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Barry Nelson: Assemblyman Huffman writes to DWR about state-created CESA violation

Posted by: Maven on February 11, 2010 at 2:01 pm

From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog:

“My colleague Kate Poole wrote here about the risk that, should it succeed in its efforts to invalidate current ESA protections in the Delta, the Department of Water Resources would put itself in violation of the California Endangered Species Act (CESA).

Yesterday, Assemblyman Huffman, chairman of the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee, sent DWR a letter chronicling the agency’s convoluted path toward compliance with CESA – and the risk that the state’s own legal strategy could result in a violation of state law. He asks DWR to explain how it intends to meet the requirements of CESA, should the federal courts block either of the federal biological opinions that regulate the operations of the pumps in the Delta. DWR’s reply should make interesting reading. … “

Continue reading this post from Barry Nelson by clicking here. Read the letter from Assemblyman Huffman by clicking here.

February 11, 2010 · Filed Under State Water Project (DWR)

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