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Carlsbad Desalination plant’s foes hit with a legal setback

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 10, 2009 at 7:41 am

From the San Diego Union Tribune:

Two environmental groups that oppose a proposed ocean-water desalination plant on the Carlsbad coast lost a round in San Diego Superior Court yesterday.

Judge Judith Hayes issued a tentative ruling rejecting arguments by Surfrider Foundation and the Planning and Conservation League that the California Coastal Commission misapplied state law when it gave Poseidon Resources a coastal development permit to build the plant.

The environmental groups challenged the Coastal Commission’s decision on several grounds, including that it failed to require Poseidon to reduce the amount of fish and marine organisms that would be killed in the desalination process.

Hayes said the commission’s decision was reasonable based on the evidence presented at its November 2007 hearing.

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April 10, 2009 · Filed Under Poseidon's Carlsbad Plant

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