Category: Environment

  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 25, 2013
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BPC Joint Letter on WRDA

Bay Planning Coalition, together with the California State Coastal Conservancy, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Save the Bay, and the Bay Institute, have drafted a joint letter to the members of the House-Senate Conference Committee that is working to resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions of the Water Resources and Development […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 21, 2013
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Support The Bay Institute’s work to conserve San Francisco Bay

Right now, the San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed is more important than ever. This rich national treasure ranges from the salty waters beneath the Golden Gate to the brackish waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and contains over 90% of the state’s remaining coastal wetlands. The estuary’s vast upstream watershed drains more than 40% of California’s […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 20, 2013
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From Perkinds Coie: Comment Period Opens on New Fracking Regulations and Scope of Statewide EIR

California Land Use & Development Report   Comment Periods Open on New Fracking Regulations and Scope of Statewide EIR   In the face of mounting public pressure to address the potential perils of hydraulic fracturing, California has embarked upon a multi-faceted program to strengthen its oil and gas regulations, perform comprehensive environmental studies, and increase […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 19, 2013
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From the Fresno Bee: Toxic Waste Declines in California Ocean Area

Toxic waste declines in California ocean area The Associated Press November 18, 2013  “LOS ANGELES — The Environmental Protection Agency has suspended planned cleanup efforts at a California site where industrial waste on the ocean floor appears to be declining naturally. Scientists are at a loss to explain the rapid drop of toxic chemical levels […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 15, 2013
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Two Big Water and Bay News Stories, Courtesy of the Mercury News and SF Chronicle

  San Francisco Bay: Feds release 50-year, $1.2 billion plan to restore wetlands and wildlife Paul Rogers, Mercury News Noting that the ongoing effort to restore thousands of acres of marshes and wildlife around San Francisco Bay is the largest wetlands renaissance in the United States other than the restoration of the Florida Everglades, the […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 14, 2013
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WaterSMART Funding Available for Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects

Commissioner’s Office Washington, DC   Media Contact:  Peter Soeth, 303-445-3615   For Immediate Release:  November 13, 2013 WaterSMART Funding Available for Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation is inviting sponsors of congressionally authorized Title XVI projects to request cost-shared funding for planning, design or construction through the Title […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 14, 2013
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REQUEST for COMMENTS: Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Interim Guidance

  The FHWA is issuing Interim Guidance on the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program, effective November 12, 2013. The Interim Guidance revises and clarifies the 2008 CMAQ Program Guidance. The FHWA invites the public to comment on the changes contained in the Interim Guidance, which is available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FHWA-2013-0023-0001   Docket […]

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