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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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CSPA Submits Comments on Extension of Agricultural Waiver
On 6 June 2011, CSPA and C-WIN submitted final comments on the proposed extension of the existing Irrigated Lands Program waiver to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board). The Regional Board will consider a two-year extension of the existing waiver at its 9 June 2011 hearing.
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CSPA Urges Continuation of Suction Dredge Mining Moratorium
CSPA has joined a broad coalition of fishing, tribal and environmental organizations in urging Governor Brown, Senate Pro Tem Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Perez to eliminate funding for the California Department of Fish and Game’s suction dredge mining regulatory program and to maintain the current moratorium on the highly destructive and polluting mining practice for
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CSPA Presents Comments on San Joaquin Flow to State Water Board
CSPA presented a series of oral comments to the State Water Resources Control Board on Monday, June 6 concerning the Board’s environmental review of San Joaquin flow and salinity. A proceeding on San Joaquin flow and salinity is part of the Board’s update of its Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan. CSPA, the California Water
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