In a letter to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, BPC responded to the Regional Water Board’s recent resolution to adopt an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration and Tentative Order for overwater structures in San Francisco Bay. On January 8th, BPC members had the opportunity to sit down with Fred Hetzel, […]
Continue ReadingSenior Policy Associate Betty Kwan presented at the San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission’s (BCDC) Commission meeting on January 4th. Executive Director Larry Goldzband invited BPC to introduce its strategic plan and framework for 2018-2030, which were newly updated at BPC’s Strategic Planning Retreat in November 2017. Betty talked about the organization’s two strategic […]
Continue ReadingThe Port of Oakland is convening a Task Force as part of their effort to update their Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (MAQIP), a comprehensive plan designed to reduce port emissions and mitigate impacts on local air quality, to include new long-term goals through the year 2030. The Task Force, which consists of regional experts […]
Continue ReadingLast week, BPC submitted a letter of support for the Alameda County Transportation Commission’s application for funding under the California Transportation Commission’s 2018 Trade Corridor Enhancement Program. The funding would support two key projects as part of the Global Opportunities at the Port of Oakland (GoPort) program: the 7th Street Grade Separation (East) Project and […]
Continue ReadingUS Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Headquarters released Implementation Guidance this month for WRDA (Water Resources Development Act) 2016. In it includes Guidance for Section 1122 (Beneficial Use of Dredged Material, Special Rule and Disposal at Non-Federal Cost), which BPC and other key organizations helped to develop. We continue to advocate at the highest level […]
Continue ReadingBay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) Executive Director Larry Goldzband has invited BPC CEO John Coleman to make a special presentation at BCDC’s January 4 commission meeting regarding the strategic planning goals developed at BPC’s Strategic Planning Retreat in Monterey in early November. A key part of the presentation will be sharing the two updated […]
Continue ReadingAs we reported in our November Newsletter, Douglas W. Lamont, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) recently provided a response to a letter sent in September by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier and Rep. Mike Thompson regarding the limited dredging schedule of the Richmond Outer Harbor and the Pinole […]
Continue ReadingBPC staff attended the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) Enforcement Committee meeting on November 16 regarding a public hearing and possile vote on the Executive Director’s Recommended Enforcement Decision against Mark Sanders and Westpoint Harbor LLC, of which he serves as president. The decision includes cease and desist and civil penalty orders. […]
Continue ReadingOn November 1, Douglas W. Lamont, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) provided a response to a letter sent in September by Rep. Mark DeSaulnier and Rep. Mike Thompson regarding the limited dredging schedule of the Richmond Outer Harbor and Pinole Shoal that was announced by […]
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