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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Sacramento Concrete Facility
On 13 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Jensen Precast for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The 12-acre Sacramento concrete facility discharges polluted stormwater to Magpie Creek, which then flows to Steelhead Creek, the Natomas East Main…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete Facility in Lincoln
On 13 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Syar Concrete, LLC, which operates a ready mix concrete facility in Lincoln California. The notice letter alleges that the facility illegally discharges pollutants to Markham Ravine, which flows into Auburn Ravine and ultimately the Sacramento River, in violation of the substantive and procedural…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Pittsburg Chemical Facility
On 10 March 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, LP, a 30-acre industrial inorganic chemical facility in Pittsburg, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and their California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater, including aluminum, iron, zinc, copper, nickel, lead,…
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Court Strikes Down Environmental Review of Kern Water Bank
On 5 March 2014, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled that the EIR for the operation of the Kern Water Bank, the nation’s largest underground water-banking operation, failed to comply with basic requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. The court will now begin a proceeding to determine an appropriate remedy. Nearly four…
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CSPA and Coalition Comment on Draft Yuba River Application
CSPA and allied conservation groups in the Foothills Water Network have filed comments in the relicensing of the Yuba River Development Project. Yuba County Water Agency’s (YCWA) project is currently in the relicensing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Network asks licensee YCWA to expand the analysis in its Draft License Application to…
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