[CPEO-MEF] DISCHARGE, CLOSURE: McClellan Air Force Base (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CSPA Intervenes to Stop Toxic Discharges from McClellan Air Force Base

by Dan Bacher
Bay Area Indymedia (CA)
September 12, 2008

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) is seeking status 
as a "designated party" with the Regional Water Quality Control Board to 
stop increased discharge of toxic chemicals into Central Valley 
waterways from the decommissioned McClellan Air Force Base. The 
increased toxic discharge would further imperil collapsing populations 
of Central Valley salmon, delta smelt, longfin smelt, theadfin shad, 
striped bass and other species.

Fishing Groups Requests 'Designated Party" Status in McClellan Toxic 
Waste Disposal Fiasco

by Dan Bacher

In strongly worded letter to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality 
Control Board, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) on 
September 10 requested status as a "designated party" in the McClellan 
Air Force Base toxic waste disposal fiasco. CSPA's status as "designated 
party" would allow for direct input into the renewal permit process to 
make sure that toxic waste is not discharged into Central Valley 
waterways from the decommissioned base.

Magpie Creek flows through McClellan and for decades carried the 
effluents of the Base's domestic and industrial waste treatment plants 
into the Sacramento River through Steellhead Creek above the mouth of 
the American River. McClellan is located approximately seven miles 
northeast of Sacramento in Sacramento County and covers 2,952 acres. 
Operations at the base involved the use, storage, and disposal of 
hazardous materials, including industrial solvents, caustic cleaners, 
electroplating chemicals, heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls 
(PCBs), low-level radioactive wastes, and various fuel oils and lubricants.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/12/18537216.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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