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CSPA Comments on Future Operation of Oroville
By Chris Shutes, CSPA FERC Projects Director CSPA has filed comments on the third Draft 401 Water Quality Certification for the relicensing of the Oroville Facilities. The State Water Resources Control Board issued its third draft certification on July 2, 2010. A 401 Certification is required before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can issue a…
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CSPA Issues NOI to Scrap Metal Facility in Windsor for Violations of the Clean Water Act.
On 20 September 2010, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to M & M Services in Windsor California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the two-acre scrap and waste material processing, reclaiming and distribution facility is illegally discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the substantive and procedural requirements…
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CSPA Files for Party Status on Mokelumne Pumped Storage
By Chris Shutes, FERC Projects Director CSPA has filed for party status in a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission. In the proceeding, Pacific Gas & Electric Company seeks permission to charge its ratepayers $40 Million to initiate a FERC licensing process to study and likely construct a pumped storage project in the Mokelumne River…
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CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance submit Comments to State Water Board Regarding Grassland Bypass Project and Basin Plan Amendment
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director The Regional Board adopted the plan that essentially suspends compliance with selenium water quality standards for another ten years. Selenium levels in the San Joaquin River continue to exceed levels that are lethal to salmonids.(More…)
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CSPA Comments on Draft EIS for McCloud – Pit Relicensing
By Chris Shutes, FERC Projects Director CSPA filed comments today on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the relicensing of the McCloud – Pit Hydroelectric Project (FERC #2106). CSPA focused on two major areas of concern. First, the DEIS fails to analyze the likely reintroduction of salmon and steelhead to the…
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