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State Board passes deficient certification for Oroville
The State Water Resources Control Board, on December 15, 2010, approved a 401 water quality certification for the relicensing of the Oroville Facilities. The certification by the State Board is required before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can issue a new license to operate the hydroelectric facilities at Oroville. The license is supposed to protect…
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After 20 Years, Hearing Scheduled on CSPA’s Big Sur River Protest
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has scheduled a hearing on 8 & 9 March 2011 regarding CSPA’s protest of El Sur Ranch’s water right application on the Big Sur River. In 1990, El Sur Ranch was caught illegally diverting from the river and subsequently, in 1992, filed an application for a water right…
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San Joaquin River Flow and Salinity Workshop Scheduled for 6 & 7 January
Fate of the San Joaquin River hangs in the balance The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) will hold a workshop to receive comments and technical information related to its draft Technical Report on the scientific basis for alternative San Joaquin River flows and southern Delta salinity objectives. The Technical Report is intended to serve…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Oroville Waste Facility for Illegal Pollution
On 23 December 2010, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act and Prop. 65 lawsuit against Recology of Butte County (fka Norcal Waste Systems) regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit and California’s Health and Safety Code. Recology operates a waste transfer and recycling facility in Oroville, California. The facility collects and discharges…
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CSPA Sues Sierra Pacific Industries’ Red Bluff Facility
On 21 December 2010, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Sierra Pacific Industries for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The 40-acre millwork facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit into stormwater conveyances, which drain to the Sacramento River and ultimately to…
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