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Court Strikes Down Environmental Review of Kern Water Bank
On 5 March 2014, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled that the EIR for the operation of the Kern Water Bank, the nation’s largest underground water-banking operation, failed to comply with basic requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. The court will now begin a proceeding to determine an appropriate remedy. Nearly four
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CSPA and Coalition Comment on Draft Yuba River Application
CSPA and allied conservation groups in the Foothills Water Network have filed comments in the relicensing of the Yuba River Development Project. Yuba County Water Agency’s (YCWA) project is currently in the relicensing process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Network asks licensee YCWA to expand the analysis in its Draft License Application to
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Watsonville Landfill
On 5 March 2014, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue to the City of Watsonville for violations of the substantive and procedural requirements of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The City operates a 50-acre landfill that discharges polluted stormwater to Gallighan Slough, the Pajaro River and ultimately
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CSPA Protests State Board’s Drought Urgency Order
CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance have filed a formal protest against the State Water Resource Control Board’s (State Board) Order Approving a Temporary Urgency Change in License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives in Response to Drought Conditions (Order). The Order essentially waives compliance with established water quality standards and
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CSPA Submits Comments on Industrial General Permit
On 4 March 2014, CSPA submitted additional comments on the latest draft of the revised General Industrial Stormwater Permit to the State Water Resources Control Board. The permit regulates the discharge of polluted stormwater from over 9,000 industrial facilities in California and is scheduled for adoption at the Board’s 1 April meeting. Over the last
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