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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 28, 2015
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Transportation News for May 28, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrans downplays latest Bay Bridge rod failure  Contra Costa Times: Bay Bridge bolt tests confirm strength, Caltrans says  San Jose Mercury News: Automakers ahead of schedule for 2020 fuel economy targets  San Francisco Examiner: Major expansion approved for Bay Area Bike Share  San Francisco Examiner: SFO, SFMTA ask state for stricter regulations of Uber and Lyft POLITICO […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 28, 2015
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Energy News for May 28, 2015

Bloomberg BNA: EPA looks to address ethanol blend wall issue in RFS Fuel Fix: Structural changes expected amid an unlikely oil price recovery Bloomberg: Feds to release plans for sage grouse, sources say New York Times: Obama Announces New Rule Limiting Water Pollution Washington Examiner: Wall Street regs could drive up energy costs CNBC: Oil ends lower on dollar, awaits data […]

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SWRCB Revised Funding Update: Groundwater Quality Scoping meeting Prop 1 Groundwater & SB 445 Site Cleanup Subaccount (SCAP)

  This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. **REVISED – MEETING SCHEDULE**   GROUNDWATER QUALITY FUNDING SCOPING MEETINGS: PROPOSITION 1 GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AND SB 445 SITE CLEANUP SUBACCOUNT PROGRAMS    State Water Board’s Groundwater Quality Funding How Proposition 1 Groundwater Sustainability and SB 445 Site Cleanup Subaccount (SCAP) funding programs work […]

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Notice of Opportunity to Comment – Central Valley Region Sacramento Mun Basin Plan Amendment

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins to remove the Municipal and Domestic […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 27, 2015
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Revised Notices for Composting Operations DEIR & Proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: Please click here to view the Revised Notice of Availability, Notice of Board Workshop and Notice of Public Meeting on the Draft Environmental Impact Report and Proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting Operations. The Board Workshop is scheduled for June 16, 2015. The Public Meeting is […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 27, 2015
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ABAG Service Matters Newsletter, May 2015

Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) has released their Service Matters Newsletter for May 2015. This month’s issue includes: Green Streets and Infrastructure Strategies: Sharing Best Practices Around Creating Complete Communities, Drought Protection, and Water Management Growing Smarter Together Awards 2015 Plan Bay Area Please, click here to view the complete newsletter.

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SWRCB Funding Update: Groundwater Quality Scoping Meeting Prop 1 Groundwater & SB 445 Site Cleanup Subaccount (SCAP)

GROUNDWATER QUALITY FUNDING SCOPING MEETINGS: PROPOSITION 1 GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AND SB 445 SITE CLEANUP SUBACCOUNT PROGRAMS Scoping Meetings will be held in Fresno, Sacramento, and Southern California. Discussions will include:  State Water Board’s Groundwater Quality Funding How Proposition 1 Groundwater Sustainability and SB 445 Site Cleanup Subaccount (SCAP) funding programs work together Timeline for development […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 27, 2015
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EPA Release of Final Clean Water Rule

Clean Water Rule Protects Streams and Wetlands Critical to Public Health, Communities, and Economy Does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous exemptions and exclusions Washington – In an historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 27, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 27, 2015

Washington Post: What Californians can learn from Australia’s megadrought Los Angeles Times: In Central Coast cattle region, drought continues to shrink the herds  Sacramento Bee: Drought angst shrivels Californians’ views of state Western Farm Press: Drought and concerns with over-drafting of ground water cloud the … Modesto Bee: A little potty humor could come in handy in drought KERO 23ABC News: State […]

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