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Major Victory for CSPA: East Bay MUD Abandons Plan To Raise Pardee Dam
The East Bay Municipal Utilities District has thrown in the towel and will no longer pursue a plan to raise Pardee Dam. Pardee Dam, which backs up the Mokelumne River in Amador and Calaveras counties, creates Pardee Reservoir, EBMUD’s largest storage reservoir. EBMUD’s decision removes a threat to drown another two or more miles of…
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CSPA to FERC: The Standard License Reopener is Always Closed
Statement of Chris Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, on the reality of standard reopeners in hydropower licenses Before the Study Dispute Panel, Yuba River Development Project (P-2246,Yuba County Water Agency) relicensing proceeding before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Sacramento, California, November 30, 2011. Study Dispute between National Marine Fisheries Service and FERC Office of Energy…
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CSPA and Allies Comment on Don Pedro Studies
CSPA and a coalition of fishing and conservation groups have filed extensive comments on the Proposed Study Plan for the relicensing of the Don Pedro hydroelectric project on the Tuolumne River. The comments by “Conservation Groups” call for modification of many studies proposed by Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District. The comments also propose…
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Waterboard admits it has no water quality data in Battle Creek watershed
Responding to a CSPA Public Records Act (PRA) request, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board was forced to admit it had never conducted water quality monitoring in the Battle Creek watershed, wasn’t in possession of any data from Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) alleged monitoring program and had never ordered SPI to provide information…
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CSPA Analyzes Water Quality Data for Battle Creek
CSPA technical staff has reviewed water quality monitoring data collected by the Battle Creek Alliance and finds evidence of adverse changes in water quality conditions attributable to clean-cutting activities, and numerous and continuing exceedances of the turbidity water quality standards in the Regional Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan). Sediment discharged from Sierra Pacific Industries…
