State Water Resources Control Board will accept comments on the proposed approval of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Basin (Basin Plan) that would refine the beneficial uses of Hayward Marsh and clarify the bacterial water quality objectives that apply […]
Continue ReadingHighlights: Port Ship Traffic Increases Sparked by Record Exports to Asia Second Annual PortFest Set for Saturday, Oct. 1 Access the Annual Report 92311
Continue ReadingFed lays out Plan to Spark Growth Topic of the Week: Credit Market Shows Sign of Improvement Continue reading Wells Fargo Economic Update 9-23-2011
Continue ReadingEPA Region 9 is seeking to hire an Environmental or Life Scientist at the GS-11 or 12 level (depending on experience) in the EPA Region 9 Wetlands Office! Primary duties will be 404 permit and associated NEPA review in a subset of Region 9’s counties (likely N. CA and AZ). In addition, an array of […]
Continue ReadingState and federal trustee agencies will use $36.8 million of the $44.4 million settlement with Regal Stone Limited and Fleet Management Limited, the companies responsible for spilling 53,000 gallons of oil after the container ship hit the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge. A short video summarizing the Assessment and Restoration Plan is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqO65L49ZD4 The trustees […]
Continue ReadingCliff Robertson passes at age 88 on 9/10. Cliff spoke at BPC’s very first Decisionmakers Conference in 1987. He will be dearly missed. Read the full article at Huffington Post. Listen to his keynote speech at the 1987 Decisionmakers Conference.
Continue ReadingAccess the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2012 Below are Summaries of the adopted amendments: *Diaz-Balart (R-FL)* The amendment prohibits funding for the EPA to implement or enforce numeric Florida Water Quality Standards. The amendment passed on a vote of 26-19. *Calvert (R-CA)* The amendment prevents the EPA from being […]
Continue ReadingTopic of the Week: Florida: Beaches, Suntans and….Cheap Homes? We recently published a report on Florida’s economy, which served as the epicenter of last decade’s colossal housing boom and bust…. Continue reading Wells Fargo Update 9-16-2011
Continue ReadingAccess the September 2011 DELTA NEWS.
Continue ReadingThe American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) issued a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction asking committee members to fully consider the benefits of focusing scarce federal resources where they will have the greatest impact, including in and around America’s seaports…read the letter here.
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