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CSPA Issues Notice to Sue Ranch Cordova Recycling Facility

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 16 September 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to M & M Recycling (dba, Specialized German Recycling) for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The notice letter alleges that the 1-acre waste dismantling and recycling … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Oppose Efforts to Weaken Timber Harvest Rules

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Bill Jennings

CSPA and a coalition of environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, Battle Creek Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity, Central Coast Forest Watch, Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch, Klamath Forest Alliance, Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation, Environment Now, Pelican Network, Foothills Conservancy, Cascade … Continue reading →

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CSPA Responds to Ag Coalition Irrigated Lands Program Petition

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Bill Jennings

In June 2011, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) adopted another extension of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Waiver and an ILRP Program Environmental Impact Report.  In July, CSPA and C-WIN appealed adoption of the Regional … Continue reading →

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CSPA joins Foothill Conservancy and FOR in asking DWR to not certify EBMUD’s Urban Water Management Plan

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), Foothill Conservancy and Friends of the River (FOR) have asked the California Department of Water Resources not to certify East Bay Municipal Utility District’s (EBMUD) Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP).  The 23 page 12 … Continue reading →

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Waterboard admits it has no water quality data in Battle Creek watershed

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Bill Jennings

Responding to a CSPA Public Records Act (PRA) request, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board was forced to admit it had never conducted water quality monitoring in the Battle Creek watershed, wasn’t in possession of any data from … Continue reading →

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CSPA Press Release

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Bill Jennings

For comment please contact: Bill Jennings, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, 209-938-9053 and/or Carolee Krieger, California Water Impact Network, 805-969-0824 After a federal study warns San Joaquin River’s toxic agricultural wastewater load too high, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation bans representatives of fishing and … Continue reading →

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CSPA submits comments on draft economic sustainability plan for the Delta

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has provided comments on the second administrative draft of the Delta Protection Commission’s (Commission) draft economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  CSPA attended a 24 August workshop, reviewed the draft plan and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Sues Metal Recycling Facility in Modesto

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 31 August 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against A&S Metals in Modesto California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The site is a metal recycling facility that … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Sue Westlands over Contract Renewals

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Bill Jennings

CSPA, Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Save the American River and the Winnemen Wintu Tribe filed a lawsuit against Westlands Water District (and its two water distribution districts) over the renewal of six interim Central Valley Project … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notices of Intent to Sue to PG&E for Violations of the CWA and RCRA

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 25 August 2011, CSPA and Californians for Alternatives to Toxics sent a Notice of Intent to Sue the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Inc., for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Facility in Grass Valley

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 24 August 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to USA Waste of California, Inc., dba, Waste Management of Nevada County, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The notice letter alleges that the 3-acre waste recycling, storage … Continue reading →

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CSPA Analyzes Water Quality Data for Battle Creek

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Bill Jennings

CSPA technical staff has reviewed water quality monitoring data collected by the Battle Creek Alliance and finds evidence of adverse changes in water quality conditions attributable to clean-cutting activities, and numerous and continuing exceedances of the turbidity water quality standards … Continue reading →

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The Bizarre Saga of CSPA, Deer Creek and the Regional Board

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Bill Jennings

Anyone wondering how California waterways became so polluted should examine the Saga of Deer Creek.  In 2008, CSPA submitted comments to the Regional Water Board contending that the proposed waste discharge permit for El Dorado Irrigation District’s Deer Creek wastewater … Continue reading →

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CSPA Joins Coalition Response Opposing H.R. 1837

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) joined a coalition of fishing organizations opposing Congressman Devin Nunes’ H.R. 1837, the so-called San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. The proposed bill would devastate efforts to restore California’s degraded salmonid fisheries by gutting … Continue reading →

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CSPA, C-WIN and AquAlliance respond to DWR and State Board over water rights protests

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 12 August 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) and AquAlliance formally responded to comments from the Department of Water Resources regarding the group’s protests of DWR’s petition to the State Water Resources Control … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Oppose Reduction in Grasslands Selenium Monitoring

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations sent an 11 August 2001 joint letter vigorously opposing efforts to reduce monitoring of selenium and other contaminates discharged from the Grasslands Bypass Project.  Earlier this … Continue reading →

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CSPA settles lawsuit against Butte County Landfill

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 10 August 2011, CSPA settled a lawsuit against Butte County’s Neal Road Landfill and Recycling Facility for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The 187-acre landfill in Chico is used to dispose of municipal solid and industrial waste … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notices of Intent to Sue Five Rancho Cordova Auto Dismantling and Recycling Facilities

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Bill Jennings

On 5 August 2011, CSPA sent Notices of Intent to Sue five auto dismantling and recycling facilities in Rancho Cordova California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  All of the facilities are owned and operated by Specialized Parts … Continue reading →

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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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