AquAlliance
AquAlliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AQUALLIANCE, et al., Case No. 1:20-cv-00878−JLT-EPG
Plaintiffs, ORDER REQUESTING ADDITIONAL
BRIEFING RE MOOTNESS
13 v.
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF
RECLAMATION, et al.,
Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiffs in this case challenge a five-year program (2020-2024) designed to allow sellers located upstream of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta (“Delta”) to sell/transfer water to willing buyers south of the Delta (the “Project”). Claims in the case arise under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and California’s Public Trust Doctrine. Currently pending before the Court are highly complex cross-motions for summary judgment challenging the September 2019 Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Long Term Water Transfer Project (LTWT EIS/R) prepared under CEQA and NEPA as well as the related biological opinion…