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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sacramento Recycler

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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 Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Watsonville Landfill

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Bill Jennings

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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California Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Recommends No BDCP

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 26 February 2014, the California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout sent California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton Bonham a letter recommending that the Department deny an incidental take permit and Natural Communities Conservation Plan (NCCP) … Continue reading →

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CSPA Requests Urgent Actions to Protect Delta and Longfin Smelt

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 20 February 2014, in a letter to California Natural Resources Agency Secretary John Laird and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, CSPA requested that the agencies take urgent action to protect Delta smelt and longfin smelt during the present … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Biological Objectives for Freshwater Streams and Rivers

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 21 February 2014, CSPA joined Heal the Bay, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, Environment California and others in submitting comments to the State Water Resources Control Board in support of … Continue reading →

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CSPA Testifies at State Water Board Drought Urgency Hearing

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 18 and 19 February 2014, CSPA testified at the State Water Resource Control Board’s workshop regarding the drought urgency petition filed by the Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Water Board’s temporary order, issued … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalitions Thank Feinstein, Boxer and Urge Continued Support for Sane Drought Policies

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 9 February 2014, CSPA joined PCFFA, Golden Gate Salmon Association, Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association, Coastside Fishing Club and Water4fish in sending a letter to California Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer thanking them for opposing the disastrous HR 3964 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 7 February 2014, CSPA and CWIN appealed the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s approval of general waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Western San Joaquin River Watershed that are members of a Third Party Group … Continue reading →

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CSPA Files Lawsuit Against Santa Cruz Concrete Facility

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 7 February 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Las Animas Concrete and Building Supply Inc., in Santa Cruz California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The lawsuit alleges … Continue reading →

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