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CSPA Sues Gilroy Food Processor
On 23 June 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Olam West Coast, Inc. for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Olam operates a 46-acre industrial facility in Gilroy that manufactures and distributes of onion and garlic products. The facility discharges pollutants into Llagas Creek, which flows to the…
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CSPA Asks FERC for Tuolumne Fish Passage Studies
The hydropower licensing of the La Grange Project on the Tuolumne River has begun. The licensing was ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) after the Conservation Groups including CSPA and the National Marine Fisheries Service submitted evidence that La Grange Powerhouse is subject to FERC’s jurisdiction. FERC held scoping meetings for the licensing…
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CSPA, AquAlliance File for Preliminary Injunction Against Water Transfer
On 13 June 2014, CSPA and AquAlliance filed a motion in federal District Court for a preliminary injunction to restrain and enjoin the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from carrying out or approving the transfer of up to 175,226 acre-feet of water from the Sacramento Valley through the Delta to the San Luis Delta Mendota…
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on USEPA Selenium Standards
On 13 June 2014, CSPA and a broad coalition of environmental and fishing groups submitted comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft aquatic life ambient water quality criteria for selenium in freshwater. The comments quote from previous scientific reviews and assert that the proposed criteria, based upon whole-body fish tissue concentration, are not adequately…
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CSPA Sues USBR Over Water Transfers
On 11 June 2014, CSPA and AquAlliance filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) over its inadequate disclosure, avoidance of impacts, and mitigation of major water transfers from the Sacramento Valley through the Delta to the San Joaquin Valley. USBR proposes to transfer up to 175,226 acre-feet (AF)…
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