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CSPA Releases Report on Regional Board’s Failure to Comply with Pollution Control Regulations
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has released an evaluation of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) compliance with state and federal regulations governing the issuance of permits controlling discharges of municipal and industrial wastes to … Continue reading
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Stockton Foundry
On 21 September 2011, CSPA settled a lawsuit against Trilore Technologies, Inc., for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The 2-acre aluminum foundry facility is used to receive, store, manufacture and transport various aluminum based products and discharges pollutants … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notices of Intent to Sue Three Additional Rancho Cordova Auto Dismantling and Recycling Facilities
On 21 September 2011, CSPA sent Notices of Intent to Sue three 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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CSPA Issues Notice to Sue Ranch Cordova Recycling Facility
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 Responds to Ag Coalition Irrigated Lands Program Petition
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 submits comments on draft economic sustainability plan for the Delta
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
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
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
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
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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The Bizarre Saga of CSPA, Deer Creek and the Regional Board
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, C-WIN and AquAlliance respond to DWR and State Board over water rights protests
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 settles lawsuit against Butte County Landfill
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
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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Mass Frog Mortality on NF Feather River
PG&E operators on the North Fork Feather River have destroyed virtually all of 2011’s viable frog eggs on the NF Feather River below the Poe hydroelectric dam. On June 30, 2011, PG&E operators reduced the flow in the NF Feather … Continue reading
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Comments on Regional Board proposed dairy monitoring plan
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 settles lawsuit against West Sacramento recycling facility for illegal pollution
On 19 July 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against International Paper Company’s West Sacramento recycling facility regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The facility is a 5-acre paper and scrap materials recycling operation … Continue reading
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Red Bluff waste combustion facility for illegal pollution
On 19 July 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Siemens Water Technologies Corporation’s Red Bluff solid waste combustion facility regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The 22-acre facility receives, stores and/or disposes of … Continue reading
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CSPA Joins New Effort to Stop Pardee Dam Raise
Round two of the campaign to stop a raise of Pardee Dam has begun. In Jackson (Amador County) last night, CSPA presented scoping comments and accompanying photos, asking the East Bay Municipal Utilities District to remove the dam raise from … Continue reading
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CSPA Appeals Agricultural Waiver and EIR
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) have appealed the extension of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) Waiver and the ILRP Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) adopted by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality … Continue reading
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