Coastal Commissioners deny revocation request for Carlsbad desal plant
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 11, 2009 at 7:51 am
From KPBS:
“SAN DIEGO — The California Coastal Commission Thursday rejected a request from three environmental groups to revoke a coastal development permit for a desalination plant in Carlsbad.
The 9-to-3 vote to deny the revocation request came after two hours of testimony at the Coastal Commission meeting in San Francisco.
Three environmental groups — the Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Coastkeeper and the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation — asked the California Coastal Commission to revoke Poseidon Resources’ coastal development permit to build a desalination plant in Carlsbad based on three contentions: … “
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