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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 the Board to issue a Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification, a legal requirement for…
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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 hearing on April 7. The Clean Farms – Clean Water campaign is attempting to gather…
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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 a 60-acre sawmill in Burney, California that discharges polluted stormwater to Canyon and Burney Creeks…
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DFG Caves Yet Again; Capitulates on Striped Bass Protection
On 17 March 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger approved a settlement agreement between the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta regarding the Coalition’s lawsuit over DFGs striped bass fishing regulations. The Coalition, a group of water agencies attempting to deflect attention away from the export…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Stockton
On 9 March 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 4-acre recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to the Stockton stormsewer system and thence the San Joaquin River and Delta in violations of…
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