Category: Environment

  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 31, 2014
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Updated Resource Page on Dredging and Sediment Management and Sand Mining from BCDC

BCDC has published an updated web page with information on Dredging and Sediment Management, including resources related to the January 23rd Science Advisory Panel on Sand Mining. That page is here: http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/dredging/dredging_sediment.shtml Below is the presentation by Jerico Products at the January 23rd panel, as well as Bay Planning Coalition’s comment in support of Jerico […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 30, 2014
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From ACWA: California Water Action Plan Analysis

The California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture on January 27 released the final California Water Action Plan, laying out goals and a vision for the next five years. Below is an overview of the key additions/changes between the October 31 draft California Water Action […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 29, 2014
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Update on 48-inch Force Main Reliability Improvement Project

  Update on 48-inch Force Main Reliability Improvement Project   January 28, 2014 SBSA provides wastewater services to residents and businesses in Redwood City, San Carlos, Belmont, and West Bay Sanitary District      Update #22 (January 28, 2014) for SBSA’s   48-inch Force Main Reliability Improvement Project:   Unit 1 – Maple Street to […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 28, 2014
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BAAQMD Public Hearing – proposed Regulation 14: Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Measures, Rule 1: Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE      January 21, 2014   TO: INTERESTED PARTIES FROM:  EXECUTIVE OFFICER / APCO SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING: PROPOSED REGULATION 14, RULE 1: BAY AREA COMMUTER BENEFITS  PROGRAM       On Wednesday, March 19, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will conduct a public hearing to […]

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From the San Francisco Estuary Institute: Nutrient Model Development Plan and Nutrient Load Report

Please find links below to the nutrient model development plan and the nutrient load report.   Model Development Plan – http://www.sfei.org/sites/default/files/Nutrient_Modeling_Approach_draftFINAL_Jan212014.pdf   Nutrient Load Report http://www.sfei.org/sites/default/files/NutrientLoadsFINAL_FINAL_Jan232014.pdf

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 23, 2014
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From the SF Chronicle: California Drought – Scientists to Probe Cause

California drought: Scientists to probe cause Carolyn Lochhead Washington — California’s drought will be one of the extreme weather events that the American Meteorological Society will examine later this year to determine whether the cause is natural variability or human-caused climate change, a federal official said Tuesday. The American Meteorological Society’s study will be similar to […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 23, 2014
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Central Valley Legislators Developing Emergency Drought Legislation

For Immediate Release           Wednesday, January 22, 2014                                                                                                                       Central Valley Legislators Developing Emergency Drought Legislation Joined by Speaker of the House John Boehner to Announce Proposal   Bakersfield, CA […]

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