by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | May 18, 2020
By Cindy Charles CSPA and allies in the Foothills Water Network (Network) filed a Request for Rehearing on an “Order on Waiver of Water Quality Certification” for Nevada Irrigation District’s (NID) Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Project. The Network filed the Request with...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Apr 20, 2020
Hydropower Reform Coalition members California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, South Yuba River Citizens League, Americna Rivers, American Whitewater, Friends of the River, California Outdoors, Trout Unlimited, and Northern California Council of Fly-Fishers, in partnership with allies in the Foothills Water Network, have filed a Response in Opposition to Yuba Water Agency’s Request for Waiver of water quality certification for the Yuba River Development Project.
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Apr 9, 2020
On April 7, the long effort to restore the Klamath River and its once-prolific salmon and steelhead runs passed another major milestone when the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) issued its Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Mar 26, 2020
The Hydropower Reform Coalition submitted comments on March 10, 2020 in opposition to proposed changes to the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Coalition’s comments state that the proposed new NEPA rule would make analysis worse and...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Nov 12, 2019
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently ruled that California does not need to provide water quality certification for the Middle Fork American Hydroelectric Project (Middle Fork Project) in Placer and El Dorado counties, operated by Placer County...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Oct 28, 2019
The Hydropower Reform Coalition (HRC) has submitted extensive comments in opposition to the Trump Administration’s attack on Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Trump’s Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new Proposed Rule on August...
