Senate Funding Bill ‘Big Win for California’
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Continue ReadingCourt of Appeal Extends Public Trust Doctrine to Groundwater Well Permits
Click here for Downey Brand’s recent article on groundwater and the public trust doctrine.
Continue ReadingCASA Connects for September 5, 2018
In the News Media Focus: Flushables and Microplastics In recent weeks, a number of high-profile news articles have focused on nonflushable products and microplastics, both priority issues for CASA and our members. A New York Times article did an excellent job highlighting reasons why not to flush the vast majority of products that many people regard as […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Brown on funding WINN ACT storage projects
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Continue ReadingBPC Urges Senate Appropriations to Support AB 2441-Removal Funding for Commercial Vessels
August 3, BPC submitted a letter to Assemblymember Jim Frazier (11th District) in support of AB 2441 – Abandoned Commercial Vessel Removal Funding. Members of BPC’s Marinas and Boatyards Committee have expressed concerns on the issue of abandoned and derelict vessels, including the lack of sufficient funding for removal. Abandoned vessels impact water quality as well as impede […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Land Use and Development Law Report
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Continue ReadingENS Federal Report
ENS Federal Report – July 20, 2018 View Report on ENS Website Share Tweet Link Forward House Approves USEPA Spending Bill on almost Party Line Vote In an unusual vote, the House of Representatives generally voted along party lines to approve the second “minibus” spending bill H.R. 6147. H.R. 6147 packages budgets for the U.S. Environmental […]
Continue ReadingENS Federal Report for June 8, 2018
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Continue ReadingWRDA bill sails through House
WATER POLICY WRDA bill sails through House Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News reporter Published: Thursday, June 7, 2018 A water infrastructure bill easily secured approval on the House floor last night, gaining a 408-2 vote and overcoming a last-minute Democratic motion to recommit. Other amendments to the Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, had sailed through […]
Continue ReadingWaters of the State Update
BPC has been closely monitoring the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Water Board) development of new proposed Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State, for inclusion in the Water Quality Control Plan for Inland Surface Waters and Enclosed Bays and Estuaries and Ocean Waters of California. We originally […]
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