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The Bizarre Saga of CSPA, Deer Creek and the Regional Board
Anyone wondering how California waterways became so polluted should examine the Saga of Deer Creek. In 2008, CSPA submitted comments to the Regional Water Board contending that the proposed waste discharge permit for El Dorado Irrigation District’s Deer Creek wastewater treatment plant was deficient, non-protective of fisheries and violated federal regulations. The Regional Board brushed…
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CSPA Joins Coalition Response Opposing H.R. 1837
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) joined a coalition of fishing organizations opposing Congressman Devin Nunes’ H.R. 1837, the so-called San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. The proposed bill would devastate efforts to restore California’s degraded salmonid fisheries by gutting essential provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, eliminating crucial requirements in the federal…
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CSPA, C-WIN and AquAlliance respond to DWR and State Board over water rights protests
On 12 August 2011, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) and AquAlliance formally responded to comments from the Department of Water Resources regarding the group’s protests of DWR’s petition to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) requesting a time extension to put its State Water Project water rights…
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CSPA, Coalition Oppose Reduction in Grasslands Selenium Monitoring
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations sent an 11 August 2001 joint letter vigorously opposing efforts to reduce monitoring of selenium and other contaminates discharged from the Grasslands Bypass Project. Earlier this year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced that it would no longer conduct water quality…
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CSPA settles lawsuit against Butte County Landfill
On 10 August 2011, CSPA settled a lawsuit against Butte County’s Neal Road Landfill and Recycling Facility for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The 187-acre landfill in Chico is used to dispose of municipal solid and industrial waste and discharges pollutants to Butte Creek, which drains to the Sacramento River and ultimately to…
