Category Archives: Water Quality

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, Coalition Call for Immediate Agency Action to List Rivers Impaired by Inadequate Flow

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 1 April 2014, CSPA joined Russian Riverkeeper, Klamath Riverkeeper, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Karuk Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations and Earth Law Center in submitting comments to the State Water Resources Control Board urging that the North Coast … 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 Joins SARA in Complaint Against Reclamation’s Folsom and Nimbus Dams

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 2 April 2014, CSPA joined Felix Smith, Save the American River Association, California Small Stream Council and Public Trust Alliance in filing a complaint with the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) operation … 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 Rocklin 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 6-acre facility in … 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 Protests State Board’s Drought Urgency Order

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Bill Jennings

CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance have filed a formal protest against the State Water Resource Control Board’s (State Board) Order Approving a Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives in Response … 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, Coalition Submit Comments on Biological Objectives for Freshwater Streams and Rivers

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 21 February 2014, CSPA joined Heal the Bay, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, Environment California and others in submitting comments to the State Water Resources Control Board in support of … Continue reading →

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CSPA Testifies at State Water Board Drought Urgency Hearing

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Bill Jennings

On 18 and 19 February 2014, CSPA testified at the State Water Resource Control Board’s workshop regarding the drought urgency petition filed by the Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Water Board’s temporary order, issued … 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 Opposes Contract Extension for Bay-Delta Plan Consultant

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has requested that a proposed contract extension for ICF Jones & Stokes  (ICF) be removed from the State Water Board’s 4 February 2014 consent calendar and rescheduled for a subsequent State Board meeting.  ICF is a huge international consulting … Continue reading →

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