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CSPA, EWC Submit Extensive BDCP Comments
On 11 June 2014, the Environmental Water Caucus, of which CSPA is a member, submitted 259 pages of scathingly critical detailed comments on the Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and associated Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). CSPA was integrally involved in preparation of the extensive comments and will continue to develop…
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CSPA Joins Environmental Justice Coalition to Request Restart of the BDCP Comment Period
On 30 May 2014, CSPA joined the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water in requesting a restart of the BDCP comment period. The BDCP comment period extension was requested because agencies failed to provide meaningful access and participation for California’s limited English speakers and low income communities. The request points to forty-seven significant and unavoidable adverse…
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CSPA Joins EWC in Requesting BDCP Time Extension
On 16 May 2014, CSPA joined the Environmental Water Caucus in requesting that the public comment period for the BDCP EIR/EIS be extended for a minimum of 60 days. The extension was requested because the BDCP proponents had failed to release the Implementation Agreement for the project. The Implementation Agreement defines obligations, provides assurances, ensures…
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Press Conference: Experts Criticize Flawed BDCP Process, Missing Implementation Agreement
On May 14 2014, CSPA Executive Director Bill Jennings joined Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta; Bob Wright, Friends of the River; Osha Meserve and Local Agencies of the North Delta; in a media call to discuss the flawed BDCP process. During the call presenters pointed out the lack of an Implementing Agreement , the failure…
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Where is the Missing BDCP Implementation Agreement?
When the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) released its 40,000 pages of planning and environmental review documents for public comment, the Implementation Agreement was conspicuously absent. However, the Implementation Agreement revealing the commitments to species recovery and how the Delta tunnels project will be financed, built and operated is a necessary and integral component of…
