Comments on: 24 years of Caltrans well-drilling ignored laws; risked groundwater contamination

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 10 May 2016 04:45:40 +0000

What are all these wells used for anyway?

By: FollowTheLaw

FollowTheLaw — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 21:14:07 +0000

Let’s not ‘divert’ the focus here. It’s about following the law, and Sacramento County bagged the goose breaking it (whether private or public). If there are suspected law breakers with respect to water code then they should be on the hotplate too. Turn’em in. If Bur. of Land Mgmt pulls any stunts like this, guaranteed, they’ll get bagged too!

‘In June 2014, Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty sent a memo to Brian Kelly, the secretary of the California State Transportation Agency, stating that Caltrans now agreed with Sacramento County about following local procedures.

Dougherty admitted to Kelly that the lack of documentation, combined with an “ill-defined business process means Caltrans cannot represent that we have adequately protected groundwater during our drilling operations as required” by state law.’

Black and white. Have a nice day.

By: Righttoknow378

Righttoknow378 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:52:42 +0000

This isn’t about dirty water or possible contamination. It’s really about Gold digging and coming up with an excuse to squeeze Green cash from the state and to the complainting counties

By: Doasisaynotasido

Doasisaynotasido — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:36:43 +0000

It’s the golden rule from the golden state. He who has the gold makes the rule.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:39:41 +0000

Our Government is no longer about watching over our health and safety.

http://saveourcounty.net/coverup/

By: Standing Fast

Standing Fast — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:54:16 +0000

The whole problem is summarized in the beginning of this appalling story: Caltrans was allowed by authorized agencies to police themselves.
This should not be a discretionary decision when it comes to the health and safety of the people (if it is even just potentially damaging to the environment, that means it is also potentially damaging to the people).
That some of the problems this caused were the result of a desire on the part of Caltrans officials to avoid to avoid additional costs to public works projects does not justify a decision to violate the laws of the land.
And this is the agency that is going to build us a high-speed railroad from the Bay Area across at least one major earthquake fault and through an unstable mountain range.
If this wasn’t really happening I’d think it was a farce.

By: Standing Fast

Standing Fast — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:40:57 +0000

In reply to The State Snooper. Maybe even more than two sides.

By: The State Snooper

The State Snooper — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:27:35 +0000

Caltrans may not be the only agency potentially using non-water code esq practices. What about the bureau of land management, the corp of engineers and even the department of water resources?Dig deeper and see want else is in the well of intrigue! I would even bet that Sacramento county is not squeaky clean in its own practices.I bet there are two sides to this one sided report.