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On the Water Front blog: Putting the Cart Before the Horse: The Legislature calls out the Administration on rushing water decisions

Posted by: Maven on March 12, 2010 at 5:29 am

From the Environmental Defense Fund’s On the Water Front blog:

“If nothing else, Tuesday’s joint oversight hearing before the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife and the Senate Resources and Water Committees made clear that while the Delta package was enacted last year, the Legislature remains keenly focused on how that package will be implemented.

Assemblymember Jared Huffman honed in on the composition of the Delta Stewardship Council. He also raised a number of concerns regarding the role of the Department of Water Resources in getting out in front with a “Request for Qualifications” for consultants to craft the Delta Plan before the Council that is responsible for that Plan has even been selected. “We seem to be having an Al Haig moment – DWR is in charge,” he observed. Natural Resources Secretary Lester Snow offered that it was not the Administration’s intent to preempt the Council’s authority, but rather to ensure that things get moving so that when the Council is up and running it will have the option of moving forward more expeditiously, but of course it could start over if it chooses to do so. … “

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March 12, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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