to: 1) develop and implement standard Best Available and Best Conventional Treatment Technologies, 2) develop and implement an adequate Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, 3) develop and implement an adequate Monitoring and Reporting Program and 4) falsely certified compliance in annual reports. The action asks the court to: 1) declare the City of Redding Garbage to be in violation of the law, 2) enjoin defendant from discharging pollutants, 3) enjoin defendant from further violating the substantive and procedural requirements of the permit, 4) comply with monitoring and reporting requirements, 5) prepare a legally adequate Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, 6) pay civil penalties for each day of violation and 7) award CSPA the costs of bringing the complaint. The Law Offices of Andrew Packard and Jackson & Tuerck are CSPA's attorneys in this matter. |