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CSPA Asks FERC for Tuolumne Fish Passage Studies
The hydropower licensing of the La Grange Project on the Tuolumne River has begun. The licensing was ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) after the Conservation Groups including CSPA and the National Marine Fisheries Service submitted evidence that La Grange Powerhouse is subject to FERC’s jurisdiction. FERC held scoping meetings for the licensing…
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CSPA Questions El Dorado Plan to Permit Water in Order to Sell It
On March 13, 2014, El Dorado Water and Power Authority issued a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for what it now calls the “El Dorado Water Reliability Project.” The project as proposed is a second run at El Dorado’s 2008 application to use a “county of origin” water rights reservation to permit…
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CSPA Protests Attempt to Roll Back 1998 Water Rights Agreement
In 1992, CSPA protested a water rights application by the June Lakes Public Utilities District in Mono County. In 1998, June Lakes PUD agreed to incorporate a minimum streamflow requirement of 200 gallons per minute at its diversion on Fern Creek, tributary to Rush Creek and ultimately to Mono Lake. This agreement was incorporated into…
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CSPA and Coalition Comment on Draft Yuba River Application
CSPA and allied conservation groups in the Foothills Water Network have filed comments in the relicensing of the Yuba River Development Project. Yuba County Water Agency’s (YCWA) project is currently in the relicensing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Network asks licensee YCWA to expand the analysis in its Draft License Application to…
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CSPA Presses FERC for Tuolumne River Improvements
CSPA and allies have filed comments on major documents in the relicensing of the Don Pedro Project on the Tuolumne River. In comments on the Updated Study Report and the Draft License Application, CSPA and nine other Conservation Groups dispute scientific conclusions of the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts about salmon and steelhead in the…
