SIERRA CLUB AIRPORT MARINA GROUP – Summer Issue
While we are DARK at Chase Park in July and August there are things you can do ---
1. Attend Del Rey Neighborhood Council Planning & Land Use Committee’s Meeting, Thursday, July 19th at 7pm at Del Rey Square Senior Living Apartment Complex, 11976 Culver Blvd. Support Ballona Institute and Villa Napoli Homeowners Group efforts to save the Tule Wetlands (a wildlife corridor) along the 90 Freeway on-ramp from becoming an asphalt parking lot. Marina Toyota plans on throwing away groundwater and rainwater, into the sanitary sewer, stopping its to flow into Ballona Wetlands.
2. Review Grassroots Coalition / SaveBallona’s 9 KEY REASONS why Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (BWER) Draft Environmental Impact Report/Statement (DEIR/S) is fundamentally flawed. It MUST acknowledge and provide an alternative that:
BALLONA IS A FRESHWATER SEASONAL WETLAND
-- Hidden Dangers of Artificial Pumping & Lowering of Groundwater, Causing Death of an Ecosystem
-- 2018 GC Letter Requests Restart of Cancelled 2005-2012 Ballona Wetlands Hydrological Study - 2012 Shelley Luce Cancelled without Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission's Knowledge or Authority
-- Non-adherence by CCC Staff for Removal of Illegal Playa Vista Drains in Ballona Wetlands
-- Seven Ballona Wetlands Power-Point Presentations prepared by Patricia McPherson, President of Grassroots Coalition
http://saveballona.org/presidents-presentations.html
THE RISKS & HAZARDS OF SOCALGAS / PLAYA DEL REY UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE OPERATIONS for BALLONA, PLAYA VISTA, MARINA & PLAYA DEL REY, VENICE AND WESTCHESTER.
-- CCST Report: RISK & VIABILITY OF SOCALGAS PLAYA DEL REY UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE
Report singles-out SCG / PDR for Potential Shut-Down due to lack of gas containment issues.
-- SoCalGas, Playa Del Rey Gas Storage Field Leakage - Grassroots Coalition's CPUC Complaint Case; CPUC Consumer Protection and Safety Division - "Facts and Findings"
-- Victor Jones, Ph.D. Environmental Technologies, Inc Comments on Grassroots’ CPUC Settlement Agreement
with SoCalGas
-- Oil & Gas Fields Reference Materials – Baldwin Hills/Inglewood – PXP - Playa Vista/SoCalGas
These are some Sierra Club member comments at the Metropolitan Water Districton July 10, 2018 about the Twin Tunnels/Sacramento Water Fix. 20 minutes.
Courtesy SaveBallona.org Jeanette@saveballona.org Contact Jeanette 310-721-3512
