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CSPA settles lawsuit against Vallejo School District for illegal pollution of Napa River and San Francisco Bay
On 5 May 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Vallejo School District regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The school district operates a vehicle and equipment maintenance facility in Vallejo, California. Stormwater … Continue reading
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CSPA and Coastkeepers Alliance Comment on Industrial General Permit
CSPA and the California Coastkeepers Alliance submitted a 38-page comment letter on the draft General Industrial Permit, which regulates stormwater discharges from industrial facilities.
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CSPA Submits Comments on EID’s Deer Creek Wastewater Plant
CSPA has submitted comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding proposed revisions to the wastewater permit for El Dorado Irrigation District for discharges to Deer Creek. The revisions are in response to a successful lawsuit CSPA … Continue reading
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CSPA Sues Paper and Scrap Materials Recycling Facility in West Sacramento for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 27 April 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against International Paper Company, Inc. in West Sacramento California for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The 5-acre facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater … Continue reading
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Group Submits Comments to EPA on Proposed Bay-Delta Rulemaking
CSPA, California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance have submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding their notice of proposed rulemaking for water quality in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. EPA solicited public input on how the Agency and … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Stockton
On 11 April 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Stockton Recycling Inc. in Stockton California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation … Continue reading
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Coalition Opposes Efforts to Repeal Suction Dredge Mining Moratorium
CSPA and a coalition of fishing and environmental groups submitted comments to the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee opposing SB 657 (Gaines). The bill would repeal the current prohibition on the use of suction dredge mining equipment, which … Continue reading
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CSPA Sues Aluminum Foundry in Stockton for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 5 April 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Trilore Technologies, Inc. for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The Stockton aluminum foundry illegally discharges polluted stormwater to Lone Tree Creek and … Continue reading
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CSPA Responds to State Board Re: Long-Term Transfer To Westlands
CSPA, California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) and AquAlliance have submitted comments to the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the group’s protest of the long-term water transfer petition by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Westlands Water District. … Continue reading
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Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Public Hearing
A Chance to Restore Fisheries and Water Quality in the Central Valley and Delta The “Clean Farms – Clean Water” campaign with over one hundred California environmental, commercial and recreational fishing, and environmental justice organizations will hold a rally and … Continue reading
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CSPA’s Jennings Quoted in Stockton Record: Regional Board farm program is a license to pollute
By Alex Breitler Record Staff Writer April 4, 2011 State Water Cops may approve a long-term plan this week to clean up runoff from millions of acres of farmland, despite the fact that after seven years of testing, they don’t … Continue reading
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CSPA Assembles Broad Coalition to Protect Water Quality From Farm Pollution
Some 118 groups representing the environmental, environmental justice, recreational and fishing community signed on to a CSPA letter to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the proposed Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. Coalition Letter
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My Take on The Benefit Bass Tournament
Before blast off, I tied up to a dock because I didn’t want the wind to ping-pong me against the other participants drifting in the slough. John Sherman and partner, Ric Rudgers soon tied up to the same dock and … Continue reading
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Industrial Gases Facility in Vacaville
On 28 March 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. in Vacaville California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation … Continue reading
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Redding Recycling Facility for illegal pollution
On 21 March 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Northstate Recycling, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Northstate Recycling operates a 13-acre scrap recycling facility in Redding California that discharges polluted stormwater … Continue reading
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CSPA Sues Metal Facility in Windsor for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 22 March 2011, CSPA filed a lawsuit against West Coast Metals, Inc., in Windsor, California for massive violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The Facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater into Pool … Continue reading
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CSPA and 6 Allied Groups Defend Clean Water Act From Attack by Merced Irrigation District
March 24, 2011. CSPA and 6 allied conservation groups have vigorously supported the State Water Resources Control Board’s use of its Clean Water Act authority to require Merced Irrigation District to perform studies. The studies are needed in order for … Continue reading
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Action Needed on Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Framework
CSPA Needs Your Help to Improve Fisheries and Water Quality The existing regulatory waiver covering discharges from irrigated lands expires in June 2011, and the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board will consider a new long-term program at a … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Two Pollution Lawsuits Against Sierra Pacific Industries’ Facilities
On 18 March 2011, CSPA settled two Clean Water Act and Prop. 65 lawsuits against Sierra Pacific Industries regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code (Prop. 65). The subject facilities are … Continue reading
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