(December 12, 2017, 3:14 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California on Dec. 8 refused to dismiss an environmental group’s Clean Water Act lawsuit against the operator of a salvage yard, finding that the group’s presuit notification was sufficient and that it adequately alleged that the defendant is failing to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for storm water discharges (Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation v. American Recycling International Inc., No. 17-cv-00425-BAS-JMA, S.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 202649)....