Lynn

DECISION, FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

On October 10, 1974, plaintiff Homeowners Emergency Life Protection Committee, an unincorporated association comprised of homeowners and taxpayers allegedly situated within the path which would be inundated in the event of a failure of the Los Angeles Dam and Reservoir, filed this action naming three “Federal defendants” — the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Administrator of the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration [FDAA], and the Regional Director for Region Nine of the FDAA — and five “City defendants” — the City of Los Angeles, the General Manager and City Engineer of the City Department of Water and Power [DWP], the Chief Financial Officer of the DWP, the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, and the President of the Board of Water and Power Commissioners. The plaintiff requested this Court to prohibit any further action by any of these defendants with regard to the Los Angeles Dam and Reservoir [Dam] until the requisites of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347 (1970) [NEPA], have been fulfilled. Concurrently, plaintiff filed a motion for a Temporary…