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Summer Townet Delta Smelt and Striped Bass Indices Plunge Again
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released the 2013 Summer Townet Surveys for Delta Smelt and Striped Bass. The abundance index for Delta smelt is 0.7 and down from indices of the previous two years and similar to the low indices from 2005-2010. The index was 62.5 in 1978. The striped bass index…
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CSPA Comments on Bureau’s CVP Cross Valley Contracts
On 26 September 2013, CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations submitted extensive comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Cross-Valley Contractors Interim Renewal Contracts and the Draft FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact) for the Cross-Valley Contractors Interim Renewal Contracts. The interim contract renewal is the latest of a series of…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Port of Stockton Dredging Permit
ON 23 September 2013, CSPA and the Sierra Club submitted comments on the Port of Stockton’s application for a dredging permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. The comments point out numerous deficiencies in the Port’s application, likely environmental harm to fisheries and water…
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CSPA Submits Comments on General Industrial Permit
On 19 September 2013, CSPA, CoastKeeper Alliance, Heal the Bay, Center for Biological Diversity and PCFFA submitted detailed comments on the latest draft of the proposed revision of California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The industrial general permit regulates the discharge of stormwater pollutants from industrial facilities, pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act. Over the…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Scrap Metal Site in Grass Valley California
On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Grass Valley for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The facility is used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials, storage of scrap metals, and the use, storage and maintenance of heavy machinery and construction equipment.…
