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CSPA Releases Report on Regional Board’s Failure to Comply with Pollution Control Regulations
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has released an evaluation of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) compliance with state and federal regulations governing the issuance of permits controlling discharges of municipal and industrial wastes to surface waters. The report finds that the Regional Board has significantly modified its procedures for…
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CSPA Responds to Ag Coalition Irrigated Lands Program Petition
In June 2011, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) adopted another extension of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Waiver and an ILRP Program Environmental Impact Report. In July, CSPA and C-WIN appealed adoption of the Regional Board order to the State Water Resources Control Board. A coalition of agricultural interests also…
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Comments on Regional Board proposed dairy monitoring plan
CSPA joined Clean Water Action, Food & Water Watch and Community Water Center in submitting comments on the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s proposed monitoring plan for dairies. Pollutants discharged by milk cow dairies have impaired groundwater throughout the Central Valley. In some areas of the Central Valley, more than 20% of small…
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CSPA joins Clean Water Network in opposing dirty water bill
CSPA has joined 280 national, regional, state and local organizations around the country in opposing the so-called Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 (H.R. 2018), which passed the U.S. House of Representatives without any legislative hearings. This “dirty water bill” would strip away long-standing protections provided by the Clean Water Act by preventing the…
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CSPA Comments on EPA and Army Corps Guidance Regarding Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and a coalition of fishing and environmental organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the agencies to finalize the proposed Guidance Regarding Identification of Water Protected by the Clean Water Act and undertake a formal rulemaking process. The proposed Guidance…
