Category: Public Policy

Notice of Opportunity to Comment – Salt and Nutrients in the Central and West Coast Groundwater Basins of LA County

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 Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region that would incorporate stakeholder-proposed groundwater quality management measures for salts […]

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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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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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  • 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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California Land Use & Development Law Report: Vesting Rights Restrictions of Subdivision Map Act Do Not Bind Water District

The California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development   Vesting Rights Restrictions of Subdivision Map Act Do Not Bind Water District A water district is not subject to the same vesting rights as a local agency under the Subdivision Map Act. Thus, the Subdivision Map Act does not restrict […]

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Notice of WETA Board of Directors Workshop — May 28, 2015

  WETA Board Workshop Thursday, May 28, 2015  The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors will meet for a Board Workshop on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the WETA offices located at Pier 9, Suite 111 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. The workshop agenda is available […]

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