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Foothills Network Files for Rehearing of 401 Waiver on Nevada Irrigation District’s Yuba-Bear Project
By Cindy Charles CSPA and allies in the Foothills Water Network (Network) filed a Request for Rehearing on an “Order on Waiver of Water Quality Certification” for Nevada Irrigation District’s (NID) Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. The Network filed the Request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on May 15, 2020. Section 401 of the federal…
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Letter Sent to Governor – Preserve the Application of the Clean Water Act to California’s Hydroelectric Projects
By Cindy Charles CSPA, as a leading member of a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations, sent a joint letter to Governor Newsom on May 11, 2020 urging his Administration to prioritize action on an urgent threat to California’s rivers, streams, and aquatic life. The increasing avalanche of efforts by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
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CSPA and Coalition Oppose Waiver of Clean Water Act
CSPA and allies in the Foothills Water Network have filed a Response in Opposition to Yuba Water Agency’s Request for Waiver of water quality certification for the Yuba River Development Project. The Network filed its letter with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 2, 2020. Waiver of certification would place a 40-to-50-year restriction…
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Hydropower Reform Coalition Opposes Weakening of Federal Environmental Review
The Hydropower Reform Coalition submitted comments on March 10, 2020 in opposition to proposed changes to the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Coalition’s comments state that the proposed new NEPA rule would make analysis worse and would harm the environment. Analysis under NEPA is required whenever there is an action by…
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Salmonid Restoration Federation Conference Postponed Indefinitely
One of California’s premier annual gatherings of fisheries restorationists, scientists and advocates has been postponed indefinitely in order to protect public health. The conference of the Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF)[1] planned for March 31-April 3 in Santa Cruz will not take place as scheduled. The annual conference is SRF’s biggest single annual activity. It provides…
