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CSPA Submits Comments on General Industrial Permit
On 19 September 2013, CSPA, CoastKeeper Alliance, Heal the Bay, Center for Biological Diversity and PCFFA submitted detailed comments on the latest draft of the proposed revision of California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The industrial general permit regulates the discharge … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Scrap Metal Site in Grass Valley California
On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Grass Valley for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The facility is used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials, storage … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Aggregate Material Site in Colfax California
On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Colfax for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The Colfax facility used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials and … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sonoma County for Illegal Discharges
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Sonoma County for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Sonoma County operates a 40-acre recycling facility and transfer station in Sonoma, California. The facility discharges polluted stormwater into channels … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Complaint Against Shasta Lake Marina
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act complaint against Shasta Lake Resorts for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Shasta Lake Resorts operates a marina on the shores of Shasta Lake. The complaint alleged that the facility discharged … Continue reading
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Injunction Denied, Trinity Water Releases to Resume
Today, 22 August 2013, Fresno Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill lifted his TRO and denied the request for a preliminary injunction by Westlands Water District and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. As a result, the U.S. Bureau … Continue reading
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USBR, USFWS Gives Away 451,000 Acre Feet of Fish Water to San Joaquin Valley Farmers
San Joaquin Valley farmers who received a gift of many thousands of acre-feet of water necessary to support fisheries and meet water quality standards, have sued and secured a temporary injunction preventing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from releasing water … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Modesto Manufacturing Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Parker-Hannifin Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Parker-Hannifin operates an 8-acre fuel filter manufacturing facility in Modesto California. The lawsuit alleged that the Facility discharged polluted stormwater … Continue reading
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CSPA Submits Comments On Sacramento Treatment Plant Permit
On 14 August 2013, CSPA submitted comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board on proposed amendments to the waste discharge permit regulating pollutant discharges from the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed amendments further relax already … Continue reading
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CSPA Rips Economic Analysis at BDCP Finance Meeting
CSPA assailed the Bay Delta Conservation Program’s statewide economic assessment prepared by the Brattle Group at the BDCP Finance Committee’s 8 August 2013 meeting in West Sacramento. The study claimed that construction of twin tunnels to divert the Sacramento River … Continue reading
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Coalition Requests Emergency Action on Scott River
CSPA joined with the Karuk Tribe, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Earth Law Center and Klamath Riverkeeper in requesting that the State Water Resources Control Board and California Department of Fish and Wildlife take emergency action … Continue reading
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CSPA Assails Deceptive BDCP Impact Study
Today, CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance issued a press release assailing the deceptive BDCP economic impact study released by the Brown Administration. BDCP’s tunnel scheme will saddle ratepayers with more than $50 billion in debt and imperil the Delta estuary and … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Rancho Cordova Auto Dismantler
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Pick and Pull Auto Dismantling, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Pick and Pull operates an automobile dismantling and used auto parts facility in Rancho Cordova, California. … Continue reading
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Massive Loss of Endangered Winter Run Salmon
During April, May and early June, perhaps half of this years spawning population of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon were drawn into the irrigation channels of the Yolo Bypass and Colusa Basin and stranded. Approximately 300 fish were rescued and returned … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Shasta Lake Marina
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Holiday Harbor, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Holiday Harbor operates a marina and boat repair facility on the shores of Shasta Lake. The lawsuit alleged that … Continue reading
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CSPA Wins Lawsuit Against Regional Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Program
On 21 May 2013, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled that the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) renewal of the irrigated lands program waiver of waste discharge requirements violated California’s antidegradation and non-point source … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against El Dorado Concrete Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. CEMEX operates a concrete product manufacturing facility in El Dorado California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Antioch Manufacturing Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Georgia-Pacific Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Georgia-Pacific operates a gypsum product manufacturing facility in Antioch California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into … Continue reading
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EWC, CSPA Release Updated Solution to California Water Crisis
CSPA worked closely with the Environmental Water Caucus to develop and update the EWC California Water Solutions Now report that establishes both a path and goal for restoring devastated Bay-Delta fisheries while meeting the water supply needs of California. The … Continue reading
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CSPA Testifies at Delta Plan Adoption Hearing
CSPA’s Executive Director Bill Jennings testified at the 16 May 2013 adoption hearing of the Delta Stewardship Council’s hearing on the final Delta Plan and Environmental Impact Report. Jennings told the Council that it had squandered a marvelous and unique … Continue reading
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