Opinion ID: 775487
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Heading: state claims against government defendants

Text: 132 The district court held that California Civil Code &#167 3482 precludes Carson Harbor's state claims against the Government Defendants. Section 3482 provides that [n]othing which is done or maintained under the express authority of a statute can be deemed a nuisance. CAL. CIV. CODE &#167 3482. Here, the Water Quality Board issued NPDES permits to the Government Defendants in 1990 and 1996. Those permits authorized the discharge of storm water containing pollutants, and there is no evidence that there was any lead-contaminated storm water runoff to the property prior to 1994 or a violation of the permits. Therefore, the district court properly granted summary judgment to the Government Defendants on the state law claims. 133