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SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM DECISION RE CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS V. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, 127 S.Ct. 2518 (2007), TO PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR RESCISSION OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER SETTLEMENT CONTRACTS

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I. INTRODUCTION.........................................................958

II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND.................................................959

A General History of The CVP and Relevant State Law Doctrines .............959

B. The Bureau’s Initiation of Permit Applications for the CVP Before the State Board.........................................................962

C. The 1956 Cooperative Studies and Related Analyses........................963

D. Van Camp’s Summary of the Evidence Underlying the 1956 Cooperative Study Program and Related Investigations .............................964

E. D-990 ................................................................965

F. 1951 House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee Report.................968

G. Negotiation of the SRS Contracts........................................968

H. The SRS Contracts.....................................................968

I. Decision…