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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Good morning Jim,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thanks for your response. Now that the dust has settled
some, I thought it important to circle back to our exchange from Monday. Unfortunately,
I fear my use of a simple and contentious example only further distracted from
the true issue. Please, let me try again.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The San Joaquin Basin Plan amendment that the State Board
considered on Tuesday has nothing to do with Westlands.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The amendment was requested by the Grassland Bypass Project
participants, which does not and never has included Westlands.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The amendment simply seeks to extend the current regulatory regime
(yes, they are regulated) for up to 10 years to facilitate completion of the
Westside Regional Drainage Plan, which aims to eliminate agricultural discharge
from the nearly 100,000 acre planning area (which doesn't include
Westlands). The project has worked diligently toward having the plan
fully implemented by now; however, it has been delayed in large part due to the
state's fiscal problems. Local and federal funding is currently stable.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>An Environmental Impact Statement and Report was prepared and the
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service subsequently issued a biological opinion.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>This project is the most proactive and progressive drainage
management effort in the Valley, and arguably anywhere. It was initiated
by a small group of farmers in the mid-nineties because they saw the need to
manage their drainage. Clearly, no one else was going to do it for
them. It has grown into a huge success and now enjoys support from an
array of local, state, and federal agencies as well as a number of
environmental organizations.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The project has reduced the discharge of selenium load by over 89%
since program implementation and monitoring began in 1995
(http://www.sfei.org/gbp). While the program has experienced a few load
limit exceedances, each occasion was the result of a high rainfall event.
Regardless, the project Oversight Committee has required the payment of
“incentive fees” and these have been paid. Not once has the
program experienced a load limit exceedance due to management of the area's
agricultural discharge.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Your clarification between what's in evidence, that Westlands
doesn't drain into the San Joaquin River, and your suspicion that they do, is
appreciated. However, I believe the distinction was lost upon your
readers. Rather, they were presented a story that interweaves history and
speculation with current events in a way that would likely lead a person to
conclude there was some relationship between the various and disparate issues
and that the character of that relationship was bad. It is this
misrepresentation that is the source of my dismay.</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>This project is a good one; one, frankly, that you should
support. It aims to accomplish what you claim to want. It will not
result in another Kesterson, it will avert one. It will not avoid the
rules, it will reinforce them. It is not a "free pass", it is a
solution. And fortunately, the State Water Resources Control Board agreed
- unanimously.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>I invite anyone interested in learning more to contact me or the
Panoche Drainage District to arrange a tour. Their enthusiasm, resourcefulness,
and conviction are inspiring and I encourage each of you to experience that for
yourself.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Ara Azhderian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Water Policy Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jim Metropulos
[mailto:jim.metropulos@sierraclub.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 04, 2010 10:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ara Azhderian<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Byron Leydecker; FOTR List; Trinity List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [env-trinity] Sac Bee 10 03 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Ara:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>We know that Westlands has plugged their drains. In theory
the Grassland Drainers are the only ones discharging directly into the San
Joaquin River via the San Luis Drain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>However, the Central Valley Regional Water Board staff
testified that Westlands Water District selenium pollution, which is is not
regulated by waste discharge requirements, is migrating to surrounding farms
and to the San Joaquin River. Because there is no publicly available monitoring
of the contaminated groundwater at Westlands or field edge monitoring, ones
does not know for certain if Westlands is discharging <u>directly</u> in the
San Joaquin River.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I can respect that you have a different opinion on this issue
but what's sad is your knee-jerk characterization that the op-ed is
"obfuscating the facts."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Regardless, have a good day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jim Metropulos<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sierra Club California<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jim.metropulos@sierraclub.org">jim.metropulos@sierraclub.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.twitter.com/SierraClubCA">www.twitter.com/SierraClubCA</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Regional Board staff
testified that Westlands Water District selenium pollution, which is not
regulated by waste discharge requirements etc, is migrating to surrounding farms
and to the San Joaquin River. Because there is no publicly available
monitoring of the contaminated groundwater at Westlands or field edge
monitoring, one does not know for certain if Westlands is discharging <b><u>directly</u></b> into
the San Joaquin River.</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Ara Azhderian wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>WOW… you would think that someone with such a position
would be at least partially aware of the facts. For example, Westlands
doesn’t discharge any drainage.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Obfuscating the facts doesn’t benefit anyone. Sad.</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ara Azhderian</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Water Policy Adminstrator</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[<a
href="mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a>]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Byron Leydecker<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Monday, October 04,
2010 9:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>FOTR List; Trinity
List<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[env-trinity] Sac
Bee 10 03 10</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Irrigators may get new free pass to pollute</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Sacramento Bee-10/3/10</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>By Jim Metropulos</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Opinion</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Longtime residents of
California may recall those 1984 pictures of birds with twisted beaks, deformed
heads and the limp, dead chicks. These birds died by the hundreds in Kesterson
Wildlife Refuge near Los Banos – one of the state's worst wildlife disasters.</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>In the decades that followed,
state water officials have looked the other way and refused to enforce the
state's tough discharge selenium standards. Kesterson Reservoir became a
wake-up call.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>But no one at the State Water
Resources Control Board woke up. Toxic, selenium-contaminated agricultural
drainage water still flows through the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and
into the San Joaquin River.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>And the State Water Resources
Control Board is about to approve another 10-year waiver for its selenium
discharge standards. That means another 10 years of toxic water headed toward
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – and our drinking water.</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>For west-side irrigators, this
is business as usual. And the state water board plans to keep it that way.</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Some may view this as a blast
from the past. In Kesterson, follow-up studies documented that selenium-laced
runoff from Westlands Water District lands and other west-side irrigators
produced the selenium wastewater that caused the Kesterson disaster. Now, the
state water board is about to allow one of the state's biggest drainage
polluters to keep loading selenium into our waterways.</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Of course, the west-side
irrigators will tell you things have changed. They may quote their new slogan:
"Dilution is Grasslands' and Westlands Water District's solution."</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>But these giant west-side
agricultural powerhouses' "solution" falls far short of fixing the
problem. Selenium builds up in the bodies of plants and animals. So while the
levels of selenium vary with dilution, this toxin builds up in the food chain
and has caused bird deformities, reproduction problems and death in wildlife.
It can even threaten human health and is known to cause symptoms as varied as
hair loss, nervous-system effects, and digestive harm.</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Let's follow the water. Bearing
levels of selenium high enough to deform wildlife and threaten drinking water,
the drainage swirls past signs posted along Mud Slough and parts of the San
Joaquin River. The signs warn would-be anglers not to eat fish caught in the
toxic brew, to prevent potential birth defects. Seeping its toxic cargo into
groundwater all the way, the water finally flows to the Merced River and
empties into the Delta.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Westlands and the other
west-side irrigators are simply too politically powerful. Westlands and these
other irrigators are some of the state's foremost proponents of a proposed
peripheral canal. The federal government has documented that the continued use
of federally subsidized irrigation for about 400,000 acres of selenium-rich
soils along the west side of the valley are causing the selenium contamination
of groundwater and surface waters spreading out from Westlands Water District
and the other west-side irrigators.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>For years, these polluters have
received a free pass as they dumped toxic selenium into our drinking water, and
harmed our fisheries and the Pacific Flyway. The State Water Resources Control
Board should deny approval of the proposed amendment to the San Joaquin Basin
Plan that would give Westlands and these water users another decade to avoid
enforcement of selenium water-quality standards and aquatic life protections.</span></b><span
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to wake up and follow the rules.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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<p><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Jim Metropulos represents the
Sierra Club on statewide water and energy issues.</span></i><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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