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CSPA Responds to Pacific Legal Foundation’s Delta Smelt Lawsuit
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) and AquAlliance issued a 24 June 2011 press release publicly questioning the basis of Pacific Legal Foundation’s lawsuit challenging the legal basis of Endangered Species Act protections for the Delta Smelt. The lawsuit is one of many recent lawsuits based on Westland Water District’s…
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CSPA calls for moratorium on Battle Creek logging
On 23 June 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) joined a coalition of fishermen and environmentalists, including the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Battle Creek Alliance, Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation and Sierra Club in calling on Governor Brown to impose a moratorium on clear cutting along Battle Creek until a watershed-wide assessment…
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CSPA Submits Comment on Bear Valley Wastewater
On 23 June 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance submitted a 51-page comment letter to the Central Valley Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the proposed wastewater discharge permit for the Bear Valley Water District’s wastewater treatment plant. The facility discharges a half-million gallons a day of treated wastewater to Blood Creek, a…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sacramento Waste Facility
On 21 June 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Allied Waste Services regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Allied Waste Services Concrete operates a 4-acre waste hauling and collection facility in Rancho Cordova, California. Stormwater runoff discharges to the Folsom South Canal that empties into the American…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Woodland Concrete Plant
On 9 June 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Syar Concrete LLC regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Syar Concrete operates a 6-acre ready-mix concrete facility in Woodland, California. Stormwater runoff discharges to the Tule Canal that empties into the Sacramento River and thence the Delta.
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