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Senator Feinstein demands outside review of California water restrictions

Posted by: Maven on September 23, 2009 at 10:23 am

From the New York Times:

“Sen. Dianne Feinstein is pressing the Obama administration to take a step back from California’s drought emergency to authorize a third-party scientific review of two federal biological opinions that restrict water deliveries to farmers in the Central Valley.

In a recent letter to the secretaries of Commerce and Interior, the California Democrat requested an immediate National Academy of Sciences study of the bi-ops, which many in the agriculture industry blame for shutting down water flows from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and adding to economic woes in the state. The bi-ops were triggered by the Endangered Species Act to protect salmon and delta smelt in the sprawling delta region.

“The National Academy of Sciences, through the National Research Council (the operating arm of the academy), is the only body whose views will be respected by all the relevant parties as a truly independent voice,” Feinstein wrote. …”

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September 23, 2009 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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