Media Advisory for Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta
to Rally at Close of BDCP Public Comment;
Call for New Draft EIR: Funding, Public Outreach, Alternatives, Science all Flawed
Sacramento, CA- Restore the Delta (RTD), opponents of Gov. Brown’s rush to build Peripheral Tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom sustainable farms, and salmon and other Pacific fisheries, announced today they will hold a news conference and rally at the State Capitol on Tuesday, July 29, to submit tens of thousands of public comments opposing the massive project and call for a new Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). The opponents will charge that the EIR/EIS process has been fatally flawed due to its lack of public outreach to non-English speakers, failure to present a funding plan, exclusion of any non-tunnels alternative, and scientists’ identification of numerous “red flags.” “We call upon Gov. Brown to rethink this unsustainable water export project,” said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of RTD. “The public comment process has been a mockery of outreach, dialogue and disclosure of what it will cost and who will pay.”
WHAT: Tunnels Opponents to Criticize BDCP Process, Call for New Draft EIR: Funding, Outreach, Alternatives, Science Flawed
WHEN: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:00 am News Conference; 11:30 am – 1:30 pm – Rally
WHO: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta; Bob Wright, Friends of the River; Kathryn Phillips, Sierra Club California; Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations; Bill Jennings, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance; Conner Everts, Environmental Water Caucus
WHERE: State Capitol, West Steps