Category Archives: Enforcement

CSPA Files Lawsuit Against Sacramento Auto Recycler

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 21 May 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against 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 automobile dismantling facility on … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Paradise Recycle and Landfill Facility

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Denise Zitnik

On 7 May 2014, CSPA sent a notice of intent to sue Northern Recycling & Waste Services for ongoing violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Northern Recycling & … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Gilroy Manufacturing Facility

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 24 April 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to Olam West Coast, Inc. for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Olam West Coast … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Ripon Manufacturing Facility

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 6 April 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Guntert & Zimmerman for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Guntert & Zimmerman operates a 22-acre construction machinery equipment and metal services used for processing, fabrication … Continue reading →

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CSPA Files Lawsuit Against City of Watsonville for Pollution Discharges

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 4 April 2014 CSPA filed a lawsuit against the City of Watsonville for massive violations of the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The City of Watsonville operates a 7-acre recycling and solid waste processing facility that discharges polluted stormwater … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Watsonville Manufacturing Facility

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 2 April 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to S. Martinelli & Co. for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. S. Martinelli & … Continue reading →

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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 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 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 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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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue City of Watsonville

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 1 February 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to the City of Watsonville’s Municipal Service Center.  The notice letter alleges that the recycling and solid waste processing facility illegally discharges pollutants into the City’s storm sewer … Continue reading →

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CSPA and POWER Sue Stanislaus County for CEQA Violations

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Bill Jennings

CSPA and Protecting Our Water and Environmental Resources (POWER) have filed a lawsuit against Stanislaus County for approving hundreds of permits to drill wells without environmental review, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  A substantial increase in … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Stockton Chemical Facility

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 23 January 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit Sierra Chemical Co., a chemical manufacturing facility in Stockton, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility … Continue reading →

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