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CSPA and Coalition Seek Equal Protection for Fish
Many owners of hydroelectric projects use jurisdictional uncertainty to avoid improving conditions for fish. Operators of power projects that also deliver water for irrigation or drinking water deny responsibility for streamflows if they can peg a reach of stream to “water supply” instead of hydropower. Even if operators produce power while carrying out the primary…
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CSPA Submits Comments on General Industrial Permit
On 19 September 2013, CSPA, CoastKeeper Alliance, Heal the Bay, Center for Biological Diversity and PCFFA submitted detailed comments on the latest draft of the proposed revision of California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The industrial general permit regulates the discharge of stormwater pollutants from industrial facilities, pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act. Over the…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Scrap Metal Site in Grass Valley California
On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Grass Valley for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The facility is used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials, storage of scrap metals, and the use, storage and maintenance of heavy machinery and construction equipment.…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Aggregate Material Site in Colfax California
On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Colfax for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The Colfax facility used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials and the use, storage and maintenance of heavy machinery and construction equipment. The notice letter alleges…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sonoma County for Illegal Discharges
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Sonoma County for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Sonoma County operates a 40-acre recycling facility and transfer station in Sonoma, California. The facility discharges polluted stormwater into channels that flow into Champlin Creek, which flows into Sonoma Creek and thence San Pablo Bay…
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