Monthly Archives: July 2011

Comments on Regional Board proposed dairy monitoring plan

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Bill Jennings

CSPA joined Clean Water Action, Food & Water Watch and Community Water Center in submitting comments on the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s proposed monitoring plan for dairies.  Pollutants discharged by milk cow dairies have impaired groundwater throughout … Continue reading →

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CSPA joins Clean Water Network in opposing dirty water bill

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has joined 280 national, regional, state and local organizations around the country in opposing the so-called Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 (H.R. 2018), which passed the U.S. House of Representatives without any legislative hearings.  This “dirty water … Continue reading →

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CSPA Comments on EPA and Army Corps Guidance Regarding Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the agencies to finalize the proposed Guidance Regarding Identification of Water … Continue reading →

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CSPA settles lawsuit against West Sacramento recycling facility for illegal pollution

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 19 July 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against International Paper Company’s West Sacramento recycling facility regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The facility is a 5-acre paper and scrap materials recycling operation … Continue reading →

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CSPA settles lawsuit against Red Bluff waste combustion facility for illegal pollution

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 19 July 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Siemens Water Technologies Corporation’s Red Bluff solid waste combustion facility regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The 22-acre facility receives, stores and/or disposes of … Continue reading →

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CSPA Joins New Effort to Stop Pardee Dam Raise

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Chris Shutes

Round two of the campaign to stop a raise of Pardee Dam has begun. In Jackson (Amador County) last night, CSPA presented scoping comments and accompanying photos, asking the East Bay Municipal Utilities District to remove the dam raise from … Continue reading →

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CSPA Appeals Agricultural Waiver and EIR

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) have appealed the extension of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) Waiver and the ILRP Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) adopted by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality … Continue reading →

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Carnage at the Predator Pumps Continues Unabated

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The horrific counts of pelagic and anadromous fish “consumed” by the predator water export pumping facilities continue unabated.  As of 11 June 2011, 8,830,515 splittail, 246,833 striped bass, 33,822 large mouth bass, 35,435 salmon, 60,822 bluegill, 50, 634 white catfish, … Continue reading →

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CSPA Major Enforcer of CWA in California

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The State Water Resource Control Board’s Office of Enforcement has released a report titled Citizen Suit Enforcement Under the Federal Clean Water Act. The report analyzes citizen suits based upon Notices of Intent to Sue issued between March 2009 and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Sues Auto Recycling Facility in Corning for Violations of Clean Water Act and Prop. 65

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 5 July 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against All Star Auto Wrecking, Inc., for violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit and Proposition 65; i.e., Section 35349.5 et seq. of the California Health … Continue reading →

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CSPA Appeals Live Oak NPDES Permit

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 8 July 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance appealed the wastewater discharge permit issued by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for the City of Live Oak’s wastewater treatment plant to the State Water Resources Control Board.  … Continue reading →

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CSPA joins Delta Coalition Letter Against H.R. 1837

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 5 July 2011, CSPA, Restore the Delta, City of Stockton, County of San Joaquin, area legislators and numerous Delta organizations jointly submitted a letter to the House Subcommittee on Water and Power strongly opposing H.R. 1837.  The proposed legislation … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition opposes amendment of OTC policy

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 5 July 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and a coalition of environmental groups jointly submitted a detailed comment letter opposing a proposed amendment to the State Water Resource Control Board’s policy on the use of coastal and … Continue reading →

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