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CSPA Sues Waste Transfer Station in San Martin
On 9 January 2014, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Recology, Inc., for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleges that Recology’s seven-acre San Martin waste transfer station illegally discharges polluted stormwater to Llagas Creek, which flows into the Pajaro River and Monterey Bay.
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Delta Fish Hammered Yet Again: Fall Midwater Trawl Results Reveal Continued Biological Collapse
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has released the results of the 2013 Fall Midwater Trawl (FMWT), which reconfirms the continuing biological collapse that is occurring in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary. The FMWT conducts monthly surveys from September through December at 100 index stations in the Delta. The results reveal
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CSPA Opposes Delay in Licensing La Grange
CSPA and eight allied conservation groups have opposed a requested delay in the licensing of the unlicensed La Grange Powerhouse and Dam on the Tuolumne River. On December 20, owners of the dam, Modesto Irrigation District and Turlock Irrigation District, applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a second six-month delay in the licensing
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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Proposed Water Transfer
On 21 December 2013, CSPA and a coalition of fishing, environmental and tribal groups submitted comments on the draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the proposed water transfer/exchange program from Arvin-Edison Water Storage District to Metropolitan Water District (MET). The project would transfer up to 100,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project water to the MET, the
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CSPA Comments on Groundwater Workplan Concept Paper
On 18 December 2013, CSPA submitted comments on the State Water Resources Control Board’s draft Groundwater Workplan Concept Paper. While generally supporting the papers five management elements, CSPA pointed out that water quality must be measured and the results publically reported. Further, the State Board was urged to develop standards and specific conditions for water
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