Ninth Circuit sides with Reclamation in fight over California water contract conversions
A Ninth Circuit panel granted a win to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Monday, confirming a lower court’s finding the conversion of water service contracts from the California Central Valley Project doesn’t require a new environmental review. A three-judge panel unanimously held the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act required the bureau to change a contract if requested by a water user, and does not necessitate the agency undertake environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act or Endangered Species Act before converting each water service contract. … In a statement to Courthouse News, John Buse of the Center for Biological Diversity, representing the plaintiffs, called the ruling “unfortunate.”
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