July 30/31, 2009
CDFA's Environmental Impact Report will be released tomorrow 7/31/09 and to no surprise, they concluded that their LBAM eradication program including the aerial spraying that made so many sick and killed so many birds, had no negative impacts. Listen to 8 minute audio of the CDFA's statements about how great their program is.
----------2008------- The
USDA and the CDFA are both are calling for public comments/question for their
environmental impact reports. These reports assess the proposed actions that an
agency or corporation wants to take. In most cases these reports are completed
prior to the action proposed. However in the case of this aerial spraying, in
California the USDA and the CDFA had decided to spray first and then evaluate.
Part of this evaluation process calls for public
questions. The public question period is only open for 30 days. Both agencies
have, by no coincidence, opened the public comment period at the same time. The
CDFA had conducted a series of open house sessions to hear community comments
unlike the USDA. The announcement that the USDA had opened their public comment
period for their "Environmental Assessment" EA was buried in a 100-page
document.
These agencies are required to take into account and show
that they have addressed the concerns of the community. We must put in writing
our concerns about their actions and ask them questions. These agencies are required
by law to address your concerns.
We must submit questions / comments because
it will show that we are greatly opposed to this aerial spray operation and have
valid concerns.
Deadline to submit
questions / comments for the CDFA is March 20, 2008 EMAIL
Now:
jrains@cdfa.ca.gov
Please
send us a copy of all submissions you send to the USDA and the CDFA. You
can email us a copy to: eir@lbamspray.com or Mail
us a copy to: CASS,
200 Washington Street, # 107, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
YOU CAN SEND THE SAME QUESTIONS/ COMMENTS TO BOTH
THE CDFA AND THE USDA!
BE SURE TO CHANGE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH AGENCY
USDA
Deadline for written comments:
close of businessday March 18, 2008. Osama
El-Lissy Director, Emergency Management, Emergency and Domestic Programs, Animal
Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 4700 River Rd.
Unit 134 Riverdale, MD 20737
CDFA-
deadline for written comments due
by the close of business
on March 20, 2008 Mail
to: Jim Rains, California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Health
and Pest Prevention Services, 1220 N St., Room A-316, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Send emails to jrains@cdfa.ca.gov anda
copy to eir@lbamspray.com -------------------------------------------------------
The
California Department of Food and Agriculture has scheduled public meetings to
receive agency and public comments on the scope and content of the Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication Program. 2/15/08
CDFA
Announcement
Title
14. California Code of Regulations Chapter 3. Guidelines for Implementation of
the California Environmental Quality Act Article
7. EIR Process Scoping and public comments.
SEND COMMENTS TO: CDFA-
deadline for written comments due
by 5pm on Monday Sept, 28, 2009
Jim Rains, Staff Environmental Scientist, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
or FAX questions to: Jim Rains at (916) 654-1018
or EMAIL questions to: LBAM_EIR@cdfa.ca.gov
Send copies of email questions to: eir@lbamspray.com
(put eir@lbamspray.com in the cc section of your email to the CDFA)
Send copies of all snail mail questions to: CASS, 107 Washington St.
# 107, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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CDFA-
deadline for written comments due
by 4pm on March 20, 2008
Mail
to: Jim Rains, California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Health
and Pest Prevention Services, 1220 N St., Room A-316, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Send emails to jrains@cdfa.ca.gov anda
copy to eir@lbamspray.com --------------------------------
USDA
Deadline for written comments:
close of businessday 4:30 pm March 18, 2008. Osama
El-Lissy Director, Emergency Management, Emergency and Domestic Programs, Animal
Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 4700 River
Rd. Unit 134 Riverdale, MD 20737 EMAIL
Now: Osama.A.El-Lissy@aphis.usda.gov
AND
COPY TO: Ed Schafer, Secretary of Agriculture United States Department
of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave. S.W. Washington, DC 20250 AgSec@usda.gov
IMPORTANT:Please send a copy of your submission to eir@lbamspray.com or Mail to:
CASS, 200 Washington Street, # 107, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. We
need to track the CDFA and the USDA's response to your questions.
San Francisco Monday, February 25,
2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. San Francisco County Fair Building Auditorium Golden Gate
Park 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way San Francisco , CA 94122
Oakland Tuesday,
February 26, 2008, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Ellis M Harris State Building Auditorium
1515 Clay St . Oakland , CA 94612
Monterey
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monterey Peninsula College
Lecture Forum 103 980 Fremont Street Monterey , CA 93940
Santa Cruz
Thursday, February 21, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. University Inn & Conference
Center Sierra & Dawn Room 611 Ocean Street Santa Cruz , CA 95060
