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CSPA Files Comments and Objection to June Lakes TUCP Petition and Order
On 19 September 2014, CSPA submitted comments and a formal objection to a temporary urgency change petition and order regarding a change in required minimum flows past the June Lake Public Utility District’s (JLPUD) Fern Creek diversion facility. CSPA pointed out that JLPUD’s temporary change petition was identical to he District’s previous petition for permanent…
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CSPA, Coalition Submits Amicus to Supreme Court in Scott River Case
On 19 September 2014, CSPA, Karuk Tribe, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Northcoast Environmental Center, Friends of the Eel River and Clean Water Action submitted a Amici Curiae letter to the California Supreme Court regarding the appeal of Siskiyou County to the decision by the Sacramento Superior Court that the public trust doctrine protects the Scott River…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sacramento Concrete Facility
On 14 September 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Jensen Precast for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Jensen Precast operates a concrete product manufacturing and fabrication facility in Sacramento, California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into Magpie Creek, which flows to Steelhead Creek, which discharges…
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CSPA, Coalition Issue Comments on BDCP Scoping Process
On 10 September 2014, CSPA, Friends of the River, the Environmental Water Caucus and California Water Impact Network sent a letter regarding the scoping process for recirculated Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) documents. BDCP announced that it would shortly announce the scope of documents to be recirculated in the near future. The Coalition pointed out…
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CSPA, Coalition Submits Information to Regional Board on Grassland Bypass Project
On 8 September 2014, CSPA and a Coalition of environmental and fishing groups, responding to a request by Central Valley Regional Board Chair Karl Longley, provided information on the estimated reduction in discharges of drainage, salt, selenium and boron from permanent land retirement of the impaired irrigated lands on the Westside of the San Joaquin…
