Gribble

MEMORANDUM

Plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction to delay the award of a contract for the construction of a major segment of the proposed Warm Springs Dam and Lake Sonoma Project (Project) until such time as alleged deficiencies in the environmental impact statement (EIS) can be remedied.

The Project consists of a dam across Dry Creek, a major tributary of the Russian River in Sonoma County, California, a reservoir, a spillway, outlet facilities, recreation facilities, a fish hatchery, and channel improvements on Dry Creek downstream of the dam. The Project also includes 17,658 acres of land, 24 miles of relocated roads, several miles of relocated utilities, various public use facilities, such as campgrounds and picnic areas and a wildlife management area. The general location of the Project is in the Russian River Basin approximately fifty (50) miles northwesterly of San Francisco. It was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962, Public Law 87-874 approved 23 October 1962 by the 87th Congress, 2d Session. The project then authorized was smaller than the one now planned. Project design, land acquisition and road relocations were the major activities from that date to…