Fact Questions Exist About Alleged Leachate Discharges At California Waste Facility

(May 1, 2024, 9:57 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There are genuine questions of material fact about whether the operator of a recycling and waste facility violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) and California law by discharging stormwater-contaminated leachate into a wetland preserve and, eventually, the Sacramento River because there is no definitive evidence that the stormwater that entered the river contained the leachate, a California judge found in partly granting the nonprofit plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment....