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CSPA Submits Comments on MAST Report
CSPA has provided extensive comments on the draft Interagency Ecological Program’s (IEP) MAST (Management, Analysis and Synthesis Team) report. The MAST report is an updated conceptual model for Delta smelt and is intended to synthesize the latest scientific data and information on Delta smelt responses to recent changes in habitat conditions due to hydrology and…
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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Gault California
On 30 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Gault Recyclers in Gault California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice letter alleges that the scrap materials recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to Deadman Gulch, which flows into the Cosumnes River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, in violation…
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Summer Townet Delta Smelt and Striped Bass Indices Plunge Again
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released the 2013 Summer Townet Surveys for Delta Smelt and Striped Bass. The abundance index for Delta smelt is 0.7 and down from indices of the previous two years and similar to the low indices from 2005-2010. The index was 62.5 in 1978. The striped bass index…
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CSPA Comments on Bureau’s CVP Cross Valley Contracts
On 26 September 2013, CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations submitted extensive comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Cross-Valley Contractors Interim Renewal Contracts and the Draft FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact) for the Cross-Valley Contractors Interim Renewal Contracts. The interim contract renewal is the latest of a series of…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Port of Stockton Dredging Permit
ON 23 September 2013, CSPA and the Sierra Club submitted comments on the Port of Stockton’s application for a dredging permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. The comments point out numerous deficiencies in the Port’s application, likely environmental harm to fisheries and water…
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