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CSPA settles lawsuit against Anderson Landfill
On 19 May 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Anderson Landfill, Inc./USA Waste of California, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code (Prop. 65). Anderson Landfill/USA Waste operates a 246-acre landfill in Anderson, California that discharges polluted stormwater through multiple discharge points
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CSPA Testifies in Big Sur Water Rights Hearing
CSPA has submitted general and expert testimony and exhibits for a water rights hearing to be held on June 16 and 17 regarding the diversions by El Sur Ranch of water from the Big Sur River. In 1994, CSPA, the Department of Fish and Game, and the Division of State Parks protested a water rights
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Oroville rendering facility for illegal pollution
On 19 May 2011, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against North State Rendering, Co., Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. North State Rendering operates a 28-acre rendering facility in Oroville California that manufactures tallow, grease and other animal by-products to make soap, candles and pet and livestock feed.
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Broad Coalition Urges EPA to Retain TMDL requirements for point and nonpoint sources
CSPA joined a broad coalition of 40 environmental organizations urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to retain the Agency’s 2010 revisions to the 2002 memorandum regarding pollutant load allocations from point and nonpoint sources in Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plans. EPA has been under heavy pressure to rescind the 2010 revisions that strengthened
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CSPA Comments on Sanitary Sewer System Order
On 13 May 2011, CSPA submitted comments to the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the proposed revision of the general waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for sanitary sewer systems. Sanitary system spills of untreated sewage are a chronic and serious problem that threatens both fisheries and human health. CSPA has initiated enforcement actions against municipalities
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