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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sacramento Concrete Facility
On 6 August 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Hanson Pipe and Precast, LLC for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Hanson Pipe and Precast operates a 53-acre concrete products facility, in Sacramento, that discharges polluted stormwater to channels that
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on State Board Agricultural Panel Recommendations
On 7 August 2014, CSPA joined the Otter Project, California Rural Legal Assistance, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the California Coastkeeper Alliance in commenting on the recommendations of a State Water Board appointed expert panel to address the critical issues of agricultural water pollution
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Afterthought Mine East of Redding
On 6 August 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to sue Agricultural Management and Production Co, Inc. for failure to obtain an NPDES permit in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Agricultural Management and Production operates the Afterthought Mine facility that is located about 24 miles east of Redding, California. The Facility discharges
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Greenhorn Mine Northwest of Redding
On 6 August 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to sue Elkhorn Mine LLC for failure to obtain an NPDES permit in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. Elkhorn Mine LLC owns the abandoned Greenhorn Mine facility that is located approximately 23 miles northwest of Redding California. The facility discharges pollutants including arsenic,
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on State Board Trash Control Amendments
On 5 August 2014, CSPA joined a coalition on environmental organization in commenting on the State Water Resource Control Board’s proposed amendments to the Statewide Water Quality Control Plans to Control Trash. Trash impairs the health of both humans and aquatic life and is a growing threat to the chemical, physical and biological integrity of
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