by Garth Meyer It began with a man singing the national anthem, the crowd looking to a flag at the main Redondo Beach Post Office. In the other direction…
The Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) filed a Second Amended Complaint (“Amended Complaint”) on September 28th in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, against 401 North Wabash.
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When the California Public Utilities Commission recommended 17 months ago that a gas-fired power plant on the Redondo Beach waterfront remain open beyond 2020 over the objections of local officials and clean energy activists Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves made a commitment to the city’s mayor.
“I pledge to you, Mayor Brand, that I will never support a further extension,” she said.
Now it looks like that promise will be put to the test.
Transmittal of Framework for Best Professional Judgment for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Hydroelectric Facilities (“Memorandum”)
The
Memorandum is transmitted from Andrew Sawyers, PhD., Director, Office of Wastewater Management to EPA Water Division Directors, Regions 1-10.
The
Memorandum is described as providing a framework that EPA has used to evaluate based on best professional judgment (“BPJ”):
. . . additional measures may be necessary at hydroelectric generating facilities to minimize impingement and entrainment of fish and other aquatic organisms at cooling water intake structures (CWIS).
As the
Memorandum notes, Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act requires EPA to issue regulations on the design and operation of CWIS. The purpose of such regulations is to minimize adverse impacts from impingement and entrainment of fish and other aquatic organisms.