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CSPA Comments on Delta Plan EIR at Stockton Hearing
On 25 January 2011, at a packed public hearing in Stockton California, CSPA’s Executive Director Bill Jennings presented scoping comments for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) regarding the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan. The Delta Plan was mandated by the state legislature, as part of the Delta Reform Act of 2009.
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Stockton
On 13 January 2011, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Stockton Recycling in Stockton California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the two-acre auto salvage and scrap recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to the city stormwater drainage and thence the San Joaquin River and Delta…
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CSPA Comments on Auburn Wastewater Permit Amendment
On 2 January 2011, CSPA submitted comments on the proposal by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board to relax the effluent limits for aluminum in the NPDES permit for the City of Auburn’s wastewater treatment plant.
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CSPA to Sue City and Country of Sacramento for Sewage Spills and Illegal Discharges
On 29 December 2010, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) gave formal notice, pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), of its intent to sue the City of Sacramento, Sacramento Area Sewer District and Sacramento County (Sacramento) for illegal sewage spills, overflows and discharges to various waterways that drain into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.…
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Latest DFG survey shows Delta Fisheries continue to court extinction: historical lows for striped bass and splittail
The California Department of Fish and Game has released the results of their annual Fall Midwater Trawl of pelagic (open water) species in the Delta. The results continue to demonstrate an estuary in collapse. The study, which produces indices of “relative abundance,” has been conducted since 1967. The collapse of Delta species mirrors the decline…
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