Humboldt Baykeeper in the News

Baykeeper Threatens Suit Over Balloon Tract Road Work
The Times-Standard
4/10/07

EUREKA -- The environmental group Humboldt Baykeeper has threatened to sue Security National over alleged federal clean water violations during its recent efforts to rebuild roads on the Balloon Tract in Eureka.

The notice of intent to sue comes just over two weeks after the California Coastal Commission stopped the work. The road work was occurring within 50 feet of environmentally sensitive areas, the commission said at the time.

Baykeeper alleges that Security National and the subsidiary that is hoping to build the Marina Center complex on the property failed to get the proper permits and didn't take measures to prevent pollution from the road work. Polluted storm water runoff may affect Clark Slough, the bay, the underground aquifer and wetlands there, the group contends.

Security National has said it believed the work to improve emergency access to the plot was exempt, and was prompted by requests from police and fire departments who were concerned about the ability to roll equipment onto the property if needed.

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