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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Anderson Trucking Facility

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Bettendorf Enterprises, Inc., for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Bettendorf operates a five-acre trucking facility in Anderson California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into … Continue reading →

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State Water Board Certification Affirms CSPA’s 10-year Advocacy on Butte Creek

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Chris Shutes

The State Water Resources Control Board has issued a draft Water Quality Certification for the relicensing of the DeSabla – Centerville hydroelectric project on Butte Creek.  The draft Certification requires Pacific Gas & Electric Company to construct a water temperature … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on State Board SED for San Joaquin River Update

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA joined the California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance, Friends of the River and Restore the Delta in submitting extensive comments on the State Water Resource Control Boards Substitute Environmental Document for Phase I of the update of Water Quality Control … Continue reading →

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Fact Sheet: BDCP and Fish Losses at the Pumps

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has prepared a short fact sheet on fish losses at the State and Federal Project water export facilities in the South Delta.  Proponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and its peripheral tunnels suggest that only by diverting … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Action Against Stockton Recycler for Failure to Comply with Previous Agreement

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act action against Stockton Recycling, Inc., for failure to comply with a previous settlement agreement for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Stockton Recycling operates three recycling facilities in Stockton, California.  The … Continue reading →

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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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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Santa Clara Asphalt Facility

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Granite Construction Company’s Santa Clara Asphalt Facility for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Granite Construction operates an asphalt facility in Santa Clara, California.  The lawsuit alleged that the … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Los Banos Waste Hauling Facility

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Allied Waste for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Allied Waste operates a waste hauling facility in Los Banos, California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facilities discharged polluted stormwater … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sacramento Equipment Rental Facility

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against United Rentals for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  United Rentals operates a 4.5-acre concrete batch and equipment rental facility in Sacramento, California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Davenport Sawmill

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Big Creek Lumber Company for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Big Creek Lumber operates a thirty-acre sawmill and planing mill facility outside Davenport, California.  The lawsuit alleged that … Continue reading →

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CSPA and Coalition Press Forest Service on Middle and South Yuba Rivers

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Chris Shutes

CSPA and fellow members of the Foothills Water Network coalition have pressed the Forest Service to protect cold water fisheries in the Middle and South Yuba rivers. In a filing with the Forest Service for the Yuba-Bear hydroelectric project and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sacramento Metal Recycler

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Sunshine Steel Enterprises Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Sunshine Steel operates a two-acre metal recycling facility in Sacramento, California.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Eastside SJR WDR’s for Irrigated Lands

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Bill Jennings

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and the California Water Impact Network (CWIN) submitted joint comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) on the proposed Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Eastern San … Continue reading →

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CSPA and Coalition Seek Cold Water in Middle and South Yuba Rivers

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Chris Shutes

CSPA and fellow members of the Foothills Water Network coalition have called for more summer flow in the South Yuba and Middle Yuba rivers to support cold water fisheries. In Comments and Recommendations for the coordinated relicensing of the Yuba-Bear … Continue reading →

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