BlueTriton says cease operations order in US forest “no legal merit”
US-based packaged water major BlueTriton has filed a complaint against members of the Forest Service in San Bernadino county, California, after having been asked to shut down operations in an area of federal land in San Bernadino national forest (SBNF). According to a recent case filing, at the end of July, BlueTriton received a letter from the Forest Service that denied the renewal of its special use permit (SUP), which allows the Arrowhead water maker to use a “4.5-mile long right-of-way crossing a 4.51 acre area of Forest Service-managed land”. “As a consequence of this denial, BlueTriton’s current permit terminates, and it must cease operations on SBNF lands”, the letter said.