Welcome to Bay Planning Coalition

Leading policy advocacy and consensus building on issues facing the San Francisco Bay

Join Our Mailing List
California Water & Drought News for November 12, 2014
HighlightNewsWater
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 12, 2014
  • 0 Comments

California Water & Drought News for November 12, 2014

Los Angeles Times: Water conservation efforts pay off: US usage lowest in decades Capital Public Radio: Water Levels In California’s Reservoirs Continue To Drop Sacramento Bee: Drought-defying tomato harvest breaks California record Associated Press: California mayor proposes manatees for water weed Patch.com: $4 Million Grant Awarded to Expand San Ramon Valley Recycled … California Farm Bureau: Election results show influence of […]

Continue Reading
Energy News for November 12, 2014
HighlightNews
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 12, 2014
  • 0 Comments

Energy News for November 12, 2014

Roll Call: Gerard: Congress should seize opportunity to make U.S. an energy superpower Oil & Gas Journal: API releases standards for offshore oil, gas structures Bloomberg Businessweek: IEA: Multiple threats to global oil supply disguised by U.S. shale boom Bloomberg Businessweek: Senate Dems weighing vote on Keystone XL bill in lame-duck session, aide says The Hill: API, other groups concerned […]

Continue Reading
Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online for November 11, 2014
Pacific Maritime Magazine
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 11, 2014
  • 0 Comments

Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online for November 11, 2014

Subscribe to Pacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION September 2014 Issue Fidley Watch:  How it’s Done     By Chris Philips, Managing Editor   Late last month a container ship in transit from Everett, Washington to the far eastern Russian port of Provideniya lost power due to a broken oil heater and went adrift off the […]

Continue Reading
Energy News for November 11, 2014
HighlightNews
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 11, 2014
  • 0 Comments

Energy News for November 11, 2014

Bloomberg Businessweek: EIA: U.S. shale to add 125,000 barrels in daily oil output next month American City Business Journals: Utica Shale gas output surge to continue through Dec., EIA says New York Times: GOP intends to defeat EPA emissions rules for existing, new power plants The Hill: Senate committee to take up LNG exports bill this week Fuel Fix: OMB […]

Continue Reading
Notice Of Opportunty To Comment – Central Valley Variances And Exceptions
NewsPublic PolicyWater
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 10, 2014
  • 0 Comments

Notice Of Opportunty To Comment – Central Valley Variances And Exceptions

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view the Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the Proposed Approval of Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins and the Water Quality Control Plan for the Tulare Lake Basin to Add Policies […]

Continue Reading
Comment Letters Requested on EPA/Army Corps Proposal to Expand Clean Waters Act Jurisdiction
NewsPublic PolicyWater
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 10, 2014
  • 0 Comments

Comment Letters Requested on EPA/Army Corps Proposal to Expand Clean Waters Act Jurisdiction

ACWA Outreach Alert Comment Letters Requested on EPA / Army Corps Proposal to Expand Clean Water Act Jurisdiction The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule on April 21, 2014, that would amend the definition of “waters of the United States” for the purpose of determining whether […]

Continue Reading
Notice Of Supplemental Public Hearing & Pre-Hearing Conference – Woods Irrigation Company
NewsPublic PolicyWater
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 10, 2014
  • 0 Comments

Notice Of Supplemental Public Hearing & Pre-Hearing Conference – Woods Irrigation Company

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view the Notice of Supplemental Public Hearing and Pre-Hearing Conference. Pursuant to State Water Resources Control Board Order 2012-0012, a Supplemental Public Hearing will be held for Order WR 2011-0005, which issued a Cease and Desist Order against Woods Irrigation Company. The […]

Continue Reading

December 12, 2014 – BPC Board of Directors Meeting, St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco December 12, 2014 – Bay Planning Coalition Annual Membership Meeting & Luncheon, St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco January 21, 2015 – Expert Briefing: LNG and Alternative Fuels for the Movement of Goods: Safety and Risk Mitigation, Port of Oakland, […]

Continue Reading

Bay Planning Coalition 2014 Annual Membership Meeting & Luncheon

  Join us for the 2014 BPC Annual Meeting and Luncheon Featuring Keynote Speaker: Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Join us as we celebrate a successful and exciting year, and look ahead to 2015! We are excited to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Mayor Willie Brown, former Assembly Speaker and Mayor of […]

Continue Reading
Pyrethroids TMDL & BPA – Comments on Preliminary Language
NewsPublic PolicyWater
  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 10, 2014
  • 0 Comments

Pyrethroids TMDL & BPA – Comments on Preliminary Language

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5)  Click here to view the October 2014 Preliminary Draft for discussion of the Pyrethroid Basin Plan Amendment Language. If you would like to submit written comments on the draft preliminary language please submit them to Tessa Fojut  by email at  Tessa.Fojut@waterboards.ca.gov by COB December […]

Continue Reading