Monthly Archives: January 2013

CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Stockton Manufacturing Facility

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against QBR Brake, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. QBR Brake operates a brake manufacturing facility in Stockton California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Salinas Waste and Recycling Facility

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The Salinas Valley Solid Waste operates a 6.75-acre waste transfer and recycling facility in Salinas, California.  … Continue reading →

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CSPA and conservation allies fight for fish passage past Tuolumne River dams

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Chris Shutes

For the past five years, CSPA and allied conservation groups have been stymied in efforts to require study of fish passage in important hydropower relicensings in California. Licensees on the Merced and Tuolumne rivers have argued that their own agricultural … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Delta Plan EIR

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA joined with the California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance in filing extensive comments on the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and Revised Draft Delta Plan Program Environmental Impact Report. The highly critical comments said that the environmental document failed … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Linden Fertilizer Facility

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against The Scotts Company for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The Scotts Company operates a fertilizer manufacturing facility in Linden, California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facilities discharged polluted … Continue reading →

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CSPA Appeals Eastside SJR WDRs for Irrigated Lands to State Water Board

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and the California Water Impact Network (CWIN) appealed the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) approval of general waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Eastern San Joaquin River Watershed … Continue reading →

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CSPA Sues State and Regional Water Boards Over SacRegional Wastewater Treatment Plant Permit

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has sued the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) and the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) over the issuance of a NPDES permit for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District’s wastewater treatment plant.  The … Continue reading →

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