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McClintock pushes for hearing on valley water situation; ‘Problem is regulatory drought,’ congressman said

Posted by: Maven on November 2, 2009 at 8:31 am

From the Auburn Journal:

“Using his position as ranking Republican member on the House Water and Power Subcommittee, the 4th District congressman has requested the panel hold a field hearing on what he is describing as a water crisis in the Central Valley.

McClintock, R-Roseville, said the diversion of hundreds of billions of gallons of water for environmental purposes, including delta smelt protections proven not to work, is “utterly intolerable.”

“The problem is a regulatory drought,” he said. “Environmental regulators are diverting 200 billion gallons of the water supply. And it’s not even helping the smelt while it’s devastating for the economy, creating higher taxes and grocery prices.”

McClintock made the field hearing request in a letter to Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall and Water and Power Subcommittee Chairwoman Grace Napolitano. In the letter, McClintock expressed disappointment in the committee for not focusing on the plight of Central Valley families or “that 250,000 of the most fertile agricultural acres in the entire hemisphere have been fallowed.”

McClintock said Friday that it’s inevitable the hearing will take place. …”

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November 2, 2009 · Filed Under Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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