WHAT:
The Regional Water Quality Control Board will hold a FINAL hearing
on a new water permit for the South Bay Power Plant in Chula Vista.
WHEN:
November 10, 2004 (Wednesday) starting at 9 am.
WHERE:
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
9174 Sky
Park Court, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123-4340
(858) 467-2952
EHC
Action Alert:
REQUESTED
ACTION:
EHC is requesting that community members attend in large numbers
at the hearing to send a strong message to Board members that the
South Bay Power Plant (SBPP) should NOT be allowed to destroy fish
and other marine life in the San Diego Bay. Demand that Board members
strongly consider the recommendations of Environmental Health Coalition
to adopt a permit that is fully protective of our Bay!
TALKING POINTS:
1. For over 40 years, the South Bay Power Plant (“SBPP”)
has impacted the Bay’s ecosystem with thermal and chemical pollution,
and by killing a wide range of marine life in its cooling system.
The damage to the marine life in San Diego Bay by the SBPP has been
constant, significant, and unmitigated. The cumulative impact has
been devastating.
2. We have waited for over 3 years for a new permit. During
this time, however, the plant has been allowed to continue to destroy
our Bay. We need the Board to take action now, not later, and adopt
a permit that brings the SBPP in compliance with the law.
3. We request that the Board adopt EHC’s recommendations
for new permit limits for Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature in order
to protect the Bay’s beneficial uses.
4. Support full mitigation for the plant’s impact on the
Bay.
