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CSPA Settles Complaint Against Shasta Lake Marina
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act complaint against Shasta Lake Resorts for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Shasta Lake Resorts operates a marina on the shores of Shasta Lake. The complaint alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Shasta Lake, the Sacramento River and Delta. The settlement agreement obligates…
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CSPA and Coalition Press for Upper Yuba Improvements
CSPA and the Foothills Water Network coalition filed 100 pages of comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the FERC relicensing of the Yuba-Bear and Drum-Spaulding hydroelectric projects. The comments, filed August 22, 2013, culminate 5 years of work in seeking flow and other improvements in upper Yuba, Bear River, and West Placer watersheds.…
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Injunction Denied, Trinity Water Releases to Resume
Today, 22 August 2013, Fresno Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill lifted his TRO and denied the request for a preliminary injunction by Westlands Water District and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. As a result, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will resume releases of water from Trinity Reservoir to prevent a repeat of…
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USBR, USFWS Gives Away 451,000 Acre Feet of Fish Water to San Joaquin Valley Farmers
San Joaquin Valley farmers who received a gift of many thousands of acre-feet of water necessary to support fisheries and meet water quality standards, have sued and secured a temporary injunction preventing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from releasing water in the Trinity River to prevent a repeat of the massive 2002 Klamath River fish…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Modesto Manufacturing Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Parker-Hannifin Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Parker-Hannifin operates an 8-acre fuel filter manufacturing facility in Modesto California. The lawsuit alleged that the Facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Tuolumne River. The settlement agreement obligates Parker-Hannifin to comply fully with the Clean…
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