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CSPA and Coalition Press Forest Service on Middle and South Yuba Rivers
CSPA and fellow members of the Foothills Water Network coalition have pressed the Forest Service to protect cold water fisheries in the Middle and South Yuba rivers. In a filing with the Forest Service for the Yuba-Bear hydroelectric project and a separate filing for the connected Drum-Spaulding Project, the Network proposed alternative conditions to those…
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Sacramento Metal Recycler
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Sunshine Steel Enterprises Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Sunshine Steel operates a two-acre metal recycling facility in Sacramento, California. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater into the City of Sacramento storm drain system, which empties into the Sacramento…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Eastside SJR WDR’s for Irrigated Lands
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and the California Water Impact Network (CWIN) submitted joint comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) on the proposed Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Eastern San Joaquin River Watershed that are members of a Third Party Group. The WDRs are the…
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CSPA and Coalition Seek Cold Water in Middle and South Yuba Rivers
CSPA and fellow members of the Foothills Water Network coalition have called for more summer flow in the South Yuba and Middle Yuba rivers to support cold water fisheries. In Comments and Recommendations for the coordinated relicensing of the Yuba-Bear and Drum-Spaulding hydroelectric projects, the Network proposes measures for real-time water temperature management in the…
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CSPA Submits Comments on Sixth Draft of the Delta Plan
On 13 June 2012, CSPA submitted comments on the sixth draft of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan. The letter criticized the Council for failing to define the “coequal goals” or provide defensible and quantifiable goals, yardsticks and mileposts for achieving the goals or to establish consequences for failing to make progress toward those goals.…
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