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Castaic Lake Water Agency prevails in court battle over water transfer

Posted by: Maven on December 22, 2009 at 6:40 am

From the Courthouse News Service:

“A California appeals court cleared the path for the Santa Clarita Valley to receive 41,000 acre-feet of water from nearby districts, rejecting a claim that the water supplier’s environmental impact report on the transfer contained a “hole.”

Two conservation groups, the Planning and Conservation League and the California Water Impact Network, said the impact report certified by Castaic Lake Water Agency had a “hole” in it. The report analyzed the transfer of 41,000 acre-feet of water from Kern County Water Agency and Wheeler Ridge Maricopa Water Storage District to Castaic, Calif., which supplies water to the Santa Clarita Valley. … “

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From the Santa Clarita Signal:

“Finally, on Dec. 17, 2009, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, reversed an earlier court ruling, and determined the new EIR adequately analyzed all of the water transfer’s potential environmental impacts and that the document fully complied with all of the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

This means that the water transfer approval is now final and the water transfer is no longer under a legal cloud. CLWA and its project partners were awarded reimbursement of their costs for the appeal.

“We are grateful to this court for putting an end to a lengthy and costly legal battle and ruling that CLWA had fully complied with the requirements of CEQA,” said Dan Masnada, General Manager of CLWA. “We also are happy that the courts permitted CLWA’s customers to use the water for their benefit and not suffer shortages while the courts evaluated the adequacy of the EIR.” … “

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December 22, 2009 · Filed Under Transfers

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