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CSPA, Coalitions Thank Feinstein, Boxer and Urge Continued Support for Sane Drought Policies
On 9 February 2014, CSPA joined PCFFA, Golden Gate Salmon Association, Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association, Coastside Fishing Club and Water4fish in sending a letter to California Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer thanking them for opposing the disastrous HR 3964 (Valadao) and urging them to support drought legislation that maintains environmental protections, protects already degraded…
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CSPA Appeals Westside SJR WDRs for Irrigated Lands to State Water Board
On 7 February 2014, CSPA and CWIN appealed the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s approval of general waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Western San Joaquin River Watershed that are members of a Third Party Group to the State Water Resources Control Board. The new general WDRs were approved on 9…
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CSPA Files Lawsuit Against Santa Cruz Concrete Facility
On 7 February 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Las Animas Concrete and Building Supply Inc., in Santa Cruz California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleges that Las Animas illegally discharges pollutants to the City’s storm sewer drainage system, which flows…
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CSPA, EWC Oppose HR 3964
CSPA and the thirty-plus members of the Environmental Water Caucus submitted a letter opposing HR 3964 to the Speaker and Minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. The proposed legislation, authored by Representative David Valadao of Hanford and described as an “Emergency Water Delivery Act,” is a callous political stunt that uses the drought…
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Irrigation Districts begin FERC licensing of La Grange Dam
In a significant victory for CSPA and conservation allies, Turlock Irrigation District (TID) and Modesto Irrigation District (MID) have begun the process to get a hydropower license for TID’s powerhouse at La Grange Dam. This process may require a study of fish passage on the Tuolumne River. In the ongoing relicensing of the Districts’ Don…
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