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A Compilation of Fish Salvage & Water Exports

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Bill Jennings

To provide a perspective on the interrelationship between fish salvage and water exports from the state and federal project export facilities in the South Delta, CSPA has assembled the graphs of salvage/exports between January & October for the years 1993 … Continue reading →

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CSPA Sues Metal Services Facility in Ripon

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 21 October 2013, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Guntert Sales & Zimmerman in Ripon California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The facility is used for the … Continue reading →

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CSPA intervenes in lawsuits against FERC

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Chris Shutes

CSPA and five other organizations have intervened in two lawsuits against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concerning FERC’s jurisdiction over La Grange Dam on the Tuolumne River.  The lawsuits contest FERC’s July 19, 2013 Order on La Grange, and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Joins in Comments Opposing BDCP

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 7 October 2013, the Environmental Water Caucus (EWC), an organization of 34 environmental, fishing and tribal groups addressing water issues in California, including CSPA, issued a letter formally opposing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).  The letter was sent … Continue reading →

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CSPA Analysis Reveals Water Project Operations Butchered Delta Smelt in the Summer of 2013

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Bill Jennings

Operation of the state and federal export projects led to a massive kill of endangered Delta smelt in early July 2013.  CSPA has released a report, prepared by its consultant Thomas Cannon, chronicling this needless massacre of Delta smelt. The … Continue reading →

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Fish Predation Final Report Released: Cannot Identify Predators as Cause of Salmon Decline

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Bill Jennings

For years, water contractors have been attempting to deflect attention from the massive fish carnage at the state and federal export pumping facilities by blaming striped bass and predators for the demise of salmon and Delta smelt fisheries.  In 2008, … Continue reading →

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CSPA Joins in Comments on Shasta Dam Raise EIS

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 30 September 2013, CSPA and the Environmental Water Caucus submitted voluminous comments on the major inadequacies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed raising of Shasta Dam.  Shasta Dam captures water from the Upper Sacramento, McCloud and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on MAST Report

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has provided extensive comments on the draft Interagency Ecological Program’s (IEP) MAST (Management, Analysis and Synthesis Team) report.   The MAST report is an updated conceptual model for Delta smelt and is intended to synthesize the latest scientific data and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Gault California

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 30 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Gault Recyclers in Gault California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The notice letter alleges that the scrap materials recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to … Continue reading →

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Summer Townet Delta Smelt and Striped Bass Indices Plunge Again

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released the 2013 Summer Townet Surveys for Delta Smelt and Striped Bass.  The abundance index for Delta smelt is 0.7 and down from indices of the previous two years and similar to … Continue reading →

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CSPA Comments on Bureau’s CVP Cross Valley Contracts

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 26 September 2013, CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations submitted extensive comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Cross-Valley Contractors Interim Renewal Contracts and the Draft FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact) for the Cross-Valley … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Port of Stockton Dredging Permit

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Bill Jennings

ON 23 September 2013, CSPA and the Sierra Club submitted comments on the Port of Stockton’s application for a dredging permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.  The comments … Continue reading →

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CSPA and Coalition Seek Equal Protection for Fish

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Chris Shutes

Many owners of hydroelectric projects use jurisdictional uncertainty to avoid improving conditions for fish. Operators of power projects that also deliver water for irrigation or drinking water deny responsibility for streamflows if they can peg a reach of stream to … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on General Industrial Permit

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 19 September 2013, CSPA, CoastKeeper Alliance, Heal the Bay, Center for Biological Diversity and PCFFA submitted detailed comments on the latest draft of the proposed revision of California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The industrial general permit regulates the discharge … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Scrap Metal Site in Grass Valley California

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Grass Valley for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The facility is used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials, storage … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Concrete and Aggregate Material Site in Colfax California

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 20 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Hansen Brothers Enterprises in Colfax for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The Colfax facility used for the sale and storage of concrete and aggregate materials and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sonoma County for Illegal Discharges

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Sonoma County for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Sonoma County operates a 40-acre recycling facility and transfer station in Sonoma, California.  The facility discharges polluted stormwater into channels … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Complaint Against Shasta Lake Marina

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act complaint against Shasta Lake Resorts for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  Shasta Lake Resorts operates a marina on the shores of Shasta Lake.  The complaint alleged that the facility discharged … Continue reading →

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CSPA and Coalition Press for Upper Yuba Improvements

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Chris Shutes

CSPA and the Foothills Water Network coalition filed 100 pages of comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the FERC relicensing of the Yuba-Bear and Drum-Spaulding hydroelectric projects. The comments, filed August 22, 2013, culminate 5 years of work … Continue reading →

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Injunction Denied, Trinity Water Releases to Resume

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Bill Jennings

Today, 22 August 2013, Fresno Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill lifted his TRO and denied the request for a preliminary injunction by Westlands Water District and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority.  As a result, the U.S. Bureau … Continue reading →

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