Sierra Club

. Letter to EPA on abandonment of watershed approach, June 18, 2008  (pdf)

. Request to Ecology to extend the public comment period for the DO TMDL and NPDES permits to at least 60 days, Aug 28, 2007  (pdf)

. Comments on Spokane County’s Shoreline Master Program, Jul 24, 2007  (pdf)

. Request to Ecology to protect Washington interests in EPA permitting of Idaho dischargers to the Spokane River, April 26, 2007 (pdf)

. Request to Ecology to extend the public comment period on the next draft of the DO TMDL to 60 days, Apr 19, 2007  (pdf)

. Letter to Ecology requesting the agency develop a Technology Selection Protocol and the need for Spokane River dischargers to identify the best technology before making major public investments, Jan 17, 2007  (pdf)

. Letter to Ecology and EPA expressing concern about direction of the TMDL process and “Foundational Concepts”, April 5, 2006 (pdf)

. SPOKANE RIVER TMDL COLLABORATION (click here for website)

                  # Sierra Club News Release (pdf)

                  # Sierra Club Scenario Summary (pdf)

                  # Sierra Club Scenario Table of Contents (pdf)

                  # Sierra Club Scenario (pdf)

                  # Sierra Club Scenario Presentation (pdf)

                  # Attachments to Sierra Club Scenario (pdf)

. Letter to Ecology asking the agency to the Dischargers’ proposal as illegal, and enter into a brief collaborative process to try and resolve differences, Feb 23, 2005  (pdf)

. Letter to Ecology asking the agency to reject the Dischargers’ proposal to lower water quality standards for the Spokane River, Feb 17, 2005  (pdf)

. Letter to Gov. Christine Gregoire regarding Spokane River dissolved oxygen, Feb 14, 2005  (pdf)

. Letter to Ecology and EPA opposing further delays in the Dissolved Oxygen TMDL for the Spokane River, Sept. 20, 2004  (pdf)

. Implementation Plan Proposal:  Dissolved Oxygen Water Quality Clean-Up Plan (TMDL), July 2004 (pdf)

. Letter to Ecology in support of reuse and reclamation of wastewater, restoring flow, and opposing a request by the City and County of Spokane to conduct scientific modeling of a scenario that will degrade the River, July 28, 2004  (pdf)

. Letter to Spokane County Commissioners regarding Wastewater treatment and the Spokane River, Mar 4, 2004  (pdf)

. Comments on the scoping phase of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed new County/City/Valley wastewater treatment plant, Mar 4, 2004  (pdf)

. Letter to EPA’s Regional Director regarding Ecology’s delays in the DO TMDL, and asking for EPA leadership to protect the Spokane River, February 10, 2004  (pdf)

. Letter to Ecology about violations of water quality standards for the Spokane River, and requesting restoring the river by completing and implementing a TMDL consistent with those standards, January 22, 2004  (pdf)

Washington Department of Ecology (“Ecology”)

. Spokane River and Lake Spokane Dissolved Oxygen and Total Maximum Daily Load, Water Quality Improvement Report.  Sept. 2007 (pdf)

. Internal e-mail:  public relations “talking points” to counter the 2+2=2 issues raised by the Center for Justice, asking Ecology to not allow Idaho NPDES permits to be approved as they are.  Aug 21, 2007  (pdf)

. e-mail that Ecology invited dischargers to participate in the selection process for the agency’s NPDES permit writer ~ who will write the permits for the dischargers, Jun 29, 2007  (pdf)

. e-mail announcing Ecology hires new NPDES permit writer who will write the permits for Spokane River dischargers ~ and who formerly worked for the Spokane River dischargers’ consulting firm, CH2M Hill, Jun 28, 2007  (pdf)

. Ecology Director Jay Manning’s response to Sierra Club/CFJ on the failure to protect the Spokane River and Washington’s interests in EPA’s permitting of sewage treatment plants in Idaho, June 22, 2007  (pdf)

. internal e-mail on need for Ecology to use natural conditions on the Idaho permits, June 7, 2007  (pdf)

. internal e-mail on EPAs 2+2=2 decision for Idaho dischargers, Sept 1, 2005 (pdf)

. FAQ:  Protecting oxygen in the Spokane River, September 2004 (pdf)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

. EPA review of Draft NPDES Permits (pdf)

            City of Spokane Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility #WA-002447-3

            Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District #WA-004514-4

            Inland Empire Paper Company #WA-000082-5

            Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC #WA-000089-2