Backcountry Against Dumps v. State Water Resources Control Bd. CA3

BACKGROUND

Proposed Project and Initial Environmental Review4 In 2005, SDG&E proposed construction of a 150-mile transmission line between Imperial and San Diego Counties (Proposed Project). The Proposed Project “would consist of a new 91-mile, single-circuit 500 kilovolt (kV) overhead electric transmission

SDG&E requests that we take judicial notice of a March 13, 2012, letter from California Independent System Operator to SDG&E, a March 27, 2012, letter from United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to SDG&E, and two decisions issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Because the information contained in these materials is unnecessary to resolve the issues on appeal, we deny the request. (See Maral v. City of Live Oak (2013) 221 Cal.App.4th 975, 984, fn. 2.) In light of the fact petitioners do not challenge the adequacy of the environmental documents underlying the Board’s decision to issue the water quality certification order, we decline to provide a detailed summary of these documents. We provide only as much detail as required to give the reader an understanding of the background facts.

3 line between the existing Imperial Valley…