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Press Releases/Media Advisories – 2006

Description Date Release Number
State Agencies, State Parks, and Mining Company Agree to Start Pollution Control and Cleanup at Empire Mine State Historic Park, Grass Valley 12/5/06 06-034
State Water Resources Control Board Awards $31 Million for Coastal Clean Water Projects in California
[Statewide Fund List / North Fund List and Map / South Fund List and Map]
11/15/06 06-033
Tulare County Well Owners/Residents Notified of Results in Voluntary Well Testing Program 11/9/06 06-032
State Water Board Adopts List of Waters That Do Not Meet Standards - Federal Clean Water Act Requires States to Review and Update List 11/8/06 06-031
Water Quality Coalitions Comply with Central Valley Water Board Participant List Requirement 10/30/06 06-030
State Water Board Adds Legislative Search Features to On-Line Proposals Information Tool 10/18/06 06-029
State Water Board Awards $17 Million for Agricultural Water Quality Projects 10/12/06 06-028
State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 4, 5, 6 9/21/06 06-025
State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 7, 8, 9 9/21/06 06-024
State Water Board Presents Grant at Oceans Conference for Project to Protect Critical San Diego Coastal Areas 9/20/06 06-023
State Scholarships Help Teachers Take Ocean Lessons to the Classroom 9/20/06 06-022
State Water Board Awards $18 Million for Clean Runoff Projects - Regions 1, 2, 3 9/21/06 06-021
Lahontan Water Board Prosecution Team Releases Settlement Proposal in Lake Tahoe Sewage Spill Case 9/11/06 Lahontan Regional Board
State Water Board Awards $75 Million for Clean Water Projects
    [Funded Projects]
9/7/06 06-020
Water Board Investigation Leads to Arraignment 8/16/06 06-019
More Blue-Green Algae on Klamath River than Last Year Say Local, Tribal, State and Federal Authorities 8/14/06 06-018
State Water Board Offers Funding for Brownfield Sites 7/24/06 06-017
State Water Board Reminds Californians: When You Save Water, You Save Power 7/20/06 06-016
State Water Resources Control Board Moves Closer to Approving $10 Million for Ocean Protection 6/8/06 06-014

State Water Board Celebrates Milestones for Two California Water Recycling Projects

6/02/06 06-013
State Water Board Gives Corcoran $2 Million to Remove Arsenic from Drinking Water 5/17/06 06-012
Hilmar Cheese Pays $3 Million in Water Quality Settlement Agreement 5/11/06 Central Valley Regional Board
State Water Board Gives $2.68 Million for Upgrades; Helps Willows Celebrate Wastewater Plant 5/9/06 06-011
Regional Water Board Limits Sediment and Runoff from PALCO's Timber Operations in Elk River and Freshwater Creek 5/9/06 Northcoast Regional Board
Ten U.S. and Mexican States Make Progress on Border Environmental Issues 5/1/06 06-010
Water Boards Unveil Storm Water Education Toolbox Throughout U.S. 4/27/06 06-009
California Supreme Court Upholds Water Boards’ Win in L.A. Trash Case 4/20/06 06-008
Veteran Environmental Enforcer Named State Water Board's New Enforcement Director 4/18/06 06-007
Leviathan Mine Overflow 4/13/06 Lahontan Regional Board
State Water Board OK's $400,000 for Continuing cleanup of Leviathan Mine 4/5/06 06-006
Regional Water Board Approves Tougher Hilmar Settlement 3/16/06 Central Valley Regional Board
Judge Affirms Water Boards $62,000 Fines Against Three Water Rights Holders in Delta 2/16/06 06-005
Prosecution Team of Regional Water Board Reaches New Tentative Settlement with Hilmar Cheese 2/14/06 Central Valley Regional Board
Historic Joint Meeting of Two Cal/EPA Boards Focuses on Air Pollutants that are Transferred to Water 2/10/06 06-004
Regional Water Board Collects Fine to Pay for Cleanups 2/2/06

North Coast Regional Board

Governor Schwarzenegger's State Water Board Appointees Confirmed 1/31/06 06-003
California Supreme Court Upholds Water Board Efforts to Prevent Degradation of Water Quality by Logging
1/30/06 
Courts Side with Water Boards on Two Water Quality Cases
1/27/06
Longtime Water Engineer Named Executive Officer of Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board 1/27/06 Central Valley Regional Board
Lahontan Regional Water Board Proposes $500,000 Penalty for April 2005 Sewage Discharge to the Mojave River 1/25/06 Lahontan RWQCB
Central Valley Water Board Proposes $400,000 Penalty for a San Joaquin County Gas Station's Failure to Clean Up Groundwater 1/4/06 Central Valley Regional Board

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