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CSPA Files Lawsuit Against Santa Cruz Concrete Facility
On 7 February 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Las Animas Concrete and Building Supply Inc., in Santa Cruz California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleges that Las Animas illegally discharges pollutants to the City’s storm sewer drainage system, which flows
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CSPA, EWC Oppose HR 3964
CSPA and the thirty-plus members of the Environmental Water Caucus submitted a letter opposing HR 3964 to the Speaker and Minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. The proposed legislation, authored by Representative David Valadao of Hanford and described as an “Emergency Water Delivery Act,” is a callous political stunt that uses the drought
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Irrigation Districts begin FERC licensing of La Grange Dam
In a significant victory for CSPA and conservation allies, Turlock Irrigation District (TID) and Modesto Irrigation District (MID) have begun the process to get a hydropower license for TID’s powerhouse at La Grange Dam. This process may require a study of fish passage on the Tuolumne River. In the ongoing relicensing of the Districts’ Don
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CSPA Opposes Contract Extension for Bay-Delta Plan Consultant
CSPA has requested that a proposed contract extension for ICF Jones & Stokes (ICF) be removed from the State Water Board’s 4 February 2014 consent calendar and rescheduled for a subsequent State Board meeting. ICF is a huge international consulting firm that is analyzing and advising the State Board on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue City of Watsonville
On 1 February 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to the City of Watsonville’s Municipal Service Center. The notice letter alleges that the recycling and solid waste processing facility illegally discharges pollutants into the City’s storm sewer system, which flows into Watsonville Slough and the Pacific Ocean, in violation of the substantive
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