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Monthly Archives: March 2014
CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sacramento Recycler
On 31 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to River City Waste Recyclers, LLC for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. River City Waste Recyclers … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Lathrop Manufacturing Facility
On 27 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Dragon Products, Ltd. for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Dragon Products operates a 6.5-acre machinery … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Rocklin Auto Dismantler
On 21 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Pick-N-Pull operates a 6-acre facility in … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sacramento Auto Dismantler
On 21 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Pick-N-Pull operates a 15-acre facility on … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sacramento Concrete Facility
On 13 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Jensen Precast for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The 12-acre Sacramento concrete facility discharges … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete Facility in Lincoln
On 13 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Syar Concrete, LLC, which operates a ready mix concrete facility in Lincoln California. The notice letter alleges that the facility illegally discharges pollutants to Markham Ravine, which flows … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Pittsburg Chemical Facility
On 10 March 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, LP, a 30-acre industrial inorganic chemical facility in Pittsburg, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and their California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The … Continue reading
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Court Strikes Down Environmental Review of Kern Water Bank
On 5 March 2014, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled that the EIR for the operation of the Kern Water Bank, the nation’s largest underground water-banking operation, failed to comply with basic requirements of the California Environmental Quality … Continue reading
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CSPA and Coalition Comment on Draft Yuba River Application
CSPA and allied conservation groups in the Foothills Water Network have filed comments in the relicensing of the Yuba River Development Project. Yuba County Water Agency’s (YCWA) project is currently in the relicensing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Watsonville Landfill
On 5 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to the City of Watsonville for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The City operates … Continue reading
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CSPA Protests State Board’s Drought Urgency Order
CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance have filed a formal protest against the State Water Resource Control Board’s (State Board) Order Approving a Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives in Response … Continue reading
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CSPA Submits Comments on Industrial General Permit
On 4 March 2014, CSPA submitted additional comments on the latest draft of the revised General Industrial Stormwater Permit to the State Water Resources Control Board. The permit regulates the discharge of polluted stormwater from over 9,000 industrial facilities in … Continue reading
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CSPA, Coalition Protest State Water Contract Provisions
On 3 March 2014, CSPA and a Coalition of environmental, fishing and tribal groups wrote Mark Cowin, Director of the Department of Water Resources (DWR), asking they he deny proposed changes in the water supply contracts that would shift fish … Continue reading
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CSPA Adopts Drought Position Paper
CSPA, along with the California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance, have adopted a general drought position paper. The paper points out that, while drought occurs approximately 40% of the time in California, there is sufficient water for our cities, responsible … Continue reading
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