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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER v PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: EPICVPLC360633, CourtName: MISC 3, Plaintiff: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>EPICVPLC360633, Bear Creek, Discharges, Water, Pollutants, Water Code, California, Tributaries, Culverts, Ditches, Relief, Defendant Pacific Lumber, Porter-cologne, Seq, Unfair, Cwa, Npdes Permit, Pacific Lumber Company, Civil Penalties, Water Quality, Business Practices, Violations, Epa, Injunctive Relief, Water Quality Control, Coast Regional Board, Storm Water, Interpretation, Declaratory , ContentID: 120252931

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1   Government Exhibit # 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 128730
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1 . Government Exhibit # 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANTS
DISCHARGES
WATER
POLLUTANTS
WATER CODE
CALIFORNIA
PLAINTIFF
TRIBUTARIES
CULVERTS
DITCHES
RELIEF
DEFENDANT PACIFIC LUMBER
PORTER-COLOGNE
SEQ
UNFAIR
CWA
NPDES PERMIT
PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY
CIVIL PENALTIES
WATER QUALITY
BUSINESS PRACTICES
VIOLATIONS
EPA
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
WATER QUALITY CONTROL
COAST REGIONAL BOARD
STORM WATER
INTERPRETATION
DECLARATORY
1     Michael R. Lozeau (CA Bar No. 142893)
      Deborah A. Sivas (CA Bar No. 135446)
2     EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
      553 Salvatierra Walk
3     Stanford, California  94305-8620
      Tel:  (650) 725-4217
4     Fax: (650) 725-8509

5     Attorneys for Plaintiff

6                                       UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7                                 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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                                                       ) Case No.: C01-2821 MHP
9        ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                      )
         INFORMATION CENTER, a non-profit              ) FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR
10       corporation,                                  ) DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE
                          Plaintiff,                   ) RELIEF
11               v.                                    )
                                                       )
12       PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY, a Delaware )
         corporation, and SCOTIA PACIFIC               ) Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33
13       COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware corporation,         ) U.S.C.  § 1251 et seq.;  California Porter-
         ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                      ) Cologne Water Quality Control Act, Water
14                                                     ) Code § 13000 et seq.;  California Unfair
         AGENCY, a federal agency, CHRISTINE           ) Business Practices Act, Bus. & Prof. Code
15       TODD WHITMAN, in her capacity as EPA          ) 17200 et seq.; and Admininistrative
         Administrator                                 ) Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C.  § 701 et seq.
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17                        Defendants.                  )
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18       _____________________________________

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SNIPPETS:
  • California 94305-8620 Tel:
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff
  • This is a civil action against Defendants Pacific Lumber Company and Scotia Pacific
  • LLC for declaratory and injunctive relief and the imposition of civil penalties and
  • restitutionary relief under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
  • California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act,
  • 13000 et seq.; and California Unfair Business Practices Act,
  • The claims arise from defendants' discharges of pollutants from culverts, ditches,
  • and other point sources into Bear Creek and its tributaries, waters of the United States,
  • 10 permit required by Section 301 and 402 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1311, 1342.
  • injunctive relief under the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.
  • EPA's interpretation of and/or the language of Section 122.27 purport to exclude from the
  • NPDES permitting program point sources associated with silvicultural-related discharges
  • 1365(civil penalties).
  • Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region, the State
  • Agency ("EPA"), and EPA Region 9 of the alleged violations and plaintiff's intent to sue.
  • as it arises out of and concerns discharges of sediment and other pollutants from
  • Defendant Pacific Lumber owns almost the entire Bear Creek watershed and engages in logging
  • The CWA's permitting requirements apply to discharges of polluted storm water.
  • submitting their permit applications and obtaining a NPDES permit.
  • See Water Code, Division 7, Chapter 5.5, §§ 13370-13389.
  • The North Coast Regional Board implements Porter15
  • Unfair competition is prohibited by the State of California's Unfair Business Practices
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