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Coastal Commission denies enviros’ request to yank desalination plant permit

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 12, 2009 at 6:50 am

From the San Francisco Bay Guardian:

“A coalition of environmental organizations argued yesterday that a permit issued to Poseidon Resources to build a massive desalination plant near San Diego should be revoked, because the company failed to provide complete information to California Coastal Commission staff.

At a CCC meeting held in the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Chambers in City Hall yesterday, commissioners listened as advocates from the Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Coastkeeper, and the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation, who filed the request for permit revocation, argued that Poseidon purposely tried to mislead CCC staff by submitting incomplete and inaccurate information about technical aspects of its desalination facility. … “

But, apparently, it isn’t over yet. The SFBG writes:

” … But just after the vote, CCC Executive Director Peter Douglas noted that another request for revocation had been submitted on different technical grounds, and CCC staff was reviewing it. “Frankly, we have not yet decided at our level whether we are going to recommend a revocation of the permit,” he said.

Speaking later by phone, Sup. Mirkarimi told the Guardian that he thought Douglas’ “epilogue” validated the concerns that he had raised. “Half the people who voted against the revocation were probably regretting it,” he said. The project as a whole needs serious reexamination, he said, and added that with other desalination proposals coming down the pipe, “this sets a really bad trend.””

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December 12, 2009 · Filed Under Poseidon's Carlsbad Plant

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