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Press Conference: Can California Tunnel its Way Out of Drought?
On Monday, 13 January 2013, Bill Jennings, CSPA’s Executive Director, joined Jonas Minton, Planning and Conservation League; John Herrick, South Delta Water Agency; Dr. Jeffrey Michael, University of the Pacific; Tom Stokely, California Water Impact Network and Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Bill Jennings, California Delta, Fisheries, Press Release, Water Rights
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CSPA Sues Waste Transfer Station in San Martin
On 9 January 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Recology, Inc., for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleges that Recology’s seven-acre San Martin waste transfer station illegally … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Bill Jennings, Enforcement, Water Quality
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Delta Fish Hammered Yet Again: Fall Midwater Trawl Results Reveal Continued Biological Collapse
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has released the results of the 2013 Fall Midwater Trawl (FMWT), which reconfirms the continuing biological collapse that is occurring in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary. The FMWT conducts monthly … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Bill Jennings, California Delta, Fisheries, Press Release
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CSPA Opposes Delay in Licensing La Grange
CSPA and eight allied conservation groups have opposed a requested delay in the licensing of the unlicensed La Grange Powerhouse and Dam on the Tuolumne River. On December 20, owners of the dam, Modesto Irrigation District and Turlock Irrigation District, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Shutes, Hydroelectric (FERC)
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Broad Coalition Vows to Stop BDCP
On Friday, 13 December 2013, some 500 people attended a rally at the State Capitol protesting the Bay Delta Conservation Plan as the comment period for the BDCP and environmental documents began. Californians for a Fair Water Policy, a statewide … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Bill Jennings, California Delta, Fisheries, Water Quality
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Opponents to Rally Against Governor’s Water Export Tunnels as Public Comment Period Begins
On Friday, 13 December 2013, at 12:00 p.m., CSPA and Californians for a Fair Water Policy, a statewide coalition opposing Gov. Brown’s water export tunnels, will conduct a rally at the North steps of the State Capitol as the Brown … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Bill Jennings, California Delta, Fisheries, Press Release, Water Quality, Water Rights
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Campaign Against the Tunnels Launched
On Monday 9 December 2013, CSPA and a broad statewide coalition, operating upper the banner of Californians for a Fair Water Policy, launched a campaign opposing Governor Brown’s water export tunnels. In a press conference on the steps of the … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Bill Jennings, California Delta, Fisheries, Water Quality, Water Rights
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CSPA Action Alert
State and Federal Water Contractors Launch Great Water Grab JOIN US FOR A RALLY TO SAVE THE DELTA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RIVERS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 at NOON WEST STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL, SACRAMENTO (CAPITOL MALL AND 10TH between … Continue reading
Posted in Alerts & Advisories, Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Bill Jennings, California Delta, Fisheries, Water Quality
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FERC Rim Dam Trifecta
Operators of hydroelectric projects licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have filed Draft License Applications for hydroelectric projects on two major Central Valley rim dams. A FERC notice requiring recommendations, terms and conditions for a third such project is … Continue reading
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CSPA, CWIN Submit Comments of Westside San Joaquin River Waste Discharge Requirements for Agricultural Discharges
On 2 December 2013, CSPA submitted extensive comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the proposed waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for pollutant discharges from the Westside San Joaquin River Irrigated Lands Coalition. The WDRs will replace the … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Jennings, Clean Farms - Clean Water, Fisheries, Water Quality
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CSPA, Coalition Sue State over Agricultural Pollution
On 27 November 2013, CSPA joined with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, PCFFA, Otter Project, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and an elderly woman on a fixed income who cannot drink water from her tap because it is contaminated with agricultural waste … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Jennings, Clean Farms - Clean Water, Enforcement, Fisheries, Water Quality
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Redding Auto Dismantler
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Viking Auto Parts, a four-acre vehicle dismantling and automotive parts recycling facility in Redding, for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted … Continue reading
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CSPA Settles Modesto Lawsuit
On 13 November 2013, CSPA settled a lawsuit against the City of Modesto over illegal sanitary sewer spills in violation of the City’s Clean Water Act permit. The lawsuit was filed 13 December 2012. The City agreed to enhanced inspection … Continue reading
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CSPA Report: The Loss of VAMP’s Export Limitations
CSPA has released a report detailing the impacts to delta smelt and salmon from the demise of the mid-April – mid-May limits on Delta exports. The export restrictions were part of the Vernalis Adaptive Management Program (VAMP) and served to … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Jennings, California Delta, Fisheries, State Board Bay-Delta Standards
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Transfer Facility in San Martin California
On 24 October 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to San Martin Transfer Station in San Martin California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to Llagas … Continue reading
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CSPA Sues Metal Services Facility in Ripon
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
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
Posted in Chris Shutes, Enforcement, Hydroelectric (FERC)
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CSPA Joins in Comments Opposing BDCP
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 Joins in Comments on Shasta Dam Raise EIS
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 Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Gault California
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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