The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has reviewed the tentative Waste Discharge Requirements (NPDES No. CA0077682) for the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (Permit) and respectfully submits the following comments.
CSPA requests status as a designated party for this proceeding. CSPA is a 501(c)(3) public benefit conservation and research organization established in 1983 for the purpose of conserving, restoring, and enhancing the state’s water quality and fishery resources and their aquatic ecosystems and associated riparian habitats. CSPA has actively promoted the protection of water quality and fisheries throughout California before state and federal agencies, the State Legislature and Congress and regularly participates in administrative and judicial proceedings on behalf of its members to protect, enhance, and restore California’s degraded water quality and fisheries. CSPA members reside, boat, fish and recreate in and along waterways throughout the Central Valley, including Sacramento County. (More…)