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Oroville Dam Relicensing – Letter to FERC Requests Delay in New License
CSPA has joined a broad-based ad hoc coalition of entities in an August 8, 2017 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that requests a delay in the issuance of a new hydropower license for the Oroville Facilities Project. The signers of the letter include two elected state officials, two counties, two chambers of
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Potter Valley Project Dam Relicensing Begins
CSPA, along with several other Conservation Groups[1], submitted extensive comments in early August to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the just-initiated relicensing of two PG&E dams on the mainstem Eel River. Cape Horn Dam (built 1908) and Scott Dam (1922) are part of PG&E’s Potter Valley Project. The Project’s main feature is the
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CSPA Et Al. Sues Over Delta Tunnels Environmental Documents
On 21 August 2017, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Water Resources (DWR) over the inadequacy of its 80,000 plus page Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the WaterFix project. The project envisions two 35 mile-long tunnels under the Delta to siphon millions of
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CSPA Joins in Pattern & Practice Lawsuit: State & Regional Water Boards Fail to Protect Water from Agricultural Pollution
CSPA, in coalition with other environmental and trade organizations, filed a lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board asserting the Boards have failed to protect clean water from agricultural pollution. The lawsuit filed in early August, claims that the boards have repeatedly failed to enforce
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CSPA Files For Summary Judgment Against State Water Board
On 27 July 2017, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, joined by the California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance, filed a motion for summary judgment in our pattern and practice and public trust lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board. The lawsuit was originally filed in August 2015 and following a series of procedural motions
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