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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Chico Waste Facility for Illegal Pollution
On 7 November 2010, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against USA Waste of California, Inc. regarding serious violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. USA Waste operates a recycling, waste transfer and trucking facility in Chico, California. The facility has discharged excessive concentrations of numerous pollutants to Comanche Creek, which ultimately flows…
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Petition for Reconsideration of Selenium Basin Plan Amendment
On 4 November 2010, CSPA, C-WIN and AquAlliance filed a Petition for Reconsideration with the State Water Resources Control Board regarding its approval of amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins to address selenium control in the San Joaquin River Basin. The amendments have the effect of…
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Groups Ask EPA to Overrule State Board on Temperature Impairments
CSPA and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations have sent the United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) a letter asking the agency to overrule the State Water Resource Control Board’s refusal to list the San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Merced Rivers as impaired waterbodies because of excessive temperatures. The Central Valley Regional Water Board…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Draft Pesticide Spray Permit
CSPA has submitted comments on the State Water Resource Control Board’s draft General Permit covering point source discharges of residual pesticides from spray applications for pest control. Pest control covered by this General Permit includes invasive species of both insects and weeds. The permit will serve as both an NPDES permit, pursuant to the federal…
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CSPA Issues NOI to Sawmill in Chico for Violations of Clean Water Act
On 29 October 2010, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Woodply Forest Products in Chico California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the Sawmill and Planing Mill is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements of the General Industrial Stormwater Permit…
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