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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on North Coast Flow Impaired Rivers
On 8 August, CSPA joined with Earth Law Center, PCFFA, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Friends of the Eel River, Karuk Tribe and the Russian and Klamath Riverkeepers in submitting comments on the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) proposed Integrated Report for the Clean Water Act Section (CWA) 305(b) Surface Water Quality Assessment…
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CSPA’s Assessment of Historical Habitat Restoration in the Delta
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) proposes to create approximately 150,000 acres of habitat in the Delta to compensate for the diversion of another 2.5 million-acre-feet (MAF) of water around the estuary. This newly restored habitat would be in addition to the 223,902 acres of existing conservation lands within the Delta. Since the foundation of…
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CSPA Submits BDCP Comments
On 28 July 2014, CSPA submitted comments on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and associated EIR/EIS. The comments were focused on the various conservation elements, including the twin tunnels that will divert an average of 2.5 million acre feet of Sacramento River under the Delta for export to southern California. CSPA’s comments also focused…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Grasslands Bypass Project
On 30 June 2014, CSPA and a broad coalition of environmental, fishing and tribal organizations submitted comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) regarding the proposed Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for the Grasslands Bypass Project (GBP). The WDRs regulate the discharge of selenium and other pollutants exceeding state and federal…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on USEPA Selenium Standards
On 13 June 2014, CSPA and a broad coalition of environmental and fishing groups submitted comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft aquatic life ambient water quality criteria for selenium in freshwater. The comments quote from previous scientific reviews and assert that the proposed criteria, based upon whole-body fish tissue concentration, are not adequately…
