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CSPA, Coalition Sue Westlands over Contract Renewals
CSPA, Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Save the American River and the Winnemen Wintu Tribe filed a lawsuit against Westlands Water District (and its two water distribution districts) over the renewal of six interim Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contracts. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is named as a Real Party…
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CSPA Issues Notices of Intent to Sue to PG&E for Violations of the CWA and RCRA
On 25 August 2011, CSPA and Californians for Alternatives to Toxics sent a Notice of Intent to Sue the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Inc., for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at numerous corporation yards and service centers located throughout Northern California.
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Facility in Grass Valley
On 24 August 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to USA Waste of California, Inc., dba, Waste Management of Nevada County, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the 3-acre waste recycling, storage and transfer facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural…
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CSPA Analyzes Water Quality Data for Battle Creek
CSPA technical staff has reviewed water quality monitoring data collected by the Battle Creek Alliance and finds evidence of adverse changes in water quality conditions attributable to clean-cutting activities, and numerous and continuing exceedances of the turbidity water quality standards in the Regional Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan). Sediment discharged from Sierra Pacific Industries…
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The Bizarre Saga of CSPA, Deer Creek and the Regional Board
Anyone wondering how California waterways became so polluted should examine the Saga of Deer Creek. In 2008, CSPA submitted comments to the Regional Water Board contending that the proposed waste discharge permit for El Dorado Irrigation District’s Deer Creek wastewater treatment plant was deficient, non-protective of fisheries and violated federal regulations. The Regional Board brushed…
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