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Spouting Off blog: flood protection is no excuse to violate the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws

Posted by: Maven on February 10, 2010 at 8:06 am

From the Spouting Off blog:

“Last Thursday, the Regional Water Board voted to approve a Waste Discharge Requirement (WDR) for the Los Angeles County Nature Control District’s “channel maintenance” activity. After all, to the County, our LA, Santa Clara and San Gabriel Rivers are flood control channels, not living ecosystems and habitats.

Don’t get me wrong, the need for flood control and debris management is enormous as demonstrated in the aftermath of the Station Fire and the flooding in San Pedro and Long Beach. But flood protection is no excuse to violate the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws.

By law (and common sense), habitat destruction must result in mitigation of lost habitat. This is how the Coastal Commission has implemented the coastal Act and the Coastal Zone Management Act for nearly 35 years, but this is not what happens when stream and river habitat are destroyed in the name of flood control. … “

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February 10, 2010 · Filed Under Flood Control/Stormwater

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