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CSPA Submits Comments and Testifies on State Board Hearing on Order Denying Petitions for Reconsideration of Emergency Orders
On 24 September 2014, CSPA testified at the State Water Resource Control Board’s (State Board) hearing on the draft Order denying petitions for reconsideration and addressing objections regarding the Temporary Urgency Change Petitions (TUCP) for operation of the State Water Project and Central Valley Project. CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance had submitted comments on the proposed…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Santa Cruz Concrete Facility
On 24 September 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Las Animas Concrete & Building Supply for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Las Animas operates a 2.4-acre concrete production plant in Santa Cruz, California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the San Lorenzo River. The settlement…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Lincoln Ready-Mix Plant
On 24 September 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Syar Concrete, LLC and Syar Industries, Inc. for violations of the Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Syar operates a readymix concrete batch plant facility in Lincoln, California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into Markham Ravine,…
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CSPA Files Comments and Objection to June Lakes TUCP Petition and Order
On 19 September 2014, CSPA submitted comments and a formal objection to a temporary urgency change petition and order regarding a change in required minimum flows past the June Lake Public Utility District’s (JLPUD) Fern Creek diversion facility. CSPA pointed out that JLPUD’s temporary change petition was identical to he District’s previous petition for permanent…
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CSPA, Coalition Submits Amicus to Supreme Court in Scott River Case
On 19 September 2014, CSPA, Karuk Tribe, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Northcoast Environmental Center, Friends of the Eel River and Clean Water Action submitted a Amici Curiae letter to the California Supreme Court regarding the appeal of Siskiyou County to the decision by the Sacramento Superior Court that the public trust doctrine protects the Scott River…
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